Side by Side Comparison of: Keurig vs Custom Variety Pack vs ValueCafe

We liked this one so much, we ordered another one for our daughter for Christmas!!! She loves the gift as their Keurig ws on it's last leg. We also bought Starbucks holiday blend K-cups. It's a medium roast and is absolutely delicious. It only comes out at this time of year.If you are looking for a very nice, reasonably priced Keurig, this one is it! Arrived quickly with Amazon Prime and included 12 extra K-cups and water filter. It has the ability to make 3 different sizes and even hot water. It has everything I hoped for. What more can I say? Oh by the way, try Starbucks 2016 Holiday Blend. It's a medium roast coffee that is out of this world! They only offer it now for the holidays until it's sold out!

Honestly, I got this for my daughter. She wanted a way to make coffee in the morning before school. Neither my husband or I drink coffee so we had no coffee maker at all. I spent hours going over reviews of the different Keriug's. This was my choice because of those reviews.I like that it is quick to heat up. Taking maybe 40 seconds until you can start to brew? It is quick to make that cup of coffee or hot water for tea as well!Some reported about it being noisy--I don't think that it is. I am used to the old time coffee makers and they are way noiser than this. It's easy to follow directions for cleaning and descaling.I do make sure I run water through a cycle on the smallest cup choice if we use a k-cup and may not use it until the following day. I also leave the top up until the cup area dries because I found if you don't the silver needle can become rusted. I actually found myself using it a lot for hot tea. Whether it was k-cup tea or just running it through for hot water and using a tea bag. We also got hot chocolate cups as well. So it really is something the whole family can use.I would recommend this product for sure.

We finally made the leap and bought a Keurig for our downstairs studio. Have set up a kind of coffee bar in our mini-kitchenette so we can have an afternoon cup of coffee without making a whole pot in our regular coffeemaker upstairs. Especially nice for a hot chocolate or spiced cider. We set up baskets with various drink types. Since our guest bedroom is downstairs too it's handy if we have overnight company so they can help themselves to whatever they fancy.Really like the blue color. It's somewhere between a sapphire and navy. I like the pull out tray feature so my travel mug fits nicely if I want to make a coffee to go. It has also filled in as a back-up for our upstairs coffeemaker when it quit as we waited for a replacement.

A little background: I'm a college freshman at a major university in the Midwest, and needed a brewer to help keep me warm with tasty hot beverages during the cold winters. I was primarily looking for an easy source of tea, hot chocolate, and basic coffee for sporadic early mornings.The Keurig K45 works brilliantly for me. It takes about 45 seconds for the water to heat up as soon as the "on" button is pressed, which is fantastic. Dispensing the actual liquid (whether it be hot chocolate, tea, or coffee) takes another 20 or so seconds, and the temperature is perfect every time (although to the best of my knowledge, it cannot be adjusted). The water filter works great, although I do recommend pre-filtering the water to some degree just to avoid problems with the reportedly fragile internal water pump.How does it taste? Amazing. I pretty much only use the third and largest setting (10 oz or about 1 mug), which produces perfectly concentrated green tea, Grove Square hot cocoa, and Starbucks brand coffee. IMO, it's far tastier than manually made hot cocoa, coffee, or tea.The reservoir holds the perfect amount of water, and is extremely easy to fill as the lid comes off easily and the opening is quite large.I only have two gripes about the product. First, its footprint is massive - I live in a single dorm room, and it pretty much dominates the surface of my dresser, especially when surrounded by K-cups. Second, K-cups are expensive.That said, I can heartily recommend this brewer to anybody looking for a nicely-priced single-cup automatic brewing system. I've had zero problems with it, and it provides me with delicious hot beverages on a daily basis. Wonderful product.

Keurig K45 Elite Brewing System...Review-Purchase Received 3/5/15Over the past 11 years I have owned 4 very inexpensive coffee makers...a Proctor Silex, Mr. Coffee, Black and Decker, and another Mr. Coffee. The last Mr. Coffee made a good cup of coffee...I have my special 70% acid-free-hazelnut coffee. It is reported that the acid is not removed from the coffee; rather the beans they harvest are already 70% acid free, just passing along for your information, should anyone be interested.After about 3 years, the burner on which the carafe is placed rusted out, leaving burnt crust on bottom of carafe, which I had to clean off every day. This obviously didn’t affect the taste of the coffee, but I simply do not wish to do this every day. The other issue with Mr. Coffee as well as the other ones I purchased is this: The filter basket where you put your grounds is a royal pain to clean out...takes lengthy rinsing. So I used paper filters. This also is not something I wish to deal with each day, as sometimes the filter folds over during brewing, gets wet, and therefore I had coffee grounds in the filter basket or even worse in the coffee. I hate grounds in my coffee!!!! This resulted in the paper filter being difficult to get out of the basket without coming apart, leaving you with a yucky mess!!.For about the past three months I have searched for a new coffee maker. Have looked at many coffee makers, including stove-top and electric percolators, dripolators, Keurigs, as well as other brands operating the same as Keurig. I have spent hours and hours of reading reviews. Actually, in one review I read one comment about Keurig company that really bashed them, saying that they once had a good product, but have now let things slide...no longer making a good product, and that in the future they would be selling Keurigs for the same price as the inexpensive dripolators. I followed a link on this comment and read many other responses, which were pretty much in agreement with the original comment.At this point, I had no clue what I wanted to buy. So, as the old adage says, when in doubt, don’t. And so I waited and waited, with ongoing research. Both my daughters have Keurigs, and they love them. One daughter kept giving me positive comments about Keurig and encouraging me to get one.Here is the thing: I make one large mug (10 oz.) every day for myself. My husband will occasionally have a cup with me. So did I want to pay this much for a coffee maker which would be used mostly for myself? I finally said yes...bought the Keurig K45...began using March 4, 2015. Here is my take on it so far.Pros:Makes a really good-flavored cup of coffee and definitely hotNice to pop in a K-Cup and not mess with groundsHaving an array of coffee pods at your disposal and choosing the types and flavors of coffee without buying a whole can of coffee.The following information has been taken from the Keurig instruction manual. I have no issues with either, but since each is a time-consuming task, I would like to pass along, hoping that it may be of help for a potential customer.Purging the Brewer: This should be done once a week. This involves filling the reservoir, turn brewer on, without inserting a K-Cup, place a mug or cup on the drip tray plate and then press brew button. Repeat this 3 more times to completely purge water from tank. So you’re going through this process just for water, not coffee.Cleaning external parts: Should be done once a week.This includes the K-Cup pack holder assembly, the funnel, the exit needle, water reservoir and water reservoir lid. Keurig is relatively easy to clean with a damp, soapy, non-abrasive cloth.Descaling Brewer: You will need descale solution, which can be purchased on Amazon.The mineral content of your water will determine how often you do this. Calcium deposits or scale may build up in your brewer. Scale is non-toxic, but left unattended can hinder brewer performance. Regularly descaling every 3-6 months is recommended.Descaling involves pouring entire bottle of Keurig Descaling Solution into water reservoir, then fill the empty bottle with water and pour into water reservoir. Press power button on. Place a large mug on the drip tray plate and run a cleansing brew using the largest brew size. Then pour contents of mug into sink. Repeat this process until add water is indicated. Let brewer stand for at least 30 minutes while still on. After 30 minutes, discard any residual solution and rinse the water reservoir thoroughly. Now the rinse cycle...fill the water reservoir. Place a large mug on drip tray plate and run a cleaning brew using the largest brew size. Pour contents of the mug into sink. Repeat brew process until you have completed at least 12 brews using the largest brew size. You may need to refill the water reservoir at least one time during this process.If the red Descale light is still illuminated after completing the procedure, repeat the descaling procedure. Turn off and unplug the brewer. If there is Keurig Descaling solution in the water reservoir, discard the contents, rinse the water reservoir thoroughly and refill with water. Plug the brewer back in, power on, and repeat the fresh water rinse cycle. This would be a biggie for me, but since I do have a water filtration system, would not concern me .Thoughts in general:To my knowledge, most coffee makers are made of cheap plastic and made in China...so what else is new? The Keurig K-45 is a nice looking coffee maker...not too large, looks nice on my counter and fits well under my cabinets. Takes about 4 min. for initial-water fill of the reservoir to heat up. Provides a very good-flavored, hot cup of coffee quickly. The key to a really good cup of coffee depends largely on the quality of coffee used.The K-Cups work well...insertion and removal easy. I do love herb teas, but have not tried any as yet, so cannot make comment at this time. I find absolutely no negatives with the Keurig K45. So far, everything is running smoothly, and I feel really happy about my purchase.The Keurig K-45 is a nice looking coffee maker...not too large, looks nice on my counter and fits well under my cabinets.Right now I am totally in love with this Keurig k45, giving it a 5 star rating. Should my opinions change at a later time, I will definitely post an update.

This is my first Keurig. As compared to Dunkin Donuts coffee K-cups that I've used, the coffee that was included with the purchase was awful for my tastes. But not a big deal. DD, MacD, Panera Bread, Einstein bagel, many others, are all fine with me. And not sure about other Keurigs, but you have to wait after powering on for the water to heat, before you can press your selection size. But it's not that long a wait, and once done, the coffee is made rapidly. The reservoir is nice and holds water for a number of cups. They suggest that you only use filtered water and give you a filter that I think gets inserted in the reservoir. But instead of that, I'm using it with water filtered by a Dupont faucet filter attached to a dedicated faucet (I installed it in the hole in the sink for a soap dispenser) that removes 55 chemicals. Brita pitcher filters only 5 chemicals and Pur pitcher filter only removes 10. Both Brita and Pur faucet filters are similar in chemical removal to the Dupont. Been very pleased with that purchase and the filter seems to last a very long time.American Std cold water only faucet:http://www.amazon.com/American-Standard-7100271H-002-Heritage-Faucet/dp/B000TF3D1E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423089818&sr=8-1&keywords=american+standard+cold+water+faucetDupont filter:http://www.amazon.com/DuPont-WFFM350XCH-Electric-200-Gallon-Filtration/dp/B007VZ2LMM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423089862&sr=8-1&keywords=dupont+faucet+filter

This was a great variety pack for my mothers first cup of the morning, cool or warm weather. Great price too. Only thing I would mention is that they came in a plain box, but a little decorated bag and maybe a dispenser tree included, made a super gift.

Ordered these for the new Wingnut Evil Lair. Mrs. Wingnut requested a Keurig (purple, of course!) as her housewarming gift from Mr. Wingnut. Fortunately, this lovely assortment of K-Cups arrived the day before the brewing machine did! I looked for a nice assortment of drinks for a Keurig newb and ran across these. There's something for everyone in this collection. Coffees, teas, ciders,hot chocolates - it turned out to be an excellent starter pack. Us Wingnuts don't drink much coffee (because we're all jacked up on Mountain Dew!) but some of our victims, ummm, guests do. This is a great assortment to include with a new Keurig machine as a gift.

A great sampler for everything but coffee (even though there's 6) for those that just got a Kuerig Brewer. If you're wanting to try Teas, get Twinings K-Cup Tea Sampler, 10-Count as well. You'll be able to try just about all of them with both sets. dont' use more then 7 oz. or it'll be a bit watered down.Chai Tea isnt' in this, and it's very good. Chai Latte's even better, like liquid desert. To be honest, you can get Twinnings teas in boxes of 20 bags at the store and it's a lot cheaper that way (then Kcups) and tastes the same, maybe a bit better. And you can do Chai Latte Kcups with a Chai teabag. Just put 6 oz of water and 1 oz of milk in a glass measuring cup, nuke it till it's boiling (a minute and 20 seconds ro so), pour over tea bag and let it "steep" for 3 minutes or so... swirl the bag a bit. add a packet of sugar and stir. Chai LAtte...The cider is REALLY good, but you can only get Grove Square cider on here, I can't find it ni any store in Miami at least...... There is a 54 count box of Cider, 27 of each. That should last awhile, then order another.As far as the cocoa, Milk and dark chaocolate arent' much different, Dark's just a little more chocolatey. Not like candy bars, dark chocolate's a tiny bit bitter. I Like Irish Crème cocoa the best though, and caramel's good, but cant' get either of those anywhere around here either. But there's a variety pack of those on here as well lol....MY local walkmart you can get Grove Square French Vanilla, Hazelnut (the best) and caramel cappucinnos and milk chocolate cocoa for like $5 a box of 18.

Premium Organic Stevia Powder 30g - USDA Certified All Natural Alternative Sweetener 320x Sweeter than Sugar No Artificial additives & fillers ingredients, Industrial Grade Highly Concentrated ExtractThis pack has a great variety. There wasn't a single blend that I wasn't happy with. The hot cocos were delicious.

We love trying new keurig brands and flavors so this was the perfect choice. So far we've tried a few and love a the ones we've tried so far. It's great! You will always have choices and options to choose from.

Have not heard of some of these coffees before. But all good so far. If you want to broaden you taste buds, try some of these.

Very pleased with this product! Ordered it as a gift for my dad and he's so excited. I read some reviews where pods were busted, they had multiples, and that there wasn't enough "variety" in the variety pack. My experience was not like this. I ordered the normal coffee variety pack since my dad's not a huge fan of tea, cider, or decaf. I got exactly 40 k-cups and each one was different! There are some multiples of brands but no flavor is the same. I did get one great value cup, which I rolled my eyes at, but 1 out of 40 isn't bad!Packaging was great. I ordered other things also so this came in its own box within another box so it was definitely secure. The second picture is how they arrived, all jumbled together. The first picture is just a small sample of the different varieties I received.I ordered this sampler pack for Father's Day. Ordered it a week before Father's Day and it didn't arrive until the week AFTER so about two weeks total. The shipping itself was relatively fast but it took forever for them to "process my order." The shipping time wasn't a huge deal to me but just be aware.I would definitely consider ordering these again since they're a great price and a fantastic variety!

I purchased this for a holiday gift exchange with my co-workers. Everyone always fights over coffee in my office, so of course they fought over this gift. I am personally not a coffee drinker, but this 40-count pack did not last long. It was only there about a week before we needed another supply. I did ask the co-worker who ended up with this sampler, and she said that she enjoys strong coffees. Apparently there were several.

I have ordered a variety pack of coffees like this before for myself which I liked very much. I ordered this one for my granddaughter who is away at college. I thought her mother gave her a K-cup coffee maker and have learned today that it is just a regular Mr. Coffee type of brewer. I told her she could just open the K-cups and pour them into the filter in her coffee maker but she said it was too large. I told her to pass my gift off to someone she likes at school with a K-cup maker. They are great little coffees and someone should enjoy them.

Now I have this coffee drinking daughter who is just adventurous enough to want to try anything once. My boss gave me a Keurig machine, so I decided to surprise her with it. To make her smile, I ordered to of these sampler packs. One that contained the flavored coffees and the other that contained just regular brews. I opened the box and found 40 different flavors of coffee. I was quite please or should I say she was quite pleased. There were flavors I didn't even think you could make as a coffee flavor. Flavors: Cocunut, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Apple Pie, Fudge, Hazelnut, French Vanilla, and so many more. The list is endless. No laughing, I am writing this and my mind cannot even remember all the flavors there are Now out of the two boxes purchased, I can say that I did not have that many duplicates, so if you are a coffee adventurous, this is the way to go. They were cost effective, and well worth the deal. I went on other sites and these cups cost so much more. So for you thrifty shoppers, you'll definitely like the costs.

I chose this variety pack because I saw several in the picture that I wanted. While I got a decent variety, I didn't get the ones I wanted. The box says coffees, teas, and hot chocolate. Got no hot chocolate or tea. In my pictures I show which cups I didn't receive from the product's headline photo, and what I actually got. I'll take the gamble again though and see what I get next time!

I've gotten other samplers but this was by far the best one. It was a nice mix of plain coffee with light and dark roasts and then lots of flavored coffee! I love that I received coffee from companies I've never heard of. I also got some crazy flavors ( cookie dough and mocha fudge) I received this the next day after I ordered it with standard shipping. I'll buy again! Thanks!

I like the white color that matches my appliances. And I like the simplicity of it. The Keurig I'd had for 3 or 4 years had all the bells and whistles. But it was terribly hard to set to where it wouldn't turn off automatically. Every time I unplugged it or the electricity went off even for a minute, I'd have a hard time ever getting it set back again to where it wouldn't turn on and off automatically.But this new white Keurig doesn't have all those buttons.The only bad thing is that the water reservoir doesn't light up, and it's hard to see where the water level is.P.S. I see the price now at amazon is $167. I wouldn't pay more than the $123 I paid amazon in Oct. 2015. Because I've seen them at the nations largest discount store for even less than the $123 I paid.

I have only owned this product for a couple of weeks, but really love it so far. It is not as wasteful if you are one of those people who enjoys only a couple of cups of coffee in the morning. I would advise using purified water, as it makes the filter last longer. Refillable kcups are also awesome. They minimize waste and allow you to use your own coffee. If you choose this option, make sure the lid is firmly closed-otherwise escaping water will cause a spray effect when the liquid dispenses.My keurig heats quickly, but it's also hard to burn yourself on it. The outside is cool to the touch, which is really nice. A great investment if you like to grab coffee to go on the way to work. This is a luxury item, but makes a big difference in the morning routine for me. I love it.

The product (I had to order two) arrived in a beat up box with a shipping label on the inside from KOHLS to someone else. The food was expired (coffee sample pack was past it's use date by 6 months). I told the supplier about the problems and with Amazon Prime, they sent me a new one to replace the old open item package. Unfortunately, it was the exact same situation. Amazon eventually gave me a $10 credit to buy coffee and just keep this product (still paid full price though) and avoid sending it back to them (the re-seller).The Keurig 45 is a good little machine though.PROS: compact design, fast hot coffee, great tasteCONS: small water jug - only makes 2 or 3 cups before needing refilAside from my shipment / seller issue, this a good product for the one or two person apt., but I wouldn't recommend it for a group office or a family of coffee drinkers since the water receptacle is so small.

This works as well at making coffee as the older, black Keurig did. OK, maybe it splashes a little more visibly on the back panel as it brews, and maybe it's a little fussy with its filter and instructions to be sure and de-scale. And maybe I miss the actual metal (the drain piece, for instance) that has been replaced by plastic in this "elite" model. But I actually like having the three sizes - and for now the thing does what I want: it brews reasonably good coffee fast and requires neither thought nor cleanup first thing in the morning. And I like the white color.My one-star complaint is that, for those of us who don't want yet one more web-empowered machine, there is no longer a way to set the newer Keurigs to turn on at a specific time. I thought I could get around that with this one by attaching it to an electric timer, but so far that hasn't worked. So mornings these days I fiddle around while the water heats up instead of just pushing a button and watching the cup fill. The cup does fill in a few more minutes, but in those moments I have to say I wonder ever so slightly why I bought this. The old one finally wore out. Right.

I've been using the Keurig for about six months now. I'm a regular coffee drinker who works from home, so I was only brewing a couple of cups at a time on drip machine, making this the perfect machine for me. I'll confess, the coffee's not as good as when I grind the beans right before brewing, but it's still good enough to call me a convert. I only have one gripe and it's annoyance more than anything else. When you first turn the machine on, it goes through a warming cycle, then lights up when ready. I can't count the number of times it told me it was ready, I walked away after hitting the button for a cup, then come back a minute later to see the "fill water" light is on. If it pulls from the reservoir to warm the water before I start my cup, how is it the machine can't figure out it needs water until after I start my cup? If this was fixed, I'd give it five starts.

I decided to buy the K45 Elite Brewing System after reading mostly positive reviews on the product and trying it myself at a friend's house. When the Keurig came in, it only took about five minutes to unpack and assemble (it's really just a matter of attaching a couple of things here and there). It came with a variety pack that I was able to sample over the next couple of weeks, which was really nice. I found one I like a lot (Green Mountain Hazlenut), and have since bought a bulk package of them. Keep in mind this Keurig is NOT automatic, which I knew ahead of time and it's a non-issue for me. Also, the cleaning instructions (for first time use) aren't really very accurate. After using their method several times, I still had an unpleasant plastic-type of taste in my coffee for ten-or-so brews. The reason I'm giving it four stars instead of 5 is because it makes quite a bit of noise (I live in a small apartment and get up for work at 5 A.M., so it tends to wake up my wife), but I consider it a great buy and highlest recommend this product!

Not all of these are compatible with my 2.0! I guess I should've read through all the questions and reviews first to figure that out, but well, I was in a hurry and didn't do it. I am getting a reusable filter anyway, so I'll just empty those into my reusable one and hope that works, but it would be nice if the description said something about them not being compatible with the 2.0 so I didn't have to dig through questions and reviews to discover that.**Editing because the selection deserves a good rating at least! This had a nice variety of different flavors within a few different brands. It's a great way to try out some different things without having to buy big quantities of them. Some are good, some aren't so good, but now we know what we like and don't like.**

I misread it. I'm not too happy I got duplicates, but it is in the product details which I had to click to see more. Same with not working with the Keurig 2.0, I saw by clicking more that it actually says it might not in the description. In that case, I only took away one star instead of giving 3. Just wasn't what I expected, but it does mention both.

First let me start off by saying that for me to give 5 stars a product must go above and beyond my expectation. That being said I rate this product at 4 stars because it has met my expectations. This was a nice variety pack to have in case of those unexpected guests who show up or visiters who are staying and you do not know what they may like. Though I do feel that the counts of each were slightly unequal. Getting more of cide than coffee and tea. I understand this is a careity pack but there was a little less varitey than I expected.

If you are looking for a variety pack, with a mix of coffee, tea, ciders, hot cocoa and cappuccinos, this is the way to go. This 30 count mix of K-cups is great for trying new products or for when you have guests over that may have different tastes than you.Personally, I would not have purchased this just for myself. I am more of a cider, hot cocoa and (sporadically) coffee; the rest would go to waste. I purchased this with the intent to share this with a coworker and to try different brands of k-cups.All of the K-cups worked fine EXCEPT the happy Brew Shop k-cups. Unlike the foil sealed traditional k-cups, these were sealed with a thin plastic that made more of a mess as I'm not sure K-cups are meant to be sealed with that material.Otherwise, it's a great product

before buying I read that other reviewers lamented that ot wasn't all coffee or there was too many of the non-coffee cups in this selection.Well, this is a nice selection of all sorts of beverages that can be brewed with the Keurig K cup one cup brewers. HOWEVER, if you have the new version 2.0 Keurig brewer, these won't work because that don't have that "bar code" arount the lip of the cups. I read of work arounds where you cut out a bar code ring and slip it arount the non 2.0 k cups to fool the brewer, It might work. The selections that are included are quite diverse and all, so far have been pretty tasty. I would reconmmend it.

We bought a Keurig 2.0. We found out that the K-cups that don't have the Keurig symbol does not work in the machine. Some of the K cups in this variety pack do not have that symbol so we have take the coffee out and put into a reusable k cup. As for the coffee and tea selection, it is a great variety and we have enjoyed it.

Received 9 Light, 10 Medium, 11 Bold & 10 Flavored. It does feel like a true variety pack.No starbucks or cinnabon but at least one of every other style shown in the picture. No duplicates.EDIT: I have seen a lot of reviews saying the black cups are not compatible with their Keurig.I have a K15 and have had no issues using the black cups.

This is a really nice mix of good and well known brands of coffee. No off brands and I love that there is such a great mix. I would give this 5 stars except for the 3 pods of pumpkin flavored coffee that comes in each box (I have ordered this mix 3 times). I do love me some pumpkin flavored coffee during the fall season but for the most part I don't. I am saving those for fall. If there was a way to have those replaced with something else when I ordered this mix would be purchased more often.

A nice variety of coffees. The only real complaint is that some of the k-cups seals have came undone; which makes a mess and no coffee. Regardless, it is definitely recommended for people who are interested in trying different coffees to find new favorites. It has saved me from buying a pack of Crazy Cups; which I found out I don't like the taste of from this sampler.

I subscribed to have this delivered every month. I really enjoy getting different flavors to try. Most are quite good, a few excellent, and of course, a few blah.One negative I have is I don't use a Keurig brand coffee machine. Mine is an off brand that requires you to manually shut the door onto the K-Cup. This has never been a problem until a few of the EkoBrew k-cups in this package. They require a bit more force to get the pin to push up from the bottom and puncture the k-cup. Not a huge deal, but I wanted to mention it.

This is a pretty good coffee sampler pack. I have it on my Subscribe and Save and get it every other month as a filler to my standard coffee. Most of the coffee pods are the ones pictured, but not all of them. I actually don't mind it because it is a variety pack after all. This particular sample pack does not include teas or hot chocolate. It is caffeinated coffee only.I know that it has been mentioned before, but about only half of the coffee pods work with the Keurig 2.0, which is what I own. If this is an issue for you, do yourself a favor and buy a freedom clip which is available here on Amazon.

Great variety of coffee, some of them don't work with the new keurig. What I did to remedie this problem was take a bit of the covering off of a keurig 2.0 cup and place it where the reader is, this tricks the machine and allows it to brew.

Stopped working in six weeks. My old one worked for seven years.Made in ChinaTrying to get a refund.I think I am out $100Contacted seller who accepted the return.Waiting for my refund.I will update to 4 stars if I am reimbursed.

This machine worked wonderfully for 2 years. Then it just quit. I kept it descaled, used a filter, and followed all the directions, but his time when the descale indicator came on, it just stopped working. Very disappointing. I remember when a coffee maker would last a decade!

Very disappointed. I should have realized there would be an issue when there was a tape across the box saying it was not returnable even though it was purchased "new". I checked other reviews that stated this Keurig was one of the better models. However after using it just 3 times, the machine would not pull the water from the canister. Every time I remove the canister from the mount, I have to take a Q-tip and press on the spring located at the base of the canister and press it down a few times before returning it to the base in order for the Keurig to pull the water into the machine. Will never purchase another Keurig!

I purchased this Keurig system Christmas of 2014, it worked great for the first few months. About 9 months of use it started making weird noises, like the motor is going out or something, this system didn't even last us a year! It's not like we used it excessively or anything, we would brew about 3 cups every morning and that's it, very disappointed!!

A replacement for the Keurig that went bad in less than a year.The return policy for keurig is less than optimal. The issue with my Keurig was that water was stuck in the interior reservoir and cannot be removed (per Keurig's troubleshooting expert) so sending it back was an issue to the post office as there was liquid in the machine. You cannot shake the water out, hold it upside down -- nothing!! There is a gasket that completely seals until the machine is powered on. My machine would not power on and Keurig will not replace a machine unless it is returned to them. Bah!!I thought about going up a few models and spending more money but thought I would give this basic model one more time, I'm rather curious if these machines sold here on Amazon are leftovers from the basic models made -- and perhaps are factory "seconds" Who knows?This model has issues already -- the k-cups do not seat properly at times and brewed coffee and water spray out randomly. It just happens when it feels like it, despite carefully positioning. I'm disappointed but will see this machine out as long as possible -- I have more than 400 K cups to use up!

Works fine with K-Cups but not very well with the adapter for fresh ground coffee which is what I prefer. It slops the drip all over with the adapter and I am not happy with it for that reason. The amount of coffee it will make depends on how it feels. When set to make a full mug it quite often makes a small cup. At other times it overflows a standard cup. One never knows what it is going to do. Don't leave it unattended. Use K-Cups and it is fine. It also makes a heck of a lot of grunting and groaning sounds when it is working. I would not buy another one

when I got my machine I was very excited to get all these great flavors, however, I didn't know this, several cups didn't work in my K machine, kept getting the "opps" message and had to throw away several cups. I now know to make sure all Kcup purchases in the future are K cup authorized. The coffees, teas and cocoas were great, just hated to toss the ones I didn't get to try.

This served its purpose for me, but I'm sure there was a better way for me to try out a variety of k-cups after getting my first Keurig...and trying to start drinking coffee as an adult. Don't ignore the other reviews that say this is mostly NOT coffee. It's mostly not coffee. You'll get a truly shocking amount of apple cider. I didn't even realize that many people drank apple cider...at all, ever. You'll get a few delicious cappuccinos (which is why I got this variety pack and why they get 3 stars rather than 1 or 2), some hot chocolate, a small pile of tea (only one of which is green tea, if you're even that lucky...and one "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" amidst the floral, black, etc.), a huge pile of apple cider, and a little coffee. My understanding is that this experience varies, but I can't attest to this personally.I received no duplicates in any of the flavors except apple cider. In the apple cider, I received multiples of several, and probably about 7-9 apple ciders total out of 30 k-cups. Seriously? This seller is just padding orders with apple cider.This helped me figure out which coffee to buy next, but not by giving me a variety of options to compare. I realized I like light roast better than dark. That's all this helped me with. That and teaching me that cappuccino is delicious (though I later discovered the French Vanilla has 80 calories, so, no thanks).The vast majority of these k-cups are gathering dust in my k-cup drawer, and I'm sure they'll eventually line a landfill, unused. But if you have diverse tastes and really want to be sure you get some tea, hot chocolate, coffee, cappuccino, and apple cider (lots of apple cider) then this one could work well for you.

All of the flavored coffee/cappucinos are sweetened with fake sugar. It makes my tongue curl up, I cannot stand the taste of splenda/equal/sucralose/stevia!! I am so glad I bought this sampler pack before buying a full box of any of them. Terrible. The plain coffees were good, except for Emeril's one. It literally tasted like cigarette butts soaked in water, then lit on fire again. Pure hell. Not even water, sugar, and creamer could save it. Gross. Celestial teas were delish but expensive to rebuy. TLDR:1. If you hate fake sugar, don't get a Keurig if you like creamy/flavored drinks. They all have fake sugar.2. Stick with breakfast and medium roast blends; Emeril's dark blend is for Satan only.3. The teas are good, especially lemon zinger, but the price for these cups vs. bags is almost 40 cents more a cup.4. There are way too many spiced cider cups in this sampler.

Interesting selection but loads of doubles and triples. I had more of the spiced apple cider than anything. "Cappuccinos" are incredibly sweet. If you wanted a tasty, sweet hot beverage for a cold winter night, but you aren't diabetic or prone to sugar-hyperness, I say order. Also, if you truly enjoy spiced apple cider, go for it.Not really worth it for the coffee choices.

I purchased these right around the same time as purchasing a cop machine that has a K-cup brewer in the same unit and was so excited (to be lazy hah). But then, after trying a few different cups, all of different flavors, they were NOT tasting good. They tasted like plastic, like chemical to be more exact. Thinking it was just the machine being new and not use before,I cleaned my machine a few times, ran lots of hot water through both the drip coffee side and the K-cup side, and then tried another cup. It still tasted like the ones before! I couldn't believe it. So I contacted Amazon and they refunded me after I sent back the unused cups.I don't know what was actually the problem, because every K-cup I've used since then tastes great. But the 3 stars was for the prompt delivery and fantastic customer service from Amazon and the speedy refund. I'm hoping this was just a fluke and that no one else has had to deal with this.

This was a nice way to try a lot of different k cups for my new Keurig. I liked most of them, but wish there was less stuff from Grove Square. Their cocoas and ciders have a very strong sucralose taste which I really don't like. For that reason, I will not be buying this variety pack again.

I actually subscribed to this Keurig K-cup sampler so that I could get a variety of favored coffees. Now all I seem to get is regular coffee which I could just buy in the store! I wanted to sample the different flavors from the different manufactures not always get 100$ arabica/columbia. Just wanted coffee, no teas or hot chocolate or decaf. It's always delivered on time but please, more favors to sample.

I was excited over the mixed box of coffee to have in my office. I was really disappointed when I had a certain brand of coffee explode in my Keurig. I thought it might of been the Keurig so I brought some of the brand home to try there and holy cow, a week later I still have coffee grounds coming out of places I didnt know existed. My home and office Keurig are now coffee ground coated and almost impossible to get it all cleaned up in those things.

Buyer Beware! (1) some coffee's "best buy" dates were more than one year ago. (2) 20% of sampler pack was NOT coffee - tea, fruit beverages. Bottom line: it gave me a chance to sample many different brands, and I did find one that I really liked, but I'm wondering how many more I would have enjoyed if they hadn't been so far past their "best buy" dates.

I was not expecting so many weak coffees. Some tasted so bland I had to throw it out.

I purchased this with the hope of trying a lot of flavored coffees, but I would say less than half the box was flavored and rest was just a mix of light, medium and dark roast with heavy emphasis on the dark. Also, none of the black pods like the one pictured below would work in my brewer even though mine is listed as a compatible brewer. The bottom needle would not pierce the cup. Naturally, a good bit of the special flavored ones were in black cups and they are useless (I tried multiple black ones, none worked). I'm not sure if I will order these again.

You need to know that with the new Keurig 2.0 system that some of copy cat cups will not work in this system. About half will not work so if you own the new 2.0 do not order this Sampler Pack.

We have owned 4 of these in black (we have luxury rental property) and the black ones have maybe had a problem where the flow gets stopped up a couple of times over several years but we have had this white model in our house for less than 4 months and it has stopped up at least 8 times so far. I would also like to add that the slotted base where your coffee cup sits is a very lightweight plastic unlike the metal pieces on the black units. It has been very frustrating having to poke a piece of wire metal up into it to unclog in the mornings. Perhaps a different factory is making the white ones? Either that or we have a lemon.

Keurig was good but you sent me expired k cups :/

I loved my first Brewer and recently bought another one. Every cup of coffee or tea tastes like plastic. I washed it, ran water though it and still have a plastic taste. I'm very disappointed and will be returning it and looking for a different coffee maker.

Disappointed. Bought this and reusable MyK cups so I do not have to brew the whole pot of coffee in my conventional coffeemaker when I only want a cup or two. Well, this thing does NOT produce what I would call BREWED coffee. What it does it strains somewhat hot (but not boiling) water through the coffee grounds (be it K cups or refillable K cups) so you get a murky not-too-hot liquid that is supposed to be coffee. I am sorry my $15 dollar coffee maker brews better beverage because at least it gets water boiling. This is an overpriced yuppie gizmo that does not live up to the price or hype.

Coffee isn't strong enough or hot enough, and I've tried pods and my own K-cups. I think the problem on the brew is the water just isn't hot enough to get a good strong cup of coffee out of the machine. I'm going to try buying one more brand of coffee (Caribou), but if that doesn't work, the thing is getting donated to Good Will and I'll be going back to a drip coffee maker again. Very disappointed in this machine for the money...

Coffee is hot, just warm. I give is 2 stars because I like my coffee, at least a little, hot. Not enough to burn me but enough to brew the ground beans.I'm trying to return it but having all kinds of issue. I've never experience this with Amazon but it turned out amazon was not the seller. I got to be more careful with who's the seller.I've own coffee makers for over 30 years. Never purchase a coffee maker that don't give a decent cup of coffee. I usually don't buy the expensive brand. Maybe that's where I went wrong. Maybe I got a lemon, but I should be given the option to return.My old Mr. Coffee maker is still kicking and give me the wake up I needed everyday.

I had several that won't even work with my Keurig! Thankfully I have one of the kcups you can put your own coffee grounds into and was able to dump these in there to be able to use them.. but still. Don't advertise this as "k cups" when half of them don't even work with a Keurig. Also, mine had hardly any actual coffee. Just a lot of ciders and hot chocolates.

Quite disappointed. Item is described as 6 pods of coffee, 6 tea pods, 6 ciders, 6 hot cocoa & 6 cappuccinos. It arrived with 1 cider, 3 tea pods & all the rest were coffees. I can understand substituting with a variety but let's at least get close to the original offer. I would have emailed the seller to see if they would make it right but that wasn't an option & leaving a review is...PS -it did arrive before it's scheduled date, so that was a plus.

I gave my daughter and son in law a Keurig for Christmas. Since the three children don't drink coffee I thought this would be a good variety pack as it had ciders nd hot chocolate! Of the 30 cups listed in the description, only 3 were actually shi[[ed. All the rest were something not listed in their description. Only a couple hot chocolates and ciders. VERY DISAPPOINTED. Why list what is in the variety pack if you are not going to send it?

I'm still going to enjoy the coffee, but why not make a sample pack that's just for keurig OR just for keurig 2.0 instead of mixing them together? Or how about sending your customers the k-cups that are listed in the description?..Its a bit disappointing. I think I'll just break down and buy an 18 pack of cappuccino cups from the store next time.

I wasn't happy with my purchase. I knew going in spending $20 on 30-count wasn't going to get me exactly what I wanted, however I did expect a bit moreAs my title says, I wasn't too thrilled with the selections of flavors. First of all there were very few plain coffee - I think 4 total. The rest are flavored coffee/cappuccinos, a few tea pods. The majority is cocoa of the flavored ciders. It's like buying mixed nuts and getting mostly peanuts, a few almonds, cashews, etc.Very disappointed. Everything looked like someone just scooped up a bunch of random pods with no rhyme or reason to the choices - the only similarity to the cocoa and flavored ciders was the looked like all the fall flavors like cinnamon apple, pumpkin spice.The cocoas, what little coffees there were, the other stuff were okay tasting.FOLLOW UP - the Happy Meadow cappuccinos do NOT fit the Hamilton Beach models single-serve makersChange "I probably won't buy these again - I would say there a 99% chance I won't" to "I definitely won't buy these again" Nor will I buy any with the Happy Meadows brand.

I wanted this to be a fun way to try out such a wide variety, which I guess it was except a lot of them just weren't enjoyable. Specifically: as others have said, the cider and a few others had such a strong imitation sweetener taste that I couldn't finish the cup. I mean, you know the taste of cider, right? It's pleasing. But then imaging imitation apple with like Sweet N Low in it. It was gross. Also - and I'm sorry, I'm posting this a few months after so I forget which ones, but at least three cups were stale - like, the contents were hardened into a block and simply couldn't brew. They were not expired, so this might have been due to improper storage temperatures in a warehouse (?). I wouldn't know. The coffees included some really cheap brands that tasted yucky. I drank them by adding extra cream. I am a pretty frugal person but I threw away about half of these I'd say. I would never buy this package again.

Mostly junk coffees you'd never find again, if you even wanted to. Green Mtn samples pictured but not a single pod in the box, others I wanted to try as well, but none in the box. Mostly no name crap. Once was more than enough of these.

Fun assortment of kcups that I will probably never buy again. I've never heard of most of these brands. One was great valu, which I recognize as a generic grocery store brand. Out of 40 kcups, 9 are flavored. The rest are a mix of dark, medium and light roasts (no decafs). I'm excited to try a few of them. It seems like a good way to sample a bunch of new brands, but next time we'll stick with one we know we like.

The Variety Pack I received included very little of the advertised coffees and a lot of unknown blends. If this wasn't purchased for my work office, I would be returning to seller. I don't recommend this sampler pack, it's filled with undesirable coffee.

I ordered this variety pack on the basis of the flavors pictured. Of the 40 cups, nine of them were what was advertised. The rest were plain coffee of one blend or another. Amazon gave me a refund but if you're looking for flavored coffee or you're interested in something specific, you probably want something else. In the picture, the cups in the box are flavored. The ones on the counter aren't.

I usually get these shipped routinely, but for some reason this box for every 2 pods I brewed I would actually get a cup of coffee. the Pods would explode when brewing. Making a huge mess all over my kitchen that I had to clean not once but generally twice before I had my first cup of coffee. This is not a good moment and way to start a day. All I can figure is that it was a defective box of pods where the glue seal was compromised perhaps because of inconsistent temperature regulations. I am hoping this does not happen with the next box, if so I will stop using this box variety and buy at the store.

I was excited when I received these because of the great variety of good coffee! The package also had no teas or decaf (thank God because decaf coffee is a morning ruiner). However, I was displeased to find that several of these cups don't work in a Keurig 2.0 brewer! An error message pops up that these pods were not made for Keurig brewers, and it will not brew.I did come up with a fix and tricked my keurig, by peeling a label off of one of my used k cups and putting it over the non-keurig pod (so the keurig can scan the little bar code), but this is certainly inconvenient and not something I'm looking forward to doing every morning.So all in all, would not buy again. Great variety, but not worth the fuss with a Keurig 2.0. Disappointed.

The Keurig K45 Elite is a loser. The light up screen is faulty and, ultimately, you will not be able to select "brew". This is a problem! I have emailed Keurig Customer Service twice "we will get back to you in 2 business days" but have had no response from Keurig in at least a month. This is a bad product that has been pulled off the market but what is Keurig doing to make people whole again? $100 down the drain on a rotten product.

Very disappointed, the brewing system worked like a champ for a couple of months then started brewing 1/4 cups of coffee. This usually corrected itself on the next couple of cups, but now only brews 1/4 of cup no matter the selected size. Of course filter change and cleaning has been performed, but to no avail. Unfortunately, I can not insert the product link though I purchased it from Amazon as it was a Prime purchase. The item is the Keurig K45 Elite Brewing System, Black. Very disappointed in both Keurig and Amazon, but I guess it made it to their expected 90 day expiration date (sure sends the price per cup of coffee up).

Wish I had never wasted my $$$ on this piece of junk. Every morning have to get on my knees to clean out pin hole in top & bottom & still no coffee come through most times. Glad I saved my old coffee maker.

I've had this Keurig brewer for two weeks and three times it has only brewed one inch of coffee. On one occasion it didn't brew at all. It tells me to add water to the tank when it is already filled to the max line. My previous Keurig coffee maker lasted at least 3 years without these issues. I'm returning this Keurig to Amazon for a full refund.

Note: I love the coffee maker but felt that rating it only one star would help to bring this "fix" to someones attention that has a similar problem.I bought this K45 early December 2014 (from a local retailer) and in January 2016 it would not fill a cup and the descale light came on. So...I purchased the "Keurig Descale Solution" locally ($12.99 ugh) and followed all directions. NOTHING happened. Still just a trickle of hot water. I was just about to throw it out and spend another $100 or more for another. (I love this thing when it works) Instead I decided to check out the insides so I got out some basic tools (small philips screw driver and a pair of needle nose plyers) After taking off the bottom metal plate and not finding any obvious problem and replaced it. I then removed the drip funnel and made sure it wasn't clogged. My next step was to remove the 2 screws that hold the black "framework" that holds the upper needle and I removed the top trim cover screws (2) and removed the top and found that the tube and right angle fitting between the check valve and the upper needle was almost totally clogged with black debris (I first thought that this must be plastic shavings that came off some internal part(s). I removed the plastic "saddle" and cut away the zip-ties that secure the fittings and tubing together. Cleaned everything and made sure the check valve was working properly by blowing from both ends. You'll only be able to get air through one end. I reassembled the valve and tubing and plugged the unit in, added water, turned it on and put the end of the tube in a bottle. It worked great!! I reassembled everything (needed the needle nose plyers to help reposition the #4 screws in the holes since my fat fingers were too big) The coffee maker now works like new. Now what was the source of the clogging material?? It was coffee grounds. I theorize that when the latching lever is pulled down the top needle pierces the K-cup and the coffee expands during the brewing process, some grounds can get pushed back into the tube. The right angle fitting trapped a bit of coffee over the many months of use and eventually limited the amount of water that could get past. The higher pressure resulted in the Descale Light coming on and less than half the needed water getting through. Note: I actually love the coffee maker but rated only one star to bring this possible solution to anyone that has a similar problem. CAUTION, do NOT work on the unit while it is plugged in. If you feel that you don't have the skill to perform the tasks I described above, DON'T TRY IT. When the water comes out the tube, it will be HOT. I will not be held responsible for ANY injuries that result from any attempt at fixing the coffee maker.

Fool me once, shame on you fool me twice... The first one lasted 2 days, then it decided that it needed to add more water, despite a full tank. Had to send it back. The second one started great, for three days it made nice coffee. Then, it went on strike and would only deliver an ounce or so of coffee at a time. Disconnecting it and "rebooting" helped once and then back to the ounce of coffee. I am a slow learner but did not order another one. What a piece of junk!

If I could give a zero star I would. As the other review with pictures stated most of the cups were expired. All but 5 were old as in 2015. The ones that weren't expired were still bubbled up on top. NO NAME BRAND CUPS IN THIS PACKAGE. I got such name brands as Value Foods discount coffee, Authenic, Same As and so on. I wasted $20.00 on something I have to throw away. Some of these had actual chunks inside the cup. I could shake them and hear it bouncing around the cup. I feel totally mislead and flat out lied to. This is a fraudulent sale. Do not even take the chance!

Absolute garbage. Not one cup matched the picture or description. Came loose in a plain cardboard box; most expired. Almost all were coffee, which I especially did not want & expressly ordered it due to the small # of coffees (supposedly) included. Also, quite a few are "Great Value" brand, which is Wal-Mart. I don't have a problem buying Wal-Mart coffee; but I'm not going to pay a premium for it.This vendor WILL take this back & give me a refund; also I am going to pursue this so either this vendor cleans up its act or Amazon drops them. I work for an Amazon vendor and we are held to very high standards so this situation is surprising to me

I ordered this because it was supposed to be a variety of coffee, tea, cappuccino, hot chocolate and cider. Unfortunately I received 24 k-cups of coffee, 5 of tea, 1 of cider, 0 cappuccino, and 0 hot chocolate. This advertising was very misleading. Next time I will just order a variety of coffees (from another company) since that is essentially what I received anyway.

While I did receive a variety of flavors, I did not receive a single one of the k-cups pictured above. I received 30 knock-off brand k-cups. There was no Grove Square, Twinings, Bigelow, Celestial, Donut Shop, Caribou, Emeril, etc. Instead I get Snapple, McDonald's Pumpkin Spice, among other random brands not pictured. I would not recommend this unless you're okay with receiving a random variety of things not pictured. Also, the item is non-returnable, which is not stated anywhere. Luckily, Amazon is AWESOME and very helpful. I do not recommend this pack. Keep looking!

I didn't receive any cappuccino or hot cocoa. Only 1 Apple cider which it specifies 3.. I brought this solely for the variety of cappuccinos and tea. This should be less than a star

At least one of them does not work on my new machine and I am NOT testing the other 29. Machine takes KCups but has some fancy optical scanner that rejects these types of KCups for reasons beyond my understanding.

I wish I read some of these reviews before purchasing. Half of the Keurig pods in the box won't work on the Keurig machine. It's the once with an indent on the bottom. It has to be flat to work! Totally disappointed that I had to throw half out.

I can confirm that these absolutely do NOT work with Keurig 2.0 machines. I purchased a Keurig K250 very recently and have gone through several of the K-Cups in this variety pack and not a single one has worked. The listing here is completely false when it says it works with 2.0 and this purchase was a complete waste of time and money.

**BUYER BEWARE AS NOT ALL CUPS WORK** Ordered product and several cups not compatible with Kurig. Also duplicates in the box. Will NOT order again. Did see others with same problems in reviews.

This is awful coffee. I tried five and they were awful. They taste more like horrible instant coffee; some were sour, others bitter, all weak. Do not buy this product. Fortunately , Amazon gave me refund.

Im am highly dissatisfied with the variety that I received. In the picture that they use start bucks, Cinnabon labeling. Which I thought I would get because of course this is a variety pack so I wasn't expected them to be all that. But still nothing from either of the ones I actually wanted. I was just really disappointed in the actual variety that I received.

I was not happy with this selection. The box says it is a selection of coffees, flavored coffees, herbal teas and hot chocolates. I received 7 flavored coffees, (3 of which were vanilla flavored) 3 breakfast blends, and the other 30 were medium and dark roasted. NO herbal teas or hot chocolates at all. I was expecting a chance to try different kinds of available products! I will not be purchasing this again and suggest anyone else to reconsider ordering this also!