Single Serve Coffee Makers

How popular is K Cups?

To say that K Cups is popular in the USA would be an understatement. In fact, it's the bestselling single-cup system for coffee brewing in the United States and Canada. Ironically while "keurig" is the Dutch word meaning "excellence," K Cups is less renowned in Europe. However, that will likely change considering how extremely popular the system is in North America. It's only a matter of time before the rest of the coffee drinking world discovers the perfection of the K Cups coffee-making system.

3. What are some of the main competitors of K Cup?

Although the K Cups system is the bestselling single-cup coffee-making system in North America, the competition is quite fierce. Here are some of the major players:

Aerobie

The AeroPress from Aerobie is one of the major competitors of K Cups. At $25, the price tag of this compact coffeemaker is attractive to many java lovers. However, the AeroPress isn't without its drawbacks. Unlike the K Cups coffeemakers, the AeroPress requires a icky paper filter. Based on its operation, it also requires a moderate amount of force in order to produce its coffee. And arguably the biggest drawback of this one-cup coffeemaker from Aerobie is that it's not programmable-unlike K Cup models.

Black and Decker

Known primarily for its power tools, Black and Decker also produces a Brew 'n Go one-cup coffeemaker. 4. What ratings has K Cups received?

The mere fact that K Cups have become the top-selling single-cup coffeemakers in North America, speaks volumes. It's generally received high ratings for various reasons. It's programmable. It doesn't require messy paper filters. And it produces a tasty cup of coffee in less than one minute. In terms of K Cup machines' value, professional and Average Joe (pun intended) reviewers have given such coffeemakers some of the top marks.

Welcome to this review of the Keurig 5071 K-cup Carousel Tower. Over the course of the next few paragraphs I will be bringing you all up to speed on this machine and hopefully allowing you to make a more informed decision on which tower if any might make the better choice.

Some people I know have had all sorts of problems when it comes to what to do with their k-cups. I personally have just left them in a drawer, or on the counter top. Some of my friends have tried stacking their k-cups, or even putting them in a bowl of some description (a very ugly sight). The answer to these problems comes in the form of a lovely product by Keurig themselves; the Keurig 5071 Carousel Tower.

Now a lot of people may well have been put off by the price of this item in the past and even looked at some of the cheaper models. This is no longer an issue, because online retailers such as Amazon.com are now selling this product at less than half of the previous price.

The big bonuses of this machine over the cheaper options are that for one, the k-cup itself is much better protected from dust and such like. In some of the other models such as the wiry tree style carousel, almost the entire k-cup is exposed.