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My wife, Faith, has been wanting this single cup coffee maker for a little while now. Today is her birthday and that is what she got, a Keurig B70.
I was skeptical but I love the thing. So, if you are a coffee drinker you should check out the Keurig's.
I bought the B70 at Costco for $149 and it cam with 60 K-Cups and a filter for those who like to grind their own beans, like me.
Keurig Platinum B70 Brewer at GreatCoffee.com
 
we have them at work in our conference rooms...I hear they make great coffee though the little individual coffee grind servings are about as expensive as buying from Starbucks I hear. I dont drink coffee so going on feedback...everyone loves them though...until time to buy more refills. :)
 
They are about .54 each and I pretty sure I can get them cheaper through work.
 
oh wow....ours were not that cheap...maybe it is because they were in bulk from costco. that is not bad then. that is for the flavored high end coffees?? or the plain roast coffee with no foo-foo flavors?
 
Well, I spoke too soon. Our coffee now taste and smells like plastic. The water reservoir smells like melted plastic. I was very perplexed, so I decided to go online and Google the plastic smell.
Apparently, this is very common and most people do not get rid of it after undergoing a plethora of tries to rid the smell and taste.
I have run about 4 reservoirs of water through it and the smell is going away but from what I have read the smell and taste will return in the morning after the water has sat inside of the reservoir.
We will see.
http://www.amazon.com/Tastes-and-sm...YKDXZXC3RZ1K/Tx3QUT3VRZPSRP/1?asin=B000AQSMPO
 
Update: My work got some fancy model that I don't see in stores, but I believe it is some top of the line commercial model. However, I just smelled burnt plastic with it a few minutes ago. My model has not done that. Now I also only run mine for a few hours a day, this one stays hot from 7am until 5pm. It might have something to do with the amount of time the element runs or something. It only takes about a minute to heat the water so I don't feel like paying for the element to run constantly at my house.
 
BELMONT148 said:
Update: My work got some fancy model that I don't see in stores, but I believe it is some top of the line commercial model. However, I just smelled burnt plastic with it a few minutes ago. My model has not done that. Now I also only run mine for a few hours a day, this one stays hot from 7am until 5pm. It might have something to do with the amount of time the element runs or something. It only takes about a minute to heat the water so I don't feel like paying for the element to run constantly at my house.
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Update: i leave mine plugged in and since running a couple dozen of water cups through and then a vinegar solution through, I do not have the plastic smell or taste. i am enjoying my coffee again. I have left the same water in the reservoir since yesterday morning and it still ok.
I just spoke with my next door neighbor, who got one about a month ago. They leave theirs plugged in all of the time and the plastic smell has not returned.
I suggest running 2-3 tablespoons of distilled vinegar throughout he machine then after that run a dozen cups of water through it.
One thing tI think that helped was I soaked the reservoir and K-Cup holder in hot soapy water for about an hour.
 
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