Keurig is a company that makes coffee machines that are uniquely designed to make single cups of coffee at a time in less than a minute. The coffee comes in a self-contained single-serving container called a K Cup. The user of the machine must place a single serve K Cup in the machine along with the mug or cup the coffee is to be served in. This is much easier and faster than other coffee maker systems. Keurig coffee maker K Cups allow making single servings of coffee to be done quickly and easily with little to no preparation or clean up.

The reason that Keurig machines can turn Keurig coffee maker K-Cups into finished coffee so quickly is thanks to the smart design of the system. The machine pierces the foil seal on the top of the Keurig coffee maker K Cups with a spray nozzle and the bottom of the K Cup with a discharge nozzle. The coffee inside of the K Cup sits on a filter while pressurized hot water is forces through the coffee and filter and into the mug below.

Keurig is a subsidiary of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and has ties to many other beverage makers. These ties have created a wide variety of K Cup products including a huge number of coffee variants, tea, hot cocoa, and other hot drinks and meals. The variety in K Cup products has allowed Keurig coffee maker to be the sole provider of a person’s coffee, tea, cocoa, and other products. A Keurig machine would not be a very good purchase if you could only make one or two types of coffee with it and still had to buy another coffee maker in order to enjoy the variety you crave. The K Cup products offer enough variety that no one needs another coffee maker. For making larger amounts of finished coffee, Keurig coffee maker K Cups are not the best option. But for personal use or most office duty, Keurig is the fastest and most efficient way to provide single serves.

Home and commercial Keurig machines differ in a few ways. With commercial machines there is usually an internal receptacle for used K Cups and the machine automatically moves the spent K Cups into this receptacle. This means there is virtually no clean up. Commercial machines also tend to be connected to a water supply, so there is no preparation either. Home machines tend to be much smaller and place the advantage of small size over these conveniences. Home Keurig machines have the user remove the spent K Cup after each use and refill a water tank when empty. This small bit of clean up and preparation is still preferable to other home coffee makers.

The flavor and grounds of each K Cup beverage are contained within the disposable K Cup. This is important because it means that there is no contamination or carry over from cup to cup. The coffee you made yesterday does not flavor the tea you are making now. This is great when there are multiple users of the same machine, or a single user that makes many different types of coffee or tea.