This made it easier to use when it was placed on a countertop under a cabinet than the current K-Mini models which stand a full 16.8 inches high when open. We test every product and want you to love what you buy. If you have repeated the descale procedure on your brewer two times and it is still only brewing a partial cup, contact Customer Service.
With these, you’ll have to dump the water before storing and there is always some water left in the unit which could leak out in rough conditions or if the unit fell on its side. Neither of these machines is top heavy and or prone to tipping over in normal conditions. Both weigh just under 9 pounds and are about 11″ high, 7″ wide and 11″ deep.
Using a filter inside the pod makes it much, much easier to empty the pod. The pod that I got — and recommend below — does not require a filter, so you don’t have to worry about running out Hamilton Beach and not being able to make coffee. Pods are expensive — typically about 65 cents each. The good part about using pods is that each pod is an airtight container and the coffee stays fresher.
This is to the consumer’s advantage, as 1.0 pods are much more readily available and affordable . You can even find compatible K-Cup coffee pods for brewing tea and hot chocolate. You can also play with the coffee strength using the “Strong” button, which is an unexpected and very welcome addition to such a tiny machine. Contrary to popular belief, the strong brew option doesn’t just brew with less water to provide a more concentrated coffee. Instead, it actually slows the passage of water through the coffee grounds in your favorite K-Cup so that you extract more flavor compounds using the same volume of water . Perfect for the coffee lover who prefers a bolder coffee.
While not the first and most important priority, aesthetics can play a significant role in the products that we buy, and the Keurig K-Mini certainly has a noticeably unique aesthetic. Lesley Chen is a San Francisco-based freelance writer who covers shopping, tech, health/fitness, travel, and general lifestyle topics. She’s written for BuzzFeed, Byrdie, PureWow, and Well + Good, among others. When not writing, she’s out looking for the flattest walking route around the city.
You can brew the standard cup size of between 6 and 12 ounces using any K-Cup pod from Keurig. For those who don’t have the time, check out our brief overview of the Keurig Cuisinart Coffee Mini results. This is how the two coffee machines stack up against each other. The two machines may look similar, but the K-Mini Plus is the more robust of the two.