Simplehuman Coffee Pod Brewer Discontinued - New Model in 2009
We've been getting lots of reader write-ins and comments that the simplehuman coffee pod brewer has been discontinued due to a high failure rate. Bummer. The simplehuman brewer has performed well over the past year here at Single Serve Coffee. We loved the design of the brewer sans it not having a true double coffee pod holder.
From a comment:
My 8 month old unit stopped working. I called SimpleHuman Customer service (5/12/08) and was told that the product has been discontinued due to a high failure rate. Got a 100% refund since I bought direct from their website. I imagine purchases from other sources will not be as lucky. I see it still offered for sale at other web sites. Beware! They are re-engineering a unit for 2009.
At least with the bad news there is some good news as well. Simplehuman expects to have a redesigned brewer out in 2009 for all your coffee pod brewing needs. We'll try and confirm these rumors as we find out more direct from the source.
Walmart in Canada has a large seletion of T Discs.
S.H. - our Canadian correspondent for all things Tassimo in Canada has put together a comprehensive list of places to get Tassimo T Discs in Canada. We thought we'd pass along his findings for all of our Canadian friends here at Single Serve Coffee.
From S.H.:
Braun introduced their Tassimo TA1200 hot beverage system in Canada a few years ago and limited the release of the TA1400 to a few select specialty retailers. As a result, the TA1200 has been the predominant model sold throughout most Atlantic retail outlets. It took a while for T-Disc retailers to appear but 4 have emerged to date:
I decided to take a trip to a few local Superstore & Wal-Mart locations as the nearest LNT or Home Outfitters are over 3 hours away. When it comes to grocery stores, Atlantic Superstore has the best selection of T-Discs with the exception of any Twinings, Maxwell House, espresso or decaf varieties.
You can get your T Discs in Canada at most Atlantic Super Stores.
Wal-Mart carries everything except decaf & espresso (they just added Starbucks discs a few weeks ago). Both Home Outfitters and Linens-n-Things carry the entire Canadian T-Disc line-up. Sobeys is another national grocery chain as well as Superstore's primary competitor; however, they only carry 1 or 2 Nabob varieties.
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May 12, 2008
Keurig Mini B30 Single Serve Coffee Brewer Details
The Keurig Mini B30 single serve coffee brewer. It comes in
red and white as well.
Keurig, Incorporated has a new addition to its consumer brewer product line - the Mini B30 brewer. We announced last week we had heard rumblings of this new mini brewer for $79, and those rumblings are true. The Mini B30 is basically the Keurig B130 (which we love) for the consumer market.
The Mini B30 brewer is the introduction of a new platform for the Keurig at-home brewing systems. The Mini is a smaller size meaning you can enjoy Keurig brewing at your desk, in your boat, at your vacation home, in your dorm room or just about anywhere. Since there is no water reservoir in the Mini, it takes 3 minutes to heat the water and brew the perfect cup of gourmet coffee, tea or hot cocoa. Just pour in 8 oz of water each time you want to brew. The Mini B30 is the first Keurig brewer available in multiple colors. Retailers will offer the black or white Mini, and the Keurig website will include a vibrant red color.
The Keurig Mini B30 in red and white.
All Keurig brewers use Keurig's patented K-Cup portion packs. K-Cups are "mini-brewers" that eliminate the hassle of grinding beans, measuring coffee, handling filters and messy clean-up while brewing a gourmet cup of coffee or tea in less than one minute. With over 200 different coffee, tea and hot cocoa varieties from 13 gourmet partners, Keurig meets the diverse taste profiles of just about every single serve hot beverage drinker.
This is both a beautiful idea and a potentially really bad idea. We can imagine having a patio version of this coffee table, but in your living room? Not likely. The Planika Fires people will have you believe this design has no smoke, and is also eco friendly. Apparently the fire pit in your table is indeed a mobile fire solution without smoke or smell. It uses a liquid fuel called Fanola. Fanola is based on alcohol thus clean burning. It may be clean, but we can see ourselves after a tough evening and foggy morning catching the daily paper on fire.
Keurig Mini B30 Single Serve Coffee Brewer to Debut this Fall
The Keurig Mini single serve coffee brewer will debut this Fall for $79, and be based on the Keurig B130, according to the information we received from this week's Green Mountain Coffee conference call.
Here's what we know:
"This fall we will be introducing a new consumer brewer at a new, lower retail price point of $79. This brewer will be called the Keurig Mini B30, and is based on our fourth generation brewing technology that is used in our current hotel in-room brewer. The brewer will heat water and brew a cup of coffee, tea or hot coca in less than three minutes. It's smaller than our other at-home brewers, and it will be offered in black, white and red. The Keurig Mini B30 has targeted consumers who want a Keurig brewer for occasional use in home offices, small kitchens, recreational vehicles, dormitory rooms and so forth. This will be a fun product, and we even plan to offer a tote bag as an accessory for the brewer and K-Cups."
We were so impressed with the Keurig B130 from our review, we basically called their bluff on debuting a similar brewer for the home and office space when we did our review.
"The design is also really interesting. This Keurig brewer is the smallest Keurig available, and the footprint alone makes it perfect for your camp, camping, travel trailer, or at the office on your desk. That's if Keurig ever releases this brewer to the general public and not just hotels."
Get Optimally Wired with Caffeine and Single Serve Coffee
It's really no secret the entire staff here at Single Serve Coffee often through periods of bad weather, long nights, and tired mornings look to get optimally wired with caffeine. Sometimes we look to shots of Nespresso, or to the wilds of making a perfect latte with our Lavazza Blue. Other times, we go for the extra bold K Cups praying there's going to be enough caffeine for us to ingest and hopefully make it's way to our veins so we can even stay awake in those late afternoon hours.
We just found an article at Lifehacker stating caffeine may increase the speed with which you work, may decrease attentional lapses, and may even benefit recall-- but is less likely to benefit more complex cognitive functions. Bummer. We always were under the impression that if taken properly, any single serve coffee we produce is going to help and not hurt our ability to recover.
What we learned from the article at Developing Intelligence is that small frequent doses, and not large cups of mixed coffee/caffeine substances. Also, if you count on caffeine to get you through your day, you may want to really space it out and also reduce the amount you consume to feel the benefits. There's also a bunch of recommendations on other caffeine rich items you can consumer along with your single serve coffee.
Teas and Cocoa Come to Lavazza Blue Single Serve Coffee System
Café-Razzi just introduced a new line up of teas and cocoas for the Lavazza Blue System in addition to the single serve espresso capsules. In contrast to other single serve alternatives, the Lavazza Blue is the only system besides the Tassimo that makes a great espresso, American coffee, tea or cocoa. The K Cup and Flavia systems make a good traditional American style filter coffee, flavored coffee, tea and hot chocolate, but lack high pressure steam to make a true espresso, cappuccino or latte. Nespresso makes a good espresso, but falls short on teas and hot chocolate, but they do have the Lattissima system that does make an amazing latte.
The Tea line up consists of Black, Lemon, Green, Green Fusion, Mint, Chamomile, Fruit and Berry offering a choice of regular and decaffeinated blends. The cocoa is dark rich and super easy to make. It comes as a duo pack of cocoa powder and milk capsules. These new Teas and Cocoa will work in your office or home, use either the LavazzaBlue Pininfarina Pro (LB2210) and Pininfarina Home (LB1010) machines. The strength of the LavazzaBlue system is still the espresso, but it’s great to know you can also make a delicious tea and cocoa whenever you want as well.
Keurig Doubles Shipments of Single Serve Coffee Brewers
The Keurig B70 Brewer - More than 193,000+
Keurig Brewers shipped in the 2nd quarter.
Coffee maker Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. on Thursday said net income rose 89% in the fiscal second quarter as it more than doubled the number of Keurig brewers shipped to customers. Doubled. Wow. About 193,000 Keurig brewers were shipped, more than double the 84,000 shipped in the year-ago quarter. Shipments of its K-Cup single-serve packs rose 68% to 155 million.
We also know that Green Mountain Coffee has opened new facilities to make more K Cups, so there will be no shortages of K Cups as the demand grows exponentially from all of these new customers. Revenue rose 46% to $120.9 million from $82.8 million last year which is also pretty amazing given the current economic situation in the US.
This is going to be another banner year for Single Serve Coffee, let's hope some of the other single serve coffee makers also continue to have the same success.
Keurig 27-Cup-Capacity K-Cup Spinning Carousel - Stop the K Cup Madness
We often here tales of Keurig K Cups strewn on kitchen countertops, and single serve coffee drinkers trying to find the perfect K Cup coffee coffee on a hectic Monday morning. You can now officially stop the K Cup madness with the Keurig 27-Cup-Capacity K-Cup Spinning Carousel. That's right - at least 27 of your favorite K Cups will stay organized, and even your in-laws when visiting will be able to find their favorite cup of single serve coffee in the decaf variety on that hectic Monday morning.
April 2008 Monthly Round-Up for Single Serve Coffee
Is April already over? Wow. 2008 is going fast and there's already a ton of interesting Single Serve Coffee news percolating around. We finally got confirmed details on the new Tassimo Bosch Hot Beverage System, and in April we reviewed lots of coffee gadgets and accessories for your SIngle Serve Coffee maker. Expect lots of Spring/Summer reviews of new coffees as we head into May, and perhaps an exclusive piece of news or two or three as the Summer heats up.
Tassimo Bosch Hot Beverage System Upgraded Features Confirmed
We've been featuring lots of articles on the updated Tassimo Bosch Hot Beverage system launching in September of this year. We've finally gotten confirmation on several of the key upgraded features this single serve coffee machine will have on board when it debuts this Fall.
Confirmed Tassimo Bosch Hot Beverage System Upgraded Features:
Exclusive energy-efficient flow-through water heating technology virtually eliminates pre-heat time, creating an instantaneous brewing experience
Known for its eco-friendly and quiet appliances, Bosch has applied the company’s rigorous engineering standards to the new design
Significant decrease in brewing noise level
Steam-based brewing system with redesigned flush interior eliminates water runoff
Sleek, space-saving design makes brewer highly versatile, convenient and visually appealing
Integrated LED user interface
Larger 67-oz. water tank decreases refill frequency
Power switch located on front of brewer for easy access
Water tank filter tracker indicates when filter needs to be changed
We'll of course continue to update you on more details and feature confirmations as we find them. We're really excited for less brew noise and the steam-based brewing system and non-water runoff.
Amico Solar Single Serve Coffee Warmer - Sun Baked Coffee
Looking for an eco-friendly way to keep you cup of single serve coffee or tea warm? We give you the Amico. Currently only in concept stage, the Amico is a cactus like "solar plant" (much like the Flip Flap) which you put in a bright spot, and the Sun will then gently warm your single serve coffee, up to 22 times a day. We think more single purpose Sun powered devices are going to be coming out and we're excited, but we want a little battery storage on board for those cold and rainy days to keep our coffee warm.
Review: Creampad - Make Cappuccinos Using a Coffee Pod Brewer
We've been featuring a innovation for coffee pods brewers as of late - the Creampad. The Creampad is a disk allowing you to add milk and then place a coffee pod on top to create a cappuccino using your single serve coffee pod brewer. The Creampad is designed to work with your Senseo single serve coffee pod brewer, but you may try it in any coffee pod brewer that features a double pod holder like the Melitta MES5B Javapod. We did our trials with the original Senseo, and even though the Creampad might work in other brewers, it will work in any Senseo with a double pod holder.
How well does it work? What are the results like when making a cappuccino this way? What coffee pods can you use with the Creampad?
Sure Earth Day was on Tuesday of this week, but coffee table Friday is at the end of the week, and we thought we'd save our Earth Day shout out until now. The Intelligent Forms SOLo is a coffee table designed to soak up the sun's energy, turning it into stored power allowing you to charge your laptop, cellphone, and other gadgets. It can store enough power in its internal batteries to charge up your cellphone 6,800 times or your laptop 168 times. The SOLo has LED lighting built in for ground effects in your living room, and you can check the charge status on its built-in LCD monitor of devices you hook up, and the internal battery. The SOLo is made of stainless steel and tempered glass with silicon solar cells. Price? Who knows, but you can order it from the Intelligent Forms website. We're betting going green on the coffee table front is not cheap.
Luigi Bormioli Duo 10-Ounce Double Wall Coffee/Latte Glasses
Luigi Bormioli's doublewall glassware keeps your single serve coffee hot, and easy to handle. Clear drink ware gives makes for impressive single serve coffee drinking when you have guests over, and day to day - why not impress yourself? Packed 4 to a set, these double walled coffee cups are designed in Italy, lead free, and dishwasher safe.
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Is April already over? Wow. 2008 is going fast and there's already a ton of interesting Single Serve Coffee news percolating around. We finally got confirmed details on the new 
Review: Creampad - Make Cappuccinos Using a Coffee Pod Brewer
