The McComsey's | Chad & Maria McComsey » Keurig http://www.themccomseys.com Wed, 05 May 2010 13:17:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Time To Make The Cocoa! http://www.themccomseys.com/time-to-make-the-cocoa http://www.themccomseys.com/time-to-make-the-cocoa#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:13:30 +0000 Chad http://www.themccomseys.com/time-to-make-the-cocoa hotcocoa-box-kcup-1Maria and I have been using our Keurig B60 single cup coffee maker religiously since she opened it on her birthday. We have had a great time trying new brands of coffee and different flavors. One of the great things about the B60 is that it came with some sample flavors of teas and hot cocoa in addition to the coffee. I also purchased two boxes of Timothy’s multi flavored coffees & teas. We learned quickly that there were only two Hot Cocoa k-cups and Maria snagged them both while I was geekin’ out to some Chai Tea. Recently I posted about our B60 and the site where you can purchase k-cups for a pretty fair price. A few days back I decided that we were gonna need some more coffee so I asked Maria what she wanted. I ended up ordering a box of Green Mountain Breakfast Blend and Timothy’s Chinese Green Tea. I really dug the Green Tea, it was very tasteful and went down nicely. The Breakfast Blend was also a nice pick with a smooth and flavorful aroma. The only thing that was missing was the Hot Cocoa! I looked and looked but apparently on the day I ordered the Coffee and Tea, the hot cocoa was all sold out. Well today I took a little trip back over to Keurig and found that the hot cocoa was back in stock! Today I ordered the Green Mountain Hot Cocoa box and it should be here by next week, maybe the end of the week if I’m lucky. I should be receiving my coffee and tea pretty within the next few days. I’m pretty stoked, I think Maria is too, especially now since we’ve got Hot Cocoa on the way!

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keurigIm still not a huge coffee drinker, however it was become a pretty big staple in my typical day. So much so that for Christmas I purchased a Keurig B60 Special Edition Gourmet Single-Cup Home-Brewing System for Maria. We had seen one at a friend’s house and immediately fell in love with the idea of quick, personalized, single cups of coffee… “Awww man, we could use that!” From that point on, it was on the list and I knew that someday we would have one too!

I actually gave it to Maria for her birthday right before Christmas so that we could use it ON Christmas… and boy did we! I think we both had our fair share of coffees, teas and hot cocoa that day and the days afterwards. The Keurig B60 is just so simple to use. Simply fill the water reservoir and lock it into the unit. The B60 then initiates the initial testing the machine which requires putting water through the system without a K-cup. When the screen (Blue back lit… very nice) says “Ready to Brew” just pull up on the silver handle, place your K-cup in the holder, close the holder by pulling down on the sliver handle, pick your serving amount and in 30 seconds you have a steaming hot cup of coffee or tea.

The Keurig B60 Special Edition features:

• 1500-watt single-cup brewing system for gourmet coffee, tea, or cocoa
• Uses patented K-Cups; removable 48-ounce water reservoir; 3 brew sizes (cup, mug, travel)
• Programmable back lit LCD display with digital clock and on/off timer
• Temperature control; removable drip tray; 18 K-Cup variety pack included
• Measures 13-1/4 by 10 by 13 inches; 1-year limited warranty

I also purchased a few accessories for the coffee maker including the 27 K-cup spinning holder, a K-cup filter so you can use your own coffee and 2 boxes of multi-flavored coffees, teas and drinks. Oh but that’s not all. I wondered to myself, “Man, these K-cup things are neat, but I wonder how much it cost to but them regularly… and really, how many varieties can there be?” Well guess what… there are a ton of options in the K-cup world and they are not expensive at all. We recently found The Keurig K-Cup Shop where you can find a great variety of K-cup flavors for an average price of $13 per 25 K-cups… It may not be the best price when you think about the big can of Maxwell House you can get at the store, but then again, this ain’t grandma’s Maxwell House coffee… it certainly isn’t grandma’s coffee maker… Not yet at least!

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