This 1500-watt Keurig B70 Platinum brews a fresh cup of gourmet coffee, tea, or cocoa in less than a minute. The unit uses patented K-Cups, which offer over 150 different varieties of pre-measured gourmet coffee, tea, and cocoa from a variety of premium brands. Its patented one-touch technology provides precise control over brewing, and there’s no messy grinding or clean up. Simply open the Keurig B70 Platinum’s lid, insert a K-Cup, close the lid, and select a cup size. Four brew-size opt…more…
Keurig B70 Platinum Single-Cup Home Brewing System
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I recently purchased the new Keurig B-70 Gourmet Single Cup Home Brewing System that was released on October 1st, 2006 and have been very happy with it. The machine is extremely well designed, simple to operate, aesthetically pleasing, and most importantly, brews an excellent cup of coffee. I am very impressed with how quickly it is able to brew a cup of coffee, the selection of brew sizes, and how simple clean up is.
There are a variety of single cup brewers on the market now, many utilizing pre-packaged coffee “pods” for brewing. Personally I was not comfortable purchasing a product where I would be locked into the selection and pricing of a specific manufacturer, or one that would only brew coffee and not tea and cocoa. This is just one area where Keurig really shines above their competition.
Keurig has gathered support of a variety of gourmet coffee, tea, and cocoa manufacturers and there currently there are over 140 different types sold pre-packaged in K-Cups including Green Mountain, Diedrich, Gloria Jean’s, Timothy’s, Van Houtte, Tully’s, Coffee People, Newman’s Own, Celestial Seasonings, Bigelow, Twinings, and Ghirardelli. Not only is there a large selection to choose from, there are a variety of resellers online offering K-Cups, and pricing is extremely competitive.
In addition to the pre-packaged offerings, Keurig offers the My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filter allows you to use your own gourmet ground coffee in your Keurig home brewer. This option provided the extra level of comfort I personally needed to make the jump into a single cup brewer. Frankly I don’t find myself using it very often as I had originally thought, as there are so many options available in pre-packaged K-cups.
The pricing of the Keurig brewers are extremely reasonable, and brews gourmet coffee in just a fraction of the cost of purchasing it from a Starbucks, Coffee People, or similar. I expect that my machine will pay for itself in savings in just a couple months of use.
The only suggestion I have for Keurig is that the My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filter be included with the sale of the brewer, and not an optional accessory. It is such an inexpensive accessory that I am surprised it was not included. Overall the Keurig brewers are excellent value and quality and would recommend them to anyone interested in a single cup brewer.
Being one who loves convenient, but great tasting coffee, I’ve bought several single-serve coffee machines. The Home Cafe, My Bunn Cafe, and the most recent, Tassimo.
They all worked quite well, considering how “new” they were to the field, and how fresh the field really was at the time, for consumers. I was happy with each purchase(save the Home Cafe, which had a serious mechanical flaw).
I’m not going to spend all my time just comparing the Keurig machine; I’m simply going to say “I wish I’d bought one of these[any Keurig machine] earlier”. It meets almost all the desires I had in a single-serve coffee machine.
- Tons of variety in K-cups (which actually can be difficult, I didn’t know where to start or what to try!)
- Simple to use
- Beautiful, functional design
- 4 brew size choices
- Keeps water hot for the next cup instead of waiting until you fiddle with the machine
- Can be used with a custom filter K-Cup so you can brew any coffee you like (I’m looking forward to using this with tea too!)
- Much quieter than some machines I’ve used (the Tassimo is freakishly loud in my opinion)
Those are just some reasons I love this machine. The fact that it makes very good coffee is a big plus too, right? It seems as if the coffee from the Keurig machine tastes less “burnt” than most single serve coffee I’ve had in the past.
My biggest complaint is the cost. Whether it’s worth $200 to you or not, is entirely up to YOU. If you’re as obsessed with quick, easy, tasty coffee like I am, maybe you’ll agree that it is worth it.
I’m a happy customer, either way.
I was introduced to this coffee maker about 6 months ago when I spent five days at a lake house in Texas with ten of my gal pals to celebrate my birthday. Each morning we had the thrill of going through the many selections of K-Cups and picking out the perfect one to suit our individual needs for that morning! Everyone got exactly what they wanted – in about 40 seconds. No mess, no fuss, no leftovers to toss away.
After doing some more research into the variety of “single cup” brewing systems I realized that this really is THE ONE TO HAVE. Unlike the Tassimo brewing system, Keurig offers you a variety of gourmet coffee & tea manufacturers to choose from. Don’t forget to order the K-Cup Reusable Coffee filter so that you can use your own coffee grounds – yet another option that Keurig offers. Variety is the spice of life so stock up on your favorite herbals teas & flavored coffees and remember to order the Spinning Carousel to hold your choices (27 slots) for easy viewing! There are many websites to choose from that sell these K-cups. Amazon has a decent variety but they’re not always available.
We’ve had so many friends pop in at a moments notice and instead of hurrying to brew a pot of coffee we just direct them to the K-cups and let them choose for themselves. No more making a pot of decaf and then a regular pot to please everyone!
A great feature is that you can set a timer to have the system turn on so when you get up in the morning you have hot water ready to go and then set the timer to turn the machine off at another desired time. Keurig suggests leaving the system on all the time but I think it’s unnecessary especially if you’re only morning coffee drinkers like us! It only takes about 4 minutes for the water to heat up so if you can’t wait that long you’ve got issues that need to be addressed with a professional.
Get this for your own household and one as a holiday gift to share with someone else. They’ll thank you over and over again!
5.0 out of 5 stars
easy, fast, lots of coffee
i bought this for my wife after having a regular coffee maker. she like light and flavored, i like dark coffee.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Broken and No Customer Service
After two years of light, weekend-only use with a city water source of soft lake water, the descale light stayed on constantly.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome cup of coffee!
Received this as a gift so we felt compelled to use it, but it’s a great coffee maker. We bought the ‘reusable’ filter (available for about $15) and use our favorite brand of…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Made a coffee drinker out of me
I’ve long been a tea fanatic and had more or less given up coffee drinking once I finished up my college days.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not convenient for real coffee drinkers
Solid product that makes a cup of coffee in 4 minutes. Great variety of pre-packaged coffees with option to brew your own brands.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Keurig has done it again!!
For the last 4 years I have been using the Keurig B50 to make my yummy coffee. I decided to sell it (after 3 plus years and still in great working order) and upgrade to the new…
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do you like coffee-scented water? Then this machine is for you.
My wife and I bought the Keurig Platinum 2 days ago for our 3rd anniversary present to ourselves. We figured a coffee maker that costs $170 has to be good. Wrong.
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It CAN Make a Great Cup of Coffee – But It Has Its Flaws
Don’t believe the people telling you that this machine is only capable of making “coffee water.” The Keurig can deliver a great cup of coffee.
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First One Worked Much Better
Like others on this site, I bought a Keurig B40 over two years ago. It only had one 7oz button choice. That Keurig is still working great and makes a great cup of coffee/tea.
1.0 out of 5 stars
INSTANT COFFEE
It is instant coffee. The same kind that you put in a cup full of hot water and stir. Buy a HB brewstation and a burr grinder and use filtered water if you want a good cup of java.
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