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Giveaway & Review: Keurig Coffee Maker

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Photo by Once & Forever

Photo by Once & Forever

I love my coffee. Love, love, love.  I think it’s genetic. I come from a family of coffee lovers~well except my brother Doc. We always say that we don’t fully trust anyone who doesn’t drink coffee.

Lately the coffee from my pot at home it hasn’t been tasting so fantastic.  I’m not sure what the reason is. Have my tastebuds changed? Is there mineral buildup on the pot? Is it just the cruddy bargain basement sale coffee I’ve been drinking?

I keep finding myself doing the totally un-frugal thing and, *gasp*, buying coffee out.

Yes, I know. After all I’ve written on how that can dribble your money away.

So enough was enough. I needed to change something. I had owned a espresso/cappuccino maker back in the early 90’s, but honestly I had barely used it. It just seemed like too much effort. The regular coffee pots didn’t seem to brew right, even when I tried different brands of coffee. I started researching different options. The one that jumped out at me over and over again was the single cup coffee maker.

I balked. After all, a single cup anything doesn’t sound very frugal.  And did it even taste any better?  Although I don’t mind spending money on an item that I will truly use regularly and contributes to the quality of my life, I don’t like buying an item when I’m not really sure I’ll use it.

So I wrote the kind folks at Keurig and explained the situation to them, and asked if there was any way I could review the Keurig Coffeemaker and give one away on my blog.

Keurig Platinum Brewer

Keurig Platinum Brewer

They agreed, not only sending me one of their Keurig Platinum Brewers (valued at $169) but also 4 boxes of the coffee K-Cups.  They also  generously offered to give the same to one of my readers.

In order to give you the full flavor of my Keurig experience, I made a Whrrl story.  Don’t worry, by clicking through you do not have to create an account or anything~it’s just a very slick & easy way to do a slide show of pictures & text! Just click on the picture below and a new window will pop up with the review:

Long story short? The Keurig makes an great cup of coffee~although in using the same exact brand of coffee so did the standard pot. The Keurig coffee was much hotter & retained it’s flavor longer. The coffee is more expensive than standard coffee, but at about $.54 a cup, it’s still much less expensive than the coffee shop alternative.

Now, on to the giveaway!

This giveaway runs from today, August 1st through Midnight EST August 8th.

To enter you need to go to the Keurig site and check out all the different kinds of K Cups (coffee, tea or cocoa).  Come back here and tell me in the comments which kind you like the most.

This giveaway is only available to folks in the US (sorry!).  My family members, as always, are not eligible. Sorry Mom!

But wait! There’s more!

There are additional ways to enter once you’ve completed your initial entry (each requires a SEPARATE COMMENT or it doesn’t count).

#1 Subscribe to Frugal Upstate or let me know if you already are.

#2 Subscribe for the joint newsletter Lynnae from Being Frugal.net and I publish over at Frugal Coast2Coast under the “Never Miss a Show”

#3-Tweet about the giveaway sending folks over to the review.  Use this link: http://budurl.com/b3x6

Good luck!

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Comments

  4. Southern Pecan and Creme Brulee are amazing. I love the K cups…cant afford them anymore…this would be an awesome treat thanks

  10. I was surprised to see Sumatra Coffee by Caribou Coffee. I love Sumatra – so that would be my favorite then. If I win, I’ll get to actually give it a try to see if it’s any good.

  19. These coffee makers are amazing! I actually just got one but if I win, I would give it to my mom. I love the Wild Mountain Blueberry.

  21. I would love to try the Fair Trade coffee by Caribou Coffee. Actually, there were many flavors that looked yummy. It was so hard to choose!

  24. I would love to try the milk chocolate hot chocolate! I think this is one of the best machines of all time. I also subscribe.

  25. Celestial Seasonings English Breakfast Tea! I drink it several times a day. Who knew it was available for the Keurig? (I didn’t). I also didn’t know you didn’t fully trust people who don’t drink coffee. I guess I better have coffee next time I’m there, just to prove I’m trustworthy.

  27. The Mudslide Coffee by Gloria Jeans sounds like it would be really good!
    Thank you for this chance!

  29. I just Subscribed to your e-mail… I visit your site every day but never thought to do that I guess I am a little slow LOL!

  30. My orthodontist has one of these. I love that you can do tea and hot cocoa also. I Would love to win this. Thanks for showing the “My K CUP”.I would use that too.

  33. I subscribed to Frugal Coast 2 Coast also. I look forward to getting both in my email. Thanks for the opportunity to win this coffee maker.

  34. I was excited to see that they have Hot Cocoa. I would really like the White Chocolate Hot Cocoa!

  36. I am a major coffee drinker too. I have seen the single cup makers and have wondered if I would still get a good rich flavored cup of coffee. I would like to try their dark roast.

  39. I would really like to try Newman’s Own organic coffee…I like that the profits from this will go to charity!

  40. I think the variety pack of tea or coffees would be fun !!! I could see my husband and I having a little taste test , to see which variety we liked best !

  41. I love the Caramel Vanilla Cream Coffee by Green Mountain. We have this at work and we all love the maching. I think it would be greta to have one at home also.

  43. mmm, they all look good, but I think Breakfast Blend Coffee by Green Mountain would be my pick. My cousin has one of their coffee makers and it does make excellent coffee 🙂

  44. I can’t pick just one! What about a variety pack? The different flavors all sound so yummy. I’m also a tea drinker, so to have an easy way to do both would be fantastic!

  45. Oooh! If I had to pick just one I would say the Green Mountain Coffee.

    Glad I found your blog! I’m from Syracuse originally and boy am I frugal 😉

  50. I was surprised to see they have chai! I LOVE chai – and coffee as well – we’re BIG Caribou fans – Minnesota natives living in Maine – it’s hard to find it sometimes 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!

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