Keurig

[seadaddler]

Any one using Keurig on their sailboat and I are you happy.
Been using so many coffee makers on our boat from perking on propane stove to
electric drip and do they draw too much power and I do have Gen and charger/inverter
and 2 big solar panels but the biggest thing I am thinking less cleanup and maybe help me
drink less coffee.
So what’s your experience with a Kerrigan.
Nick

 

[Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi]

Nick: I use a Keurig. I use the small one that you fill each time. I have it sitting on the stove so it moves with the gimbal. I haven’t done anything to hook it to the steel wires, but probably would rig something if I was going offshore hooking to the stove wires. Haven’t been in any real rough weather with it, but have had some 4 to 5 feet head on waves on Kentucky Lake without throwing it off the stove so it will ride ok there.
I use my generator all the time while away from the dock so power consumption is not an issue for me. Anne still likes the Folgers tea bag coffee in the microwave so we use both. Only downside is it takes more room to store Keurig pods than tea bag coffee. The small one takes about the same time as the microwave.

 

[capta]

We had one on a treasure hunting vessel I was operating in the T&C. It made good enough coffee and cocoa, etc, but I thought it extremely expensive and environmentally unfriendly for what you got. If you are cruising, there may be areas where the little coffee packs are unavailable.

 

[Boomer54]

I also have the single serve Keurig. Itdoes have rubber feet so it doesn’t slide around. I park it next to the fiddle and haven’t tossed it yet. The single serve doesn’t fill the cup as much but I do cheat and overfill the chamber a little. I use for coffee, hot chocolate and tea (tea bags) in the cup. The main downside is you can’t control the temperature and it isn’t as hot as I (and most) like it. Quite honestly, with all the discussion of “beverages” on a different thread that includes quite a discussion on coffee, I am going to try a few other options. As mentioned above, the k-cups are a little expensive (roughly $0.50 per cup) and do take up storage space, but what doesn’t?

 

[Apex]

been most happy with an old style perculator. Can use it on the magma kettle grill, or propane stove, and induction cooktop. I have a French press as well, so can use it like a kettle to make hot water for tea, cocoa etc. That and a good thermos.

 

[jviss]

I don't like plastic so intimately involved with my coffee. Plus, expense. We make a lot of coffee in the morning, and according to my calculations it's 4¢/cup, including the filter. Keurig is about 10 times that.

 

[Pat]

We have a nice stainless Martha Stewart 8 cup coffee maker that I use on the stove. In my humble opinion, I'm always making coffee with the Keurig...with Martha's it's once and done...Patrick in Wichita

 

[CaptKimble]

The Admiral loves our single serving Keurig. I have a large battery bank with a 2000w inverter and a 2000w Honda Generator which is more than up to the task. I find it very user friendly and it makes great Dunkin Donuts coffee but we still carry a percolator for when we run out of K cups.

 

[LeslieTroyer]

For those of you worried about the environment with kcups shoul look for San Francisco Bay “cups” 99% biodegradable and 1/2 price of normal plastic cups. Or refill the cups you already have for cheaper more eco friendly

Les

 

[Peggie Hall HeadMistress]

I've had Keurigs for years and can't remember the last time I bought Kcups. I keep two refillable pods, store my coffee and coffee measures in an airtight clear plastic canisters and buy GOOD coffee. Not only is this a lot less expensive than K-Cups, it makes a lot better cup of coffee 'cuz you're using much better coffee and the best refillable pods have mesh screens around the bottom half and on the bottom instead of just a hole in the bottom, so the water goes through all the coffee instead of just "boring" a hole through the middle of it.
If you want drip coffee but don't have the power resources for a drip coffee maker, try this DIY version of the Mellita coffee maker: Put a cone filter in the mouth of a Thermos bottle that's the size to hold the amount of coffee you want, boil water on the stove and pour it through the filter... Btw, you do have to put ground coffee in the filter first! Buy GOOD coffee and use the same number of coffee measures you'd use to make the same amount in a drip coffee maker. A really good all steel Thermos is a lot more expensive than the glass lined ones, but they're unbreakable and will keep it hot all day.
You can even get a decent cup of coffee using a coffee "tea bag." Most people dunk 'em in water that's barely hot just long enough for the water to turn brown, which makes a horrible excuse for coffee. Pour boiling water over it and cover the cup for several minutes (also the right way to make tea, btw) to get a cup that's actually pretty good.

--Peggie

 

[CaptKimble]

Thanks Peggie. My wife and I sometimes use a similar method when we want a really strong hot cup of coffee in the winter (or what passes for winter here) using a Mellita filter and a specially made filter holder that allows for one cup at a time. I also occasionally use the refillable pods when I run out of K cups.

 

[jviss]

We had a drip coffee maker wth a thermal carafe. When the electric part died, we moved the carafe and the filter funnel that sits on top to the boat. Now we boil water on the range, and pour it onto the coffee in the filter funnel. The carafe is a true, glass, vacuum bottle type, so it keeps the coffee hot for a long time, 'though the coffee never lasts a long time.

BTW, google "thermal carafe with filter funnel" and find things like this for sale.

 

[pateco]

I am using a 12 cup stainless stove-top percolator. It makes more than enough coffee for one morning, and Perk coffee is so good!!!

I also have a large vacuum stainless french press as well, but you need to pre-fill it with boiling water first to heat up the inside of the press, then you reboil the water before making your coffee. Otherwise the stainless cools the water too fast. Once the press is warmed up, it keeps coffee hot for quite some time.

 

[capta]

Put a cone filter in the mouth of a Thermos bottle that's the size to hold the amount of coffee you want, boil water on the stove and pour it through the filter...--Peggie

I've found, especially with the S/S Thermoses, that pouring warm or hot water into them to warm the inside first, keeps whatever liquid you put in there after you've poured the hot water out, much hotter, much longer.

 

[pateco]

I've found, especially with the S/S Thermoses, that pouring warm or hot water into them to warm the inside first, keeps whatever liquid you put in there after you've poured the hot water out, much hotter, much longer.

I have to do the same with my vacuum stainless french press. That is the biggest difference between the glass and stainless vacuum bottles. The glass vacuum bottles seem to keep things hot longer, but are too fragile for boat use in my opinion.

This is also a factor when using a (Yeti, Rtic, Engel, Ozark Trail, etc) stainless vacuum tumbler as a coffee mug. Preheating makes a big difference.

 

[seadaddler]

Thanks every one and good info from you and still thinking about if I like the Keurig for on the boat and had the Keurig years ago but been up on the shelf a few years and now in our RV for
the summer months and thinking when we go home to start using it again.
I do need coffee first thing I wake up and been using electric percolator fast and hot and wife
empties coffee in a good crafe to keep hot while in the RV and on the boat we use cheap electric drip coffee and emptie it into crafe and make the coffee in the boat in the evening before going to bed with the Gen and heat it up on stove in the morning nice and hot.
This works for me on the boat and as long asI have coffee first in morning nice and hot I am happy camper and yes I like a good tasting coffee for sure.
Thank you all and my system works for me on the boat and don’t need to run a Gen or inverter early morning when anchored out around other boats.
Nick

 

[Head Sail]

Folgers instant decaf for me. Saves lots of space and power and does the job well.

 

[pateco]

Folgers instant decaf for me. Saves lots of space and power and does the job well.

Yuck,

In my personal opinion, decaf is the devil, and instant decaf is just tragic. I've tasted better bilge water. But, to each his own.

 

[Benny17441]

I like coffee in the morning but hate having to make it. A Keurig works just fine; either my sense of smell is gone or today's coffee blends are mostly charcoal. Not even the gourmet coffees do it for me. As a kid I could smell the coffee brewing next door but since about 40 years ago I cannot smell it in my own kitchen. That being the only incentive I had to brew coffee in the morning the Keurig works just fine. I take it black, no cream, no sugar, thank you. Oh, and to keep it nautical, I can sure smell diesel.

 

[plenny7]

We have a Nespresso machine on our boat. Similar to Keurig I guess, but it makes espresso, so stronger and less of it. It only works when we're in the slip, but for us that's most mornings. I don't like how much space it takes up, and I hate the cost of the pods, but it's cheaper than having my wife go to the coffee shop a block away from the marina and getting $5 foo-foo coffees. Sometimes I'll use and brew up 3 or 4 pods in succession to get a full cup of super strong brew.

For me, it's my Aeropress. The best coffee I make comes out of that. Quick and easy, no power needed, and takes up very little space.

@Head Sail ...instant decaf??? Give me a minute to wrap my head around that concept...