Keurig B60 Special Edition Gourmet Single-Cup Home-Brewing System | 
| Brand: Keurig
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $139.99
Buy New: $119.00
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  781 reviews
Sales Rank: 32
Country: China
Color: Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.1
Dimensions (in): 10 x 13.3 x 13
MPN: 00602
Model: B60
UPC: 649645006024
EAN: 0649645006024
ASIN: B000AQSMPO
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 1500-watt single-cup brewing system for gourmet coffee, tea, or cocoa | | • | Uses patented K-Cups; no messy grinding or clean up | | • | Removable 48-ounce water reservoir; removable drip tray | | • | 2 brew-size options; 2-hour automatic shut-off; descale indicator | | • | Brewer requires 4 minutes of priming before being ready to use. See Product Manual below |
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Product Description
The Special Edition Brewing System is our mid-luxury home brewing system that offers a blend of styling and convenient features. The Special Edition features chrome accents, a blue, back lit LCD display and three brew size options. Programmable features include a Digital Clock, Adjustable Temperature and Auto On/Off. The 48-ounce removable water reservoir holds up to eight cups before refilling and for the removable drip tray allows for easy cleaning and the use of travel mugs.At initial set up, once the machine is filled with water, it will take approximately 4-minutes for the water will be heated. During the heating period the red light next to 'HEATING' on the LED Control Center will become illuminated. Once the water is heated, the red light will turn off and the Small Mug Button will flash. Press the Small Mug Button to start a cleansing brew. Pour the hot water into the sink. The Brewer may take 15 seconds to reheat water between brews during which time the red light next to 'HEATING' on the LED Control Center may be illuminated. When the water has heated, the red light will turn off. The one-time set-up process is now complete and you are ready to brew!
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 Keurig Warranty is Only 1 Year July 30, 2010
M. Valen (Orange County, CA)
I called Keurig Customer Service today and they informed me that they have a "strict" 1-year return policy. I am not comfortable with spending $160/year on new coffee machines. I have had my unit for about a year and unfortunately have been battling with it the last few months following their instructions thinking I simply needed to "de-scale". It didn't work. I did not use this machine very often (about 1 time per week). I spoke to Julie first, then Carrie and was told that Gail Pregiosi (the escalation manager) would call me, but that never happened. I am very disappointed.
 Is there a doomsday clock inside the machine? July 28, 2010
T. Krofecheck (New York, NY USA)
I received the Keurig B60 SE as a gift about 1.5 years ago. The machine worked great at first, then after about 6 months the display menu would go through cycles of each setting over and over until I had to power off and back on. This should have been the first sign that something was seriously wrong. I treated it as a basic computer glitch and decided to power off, unplug, wait a minute, plug in, turn on. Doing these steps from time to time did clear up the strange menu so I thought nothing of it since the machine still brewed normally and never leaked or overheated. Unfortunately my instinct of just a computer glitch was wrong. Today I turned the machine on since I don't need anything automated. When I turned the machine on it made the normal heat up noises after drawing water from the reservoir tank. After a minute or two it shut off completely - while still plugged in and wouldn't turn on again. I touched the top of the machine and it was ~HOT~ (hotter than normal) so I immediately unplugged the machine and removed the water reservoir to avoid leaking all over my kitchen.
I am upset that my coffee maker died. I'm also annoyed after reading other reviews on more than one model that this is more common than the average consumer knows. Let's face it, the machine isn't cheap nor are the K-cups and for such a short life this should last more than 1-2 years. I was hoping more like 4-6 but I see nothing is made well anymore... the saying "You get what you pay for" no longer applies to anything which is a shame. This reminds me of other devices listed to last a lifetime and die after a year or two (eh hem iPods!!!). I'm starting to think that company's have doomsday clocks inside so the warranty expires just before you can get it fixed. Also, a 1 year limited warranty on this device suits it... the company is up front about their product not being lifetime.
No more Keurig for me, my first impression is UN-IMPRESSED... but I will go back to the basic coffee pot that costs a nice $20 - if this dies after a year I won't care so much.
I would not recommend this EVER unless you get a great deal. The 2 stars are for my original enjoyment and how it brewed coffee, but I will not justify anything more than that.
POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE!! July 27, 2010
Ted Armstrong
This unit worked fine for a month then started making irregular cup sizes of coffee and would shut off when it wasn't suppose to. Attempted to contact Keurig for help. They were too busy to take my call and had to leave call back information. They returned my call three days later outside of the time frame and left a message that if you are still having trouble to call back in and yes again they were too busy to take my call. This went on for a week and a half til I just returned the unit. I am now looking at Cuisinart's K-Cup coffee maker.
 Company stands behind product 100% July 26, 2010
Carol Mae (Florida)
My Keurig stopped making a full cup of coffee. Contacted Keurig - they had me try a few things. Didn't work, so they sent me a new coffee maker. The People at Keuring are great. Its like I went back in time 30 years when people took pride in their products and good will.
 It's all about convenience! July 24, 2010
John A. Justin (New York)
It's easy to operate, convenient (no cleanup), but, in my opinion, it doesn't make good coffee out of the box. No matter what brand of coffee I tried, the result was a brew that was just too weak for my taste. The purchase decision is really all about convenience.
I purchased the "My K-cup" filter, which uses a gold tone microscreen, in an attempt to use my own brand of coffee as well as be a bit more green by saving the environment from a proliferation of plastic K-cups - but, that produced coffee that was even weaker - not a good thing. I wound up modifying a K-cup to fit outside of the microscreen filter, and punched a tiny 1/16 diameter hole in the bottom of the K-cup, so that the water doesn't move as quickly through the coffee grinds (Note: you need to offset the hole toward the edge of the cup otherwise the coffee splashes when it drips into the mug). This notion has been described elsewhere in these reviews. The minimum size of the hole is crucial to avoid a mess - water/coffee overflow. Note: you need to lower the rubber gasket on the upper needle to avoid water leakage around the filter (also explained in other reviews). I also cut the bottom and top off another K-cup and inserted it into the filter to cut down on the microscreen area and allow the water to filter through more of the grinds before exiting the filter. The K-cup outside and inside the microfilter works pretty effectively in strengthening the brew (especially the latter modification). It also helps to pack the coffee grinds into the filter - rather than just spooning them in loosely. But, all this defeats the convience of using a K-cup!
The problem is that the key variables required to make a good cup of coffee (or a cup that suits you) are out of your control with the Keurig : i.e., the measured amount of coffee to use, the amount of water to use, and the rate at which the water flows through the grinds, the latter being the key variable for the Keurig. There is a setting on the unit that allows more water (cup, mug, travel mug), but the amount of coffee to use is a constant limited to the standard size of the K-cup or the "My K-cup" filter - if you go that way. I have been using the small cup setting to limit the amount of dilution.
I would suggest against the My K-cup filter, there is another alternative that may be better. Search and you will find. Keurig should decrease the effective filter screen area as my experimental findings indicated above. But, of course, Keurig wants you to buy K-cups because that's where their royalties reside.
The K-cup comes in one size. There is about two tablespoons of coffee in a K-cup (there is a filter inside that takes up about 20% of the cup's space). Before the Keurig, I used a Black & Decker one cup coffee maker (DCM-7, $14, now unavailable), which I had for 10 years (it is no longer functional). That made excellent coffee, though it required cleanup - which wasn't a problem for me. The water dripped slowly through the coffee grinds; I used 3 tablespoons of coffee. I was in full control of the brewing process by having the abilty to adjust the two common variables - the amount of coffee to use, and the amount of water to use.
Even though the My K-cup filter holds 3 tablespoons of coffee, which is the same as that which I used for the B&D, the high flow rate of water pushed through the grinds through steam pressure makes for a much weaker brew than using a K-cup (before the modifications to the filter described above).
The B60 is microprocessor controlled, so it shouldn't be all that difficult or expensive to add a solenoid valve that would allow the rate of flow of water/steam through the grinds to be a user-selectable option. I think that would be the key to enabling this unit to be truly workable by allowing for some flexibility. Having the ability to support three different mug sizes of coffee using the same amount of coffee grinds (i.e., K-cup) and just using more water (without modulating the flow rate) makes little sense in producing a consistent cup of coffee - it just dilutes the brew. Again, steam/water flow rate is the key here - in case the developers at Keurig read this.
If you are going to use the My K-cup filter with the B60, the unit isn't worth the price because of the added hassle and lack of K-cup convenience.
It just doesn't work for me, but I can see how the convenience and the cool appearance of the unit could be popular and seductive to others if one doesn't care about the added cost of a K-cup ($.40 - $.50) and the environmental concerns.
I hope this review was informative.
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