ALMOST the Perfect Coffee Machine
This is almost the perfect coffee machine for me. I love my Aeropress for its efficiency and control over the variables that go into making a great cup of coffee but most of the time I'm just looking for a quick cup of coffee and unless you have a water tank with ready-to-go hot water, it's gonna take longer to get to that cup given the added time to boil the water. Then there is the physical inconvenience of having to actively plunge the press.Though I liked the convenience of using a Single Serve Machine, I've never liked the idea of using a K-Cup machine. I thought the pods were too small and wasteful, the machines are too bulky, the serving sizes were not large enough (I want 12oz, most were 8oz or 10oz), and I want to know what coffee is in the K-cup.It had been a while since I actually looked into the K-Cup machines, and I was pleasantly surprised at the evolution of the K-Cup machines when I did some recent research, and that's how I came across this gem.This pretty much checked all the boxes:- Affordable- Compact design- Ease of use- Small counter space footprint- Quick Brew time (<2 minutes) with the perfect serving temp- Large, reusable pod that I can hold 18g of my preferred coffee so that I can brew the 1:18 coffee to water ratio for the 12oz cup- Quick clean upUnlike my Aeropress, I don't have to be actively involved in making the coffee. Pour water in the chamber, load up the pod and put it in the machine, close the lid, make sure a cup is there for the brew, and press a button. 2 minutes later, I have a great cup of coffee.The one glaring flaw that I can see with getting this machine is that you will have trouble getting a replacement for the reusable Pod. I've yet to find suitable replacement pods for this machine. All of the 3rd-party reusable pods that I've found so far can hold only 10g of coffee grounds. It would be nice to be able to get more of these larger pods for this machine so that I could brew additional cups without having to clean the large pod every time.I do have concerns with the apparent lack of customer support for this product, but at this price point, the machine is pretty much disposable. I hope that it is durable enough to sustain daily use for years to come.