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 enlarge | Brand: Keurig
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $189.99
You Save: $40.00 (17%)
New (9)
Avg. Customer Rating:  226 reviews
Sales Rank: 220
Color: Black/Chrome
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.3
Dimensions (in): 17.7 x 15.6 x 13.4
MPN: B70
Model: B-70
UPC: 649645007021
EAN: 0649645007021
ASIN: B000GTR2F6
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 My second Keurig and I love it more than the first December 31, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought a Keurig B40 a few years ago when it was being demoed in a local department store. I was impressed by the coffee and bought it on the spot. My B40 has worked flawlessly for several years but I wanted choices in brew sizes and I wanted something that didn't shake the house apart when it ran.
Because I buy my coffee direct from Keurig's website, I was offered a deal that I couldn't pass up - $100 off the price of the B70 Elite. I started using it Christmas Eve and I can't give a better recommendation.
1. You have a choice of cup size. My mother prefers her coffee to be a little weaker so I brew hers on the large cup size - Perfect! My cup is larger so I brew and Extra Bold on the extra large cup size - a little weak but still VERY GOOD. Flavored coffees tend to be too weak so I brew them on the small cup size.
2. QUIET - I always knew when the coffee was ready in the mornings from the sounds of the B40 groaning and all the dishes in the cupboard rattling. Luckily, I never had a broken dish from the shaking but it was a little unnerving. The B70 is very quiet. When it starts the brew cycle you hear a slight hum followed by the sound of coffee running into your cup. It ends with a quiet hum and is ready to brew the next cup.
3. Power on/off settings - I've set my B70 to come on around 6:30am and go off at 8am. When I'm ready for breakfast, I don't have to wait for the water to heat in the Keurig. I also don't have to leave it on 24 hours a day for that luxury. With the B40, my morning ritual included turning on the Keurig and going about my business cooking and getting ready for the day. Finally the water would be hot and I could make a cup of coffee. Now I walk into the kitchen, select my coffee and voila! I have a steaming cup of coffee with no waiting.
4. Selection! This is no different from other Keurig coffee makers - you have a huge selection of coffees to suit every taste. In my home, we have 3-4 coffee drinkers. I like flavored coffees; another family member only drinks decaf; my daughter likes the bold coffees and my son wants flavored decaf most of the time but occasionally wants a mild blended coffee. I can't speak for the other brands of single cup brewers, but Keurig has a huge selection of coffees. I purchase K-cups directly from Keurig and get a discount as well as free shipping but I also buy from Amazon as they frequently have good deals on some of my favorite flavors.
CONS? Only two things come to mind - I wish the reservoir was bigger so I didn't have to fill it as frequently as I do and coffee cost. My coffee costs slightly less than 50 cents per cup which is cheaper than buying coffee out but more expensive than buying in bulk and using a drip coffee maker. Of course, I don't have any waste so it evens out.
 small water tank December 22, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
We purchased this home-edition for an office of 4 people and we find that we have to fill up the water tank quite frequently. Also, when filling a cup with fresh brew, it splatters out so that if you have it on a white counter-top the coffee stains are visible.
The quality of the coffee and that it makes only one cup when you need one is great. That's why it gets such high marks from us.
Extremely impressed... and actually a little bit embarrassed December 14, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I tend to research my appliances and electronics rather thoroughly, and after a couple months of reading both professional and consumer opinions around the 'net on higher-end coffee makers, I decided on the Keurig B70. After owning it for a week, I'm extremely happy with my decision.
The two points that worried me the most with this machine turn out to not really be issues: One was that I would be locked into K-Cups and at the mercy of their pricing and availability, but it's not so. You can brew your own coffee with this machine, just buy the 10 dollar "My K-Cup" adapter, which is a small two-scoop filter you can place in the machine instead of a K-Cup.
The other sticking point was here and there I'd read people say it made weak coffee, but a ha, this really depends on the type of coffee you're using and your brewing size option. After trying about 25 different types so far, I have found that the various dark roast and "extra bold" K-Cups are very strong and flavorful, while the medium and light roasts tend to be on the lighter side. From there, you can tweak the strength of your coffee by choosing the brew size. It's all up to you. Making 7oz. cups of various dark roast blends turns out to be quite a bit stronger and more flavorful than when I used to load up my Mr. Coffee with my own freshly-ground beans.
And that's where the embarrassment from my review title comes in -- I thought I was already making great coffee. I'd pester friends and relatives to try my coffee thinking it was top notch, but I'm tasting so many more subtle flavors and and notes in these various K-Cup blends that it almost seems like I didn't know what I was doing before. Eek.
So, overall I couldn't be much more impressed, but two quick notes:
- That panel on the right side of the machine under the LED panel, I thought that might be brushed chrome, and it's not. It's plastic.
- If you ask me, the machine ideally makes 7oz. of great tasting coffee per one K-Cup. So if you usually drink coffee from giant mugs or travel mugs, realize you will have to use two K-Cups per fill.
So Far So Good December 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I received this about 2 weeks ago (it was an early xmas gift). So far so good! I absolutely love it. My husband was very skeptical at first and wanted to make a "full pot" of coffee on the weekends, etc. Well, now we can both have a fresh hot cup of amazing coffee or tea anytime of the day or night and as many as we want without having to "make a new pot". He is now converted. For a really strong cup of coffee I recommend the Green Mountain Espresso Extra Bold blend...spectacular. The Green Mountain k cups are actually pretty reasonable! I still had a big bag of Starbucks whole beans so I bought the "My K Cup" filter through Green Mountain coffee and i even got a free coffee grinder when I joined their Cafe Express club (no cost and discounted prices on K Cups). Now we have the best of both worlds! I can even use it just for hot water and use my own tea. The water is not just warm, it is really hot...just like from the tea kettle! I have only had it for a few weeks that is why I gave 4 stars. Highly recommend.
B70 is Great - Taste Plastic Like at First Though - Read On December 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
December 2008. I had been skeptical about this coffee maker for quite some time. I have a Capresso Coffee maker that grinds beans before brewing so switching or just even buying the Keurig was not on my list. However, I did experience coffee made from the Keurig B60 on more than one occasion and at different people's homes. I finally decided to get one. It arrived in bitter cold so I did let it WARM up to room temperature before doing the first priming as in the instructions. The unit itself works great. NOTE: Run lots of water through before brewing your first cup because the unit needs to burn off the plastic taste that will show up in your coffee. After about two reservoirs full of water that "plastic taste" went away. Also we lowered the temp from 192 to 186. It is still piping hot at 186. So, far we love the unit. We still use our Capresso to make a full pot in the morning and the Keurig for that single cup in the afternoon or evening. Also I was shocked at how good hot tea is from this. I didn't think it was possible but it makes a really great cup of tea.
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