June 26, 2008
The Keurig Mini B30 will come in white, black, and red.
Keurig recently introduced the Keurig B130 commercial hotel and office coffee brewer, and we were disappointed it would not be available for consumers to purchase. We are disappointed no longer, as Keurig has revealed the Keurig Mini B30 designed for home and commercial use. The Keurig Mini B30 is very much like the Keurig B130, but it comes in red, black, and white colored casings, and also is My K Cup compatible.
We received a red Keurig Mini B30 - can you say hot!
Besides having the smallest footprint of all the Keurig brewers, the Keurig Mini B30 single serve coffee maker is also very quiet. And yes - it's compatible with all K Cup coffees, teas, and other hot beverages including hot cocoa. So are there any issues? Is this brewer priced at $79 for everyone, or should one purchase a larger Keurig brewer?
Continue reading: "Review: Keurig Mini B30 K-Cup Single Serve Coffee Maker"
June 23, 2008
It could be the ferrari red styling, but the Keurig B30
does in fact have the same brew temperature as it's larger coffee cousins.
In a word - hot. We were under the impression that the brew temperature was about 10 degrees cooler on the Keurig Mini B30 we have in the test kitchen for review. However, we've found after extensive testing the brew temperature is the same as the Keurig Elite B40 Brewer, Keurig B50, Keurig Special Edition Ultra Elite B60, Keurig B70 Brewer, Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer, and other Keurig K Cup brewers.
So how hot is the brew temperature exactly? With a K Cup in the brewer you get a coffee exit temperature from the brew head of 187 F, and with no K Cup in the Keurig Mini B30 brewer you get a solid 192 F to 193.5 F.
We'll have a full review soon of the Keurig Mini B30, but we thought we'd clear up this misconception before we post our final review.
You can read our earlier coverage of the Keurig Mini B30 here, and also our review of the commercial Keurig B130 here.
June 16, 2008
We've been looking for a K-Cup to sound off our summer mornings, and Fair Trade Organic Summer Symphony Blend has just the right notes. It has a crisp acidity and overall balance. The aroma is slightly nutty with a citrus twist, while its flavors offer dark chocolate with a touch of tropical fruit. Yum!
The Green Mountain Fair Trade Organic Summer Symphony K-Cups for Keurig will work in your Keurig Elite B40 Brewer, Keurig B50, Keurig Special Edition Ultra Elite B60, Keurig B70 Brewer, Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer, and other Keurig K Cup brewers.
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Seasonal K-Cup Coffees from Green Mountain
June 10, 2008
We've received a pre-release Keurig Mini B30 to review here at Single Serve Coffee, and it's in RED! We'll be running this new Keurig Mini B30 single serve coffee maker through the single serve coffee test kitchen with all the K Cups we can throw at it. Remember - it's only June, and the Keurig Mini B30 won't be available until August, so we hope to have the oohs and aahs worked out for you ahead of time, so you'll know what single serve k cup coffee brewer is right for you or that special coffee drinker you'd like to impress.
Keurig Mini B30 Features:
- Cup Sensors - they won't work with glass mugs
- My K Cup Compatible
- Heats and brews in under 3 minutes
- Brews and 8 oz cup
- Add fresh water for each cup you make
- Update:Brew temperature is nearly the same as the larger B40, B50, B60 or B70 brewers. We'll have final temps after testing.
- Comes in Red, Black, and White - Red online only at Keurig.com
- Available in August for $79
- Travel Bag will be made available and will hold the brewer and some K Cups
- Certified for home and office use - BIG BONUS
- Very Quiet - doesn't feature Quiet Brew Technology, but uses a quieter method than the current set of brewers to make your cup of single serve coffee
- 10 K Cups included with purchase
Want a K Cup coffee brewer now? The current list of available models include:
More at Keurig and Keurig Mini B30
June 6, 2008
More K Cups are on the way for your Keurig brewer.
Pretty soon the wait will be even less on those hard to get K Cup varieties from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters for your Keurig Elite B40 Brewer, Keurig B50, Keurig Special Edition Ultra Elite B60, Keurig B70 Brewer, Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer, and other Keurig K Cup brewers.
On June 2, 2008, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an agreement to buy property in Knoxville, Tennessee (the "Property") for a purchase price of $10,500,000.00. The Property consists of an approximately 334,000 square foot facility on approximately thirty-one acres of land. The Company anticipates that the Property will be used as a new plant with packaging lines for K-Cup portion packs installed in the months after closing and then roasting and other packaging lines in the future.
It's nice to see in this "down economy" single serve coffee on the rise, and Green Mountain providing more jobs and futures for American single serve coffee workers and drinkers everywhere.
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June 3, 2008
On our recent trip to Keurig we were able to get a sneak preview of the new Keurig Mini B30, and confirm the features on the single serve coffee maker. From brewing your cup of coffee in just under 3 minutes, to being My K Cup Compatible, the Keurig Mini B30 has a few features it's cousin the Keurig B130 doesn't have, and some they share.
Keurig Mini B30 Features:
- Cup Sensors - Placing your cup on the stand activates the brewer. Note: they won't work with glass mugs,. only opaque mugs
- My K Cup Compatible
- Heats and brews in under 3 minutes
- Brews and 8 oz cup
- Add fresh water for each cup you make
- Slightly Lower Temperature ~10 degrees F than the larger B40, B50, B60 or B70 brewers
- Comes in Red, Black, and White - Red online only at Keurig.com
- Available in August for $79
- Travel Bag will be made available and will hold the brewer and some K Cups
- Certified for home and office use - BIG BONUS
- Very Quiet - doesn't feature Quiet Brew Technology, but uses a quieter method than the current set of brewers to make your cup of single serve coffee
- 10 K Cups included with purchase
Who doesn't want a Ferrari Red single serve coffee maker?
Wowser.
That's all we know for now, and we're pretty excited for this little single serve coffee wonder to join the ranks of the larger Keurig Elite B40 Brewer, Keurig B50, Keurig Special Edition Ultra Elite B60, Keurig B70 Brewer, and the Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer.
May 30, 2008
The whisper quiet Keurig Platinum B70 with
Quiet Brew Technology and an Iced Coffee setting.
Keurig is updating the Keurig Platinum B70 with two new features this August - Quiet Brew Technology and an Iced Coffee setting. We recently visited Keurig, and found these two new features to be really what the Single Serve Coffee doctor had ordered.
Update: Brew over Iced Coffee K-Cups and Brew Over Iced Tea K-Cups are available for summer, and we're pretty excited they came with enough time to order them for the upcoming hot weather. Green Mountain Coffee Nantucket Blend and French Vanilla Iced Coffee in K-Cups are both available in this format. Both K-Cups are based on the popular hot versions of their namesakes, but are specially blended to provide full flavor when brewed into a cup of ice.
For iced tea lovers, two new Celestial Seasonings Perfect Iced Teas are debuting: Half and Half (part black tea, part lemonade) and Southern Sweet Tea. These new K-Cups join the four Perfect Iced Tea varieties introduced last summer: Sweet Lemon Black Tea, Sweet Peach Black Tea, Sweet Raspberry Black Tea and Black Tea Unsweetened.
More at Brew Over Iced Tea K-Cups and Brew Over Iced Coffee K-Cups
We love our current Keurig Platinum B70, but the end of the brew cycle was very loud. Now the pump that made all that noise has been redesigned, and the resulting brew cycle is whisper quiet. The Quiet Brew Technology will only be featured on the B70 this Fall.
Continue reading: "Keurig Platinum B70 Brewer Updates - Quiet Brew Techonology and Iced Coffee Setting"
May 12, 2008
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.
You can read our earlier article on the Keurig Mini B30 here. In the mean time if you can't wait to buy a mini, and need your Keurig K Cup coffee fix, you can always get one of their currently available brewers including the Keurig Elite B40 Brewer, Keurig B50, Keurig Special Edition Ultra Elite B60, Keurig B70 Brewer, and the Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer.
Continue reading: "Keurig Mini B30 Single Serve Coffee Brewer Details"
May 8, 2008
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.
From our review of the Keurig B130:
"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."
We'll have more details on the Keurig Mini B30 single serve coffee brewer as we find out. If you're looking for a Keurig single serve brewer now, check out the Keurig Elite B40 Brewer, Keurig B50, Keurig Special Edition Ultra Elite B60, Keurig B70 Brewer, Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer, and other Keurig K Cup brewers.
You may also want to read our review of the Keurig B130 single serve coffee brewer to see what the Keurig Mini may be like.
May 5, 2008
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.
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Review: Keurig Mini B30 K-Cup Single Serve Coffee Maker
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