Keurig B60 Special Edition Single Cup Home Brewing System Review

A step up from the bare-bones entry level machine, the Keurig B60 Single Cup Home Brewing Coffee Maker has some additional features to add to the lineup.  The B60 takes over where the B40 left off by adding a LCD display and user-controlled settings.   While the B40 base model produces an excellent cup of coffee, the machine doesn’t offer any control over things like the temperature of the water.

The B60 offers the following:

1. LCD Display with digital clock
2. Allows you to adjust the temperature of the water
3. Tells you when it is ready to brew coffee
4. Timer which can be set the night before
5. Alerts you when it needs to be cleaned/descaled

No Cleanup

The Keurig B60 coffee maker is certainly convenient because there’s almost nothing to clean up.  The machine uses Keurig’s patented K-Cup method of brewing coffee.   Keurig patented the K-Cup design, small plastic cups of ground coffee or tea, in various flavors.  These cups are inserted into the K-Cup hopper prior to brewing.  After the cup of coffee is ready, the now-empty K-Cup is removed and discarded.  No grounds to clean up.

Timer

My favorite aspect of this brewer is the timer.  The machine requires up to 4 minutes to preheat.  If you’re like me you need every precious second to get ready in the morning.  With the timer, you can set the machine to turn itself on and heat up just in time for you to dash in, make your cup of coffee and head for the car.

Brewing Size

I like the fact that I can choose my cup size.  If I’m staying home, I’ll brew an 8 oz. cup for my coffee cup.  If I’m dashing out the door I select the 9.5 oz. cup which fits in my 12 oz. travel mug with room for cream.   The strength of the coffee varies slightly by cup size.  If you like it strong, choose the 5-ounce setting.

Tea Adaptor

I love tea but don’t like to microwave my water.   My only option used to be to heat water in a kettle on the stove but then I have a kettle to put away when I’m done.  I was thrilled to learn that Keurig makes a tea adaptor for a few of their coffee systems.   My first thought was to wonder if my tea would have hints of coffee but surprisingly, my delicate white tea tasted as sweet as if I heated water on the stove.  Kudos there for Keurig.

Flavor

There are many manufacturers of K-Cup coffee so you’ll want to explore the options.  One thing you can do to improve the taste of any brand is to use filtered water.  We’ve found that the Keurig machines need less cleaning and produce better tasting coffee if filtered water is used.  Water straight from the tap can have hints of chemical-like overtones depending on where you live.  Even a water pitcher with a filter (like Britta) can make a big difference in the flavor of the coffee.

Overall, we like the Keurig B60.  It’s not a huge jump up from the B40 but just the timer feature alone makes it worth the upgrade.

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