Keurig B31 Mini Brewer Red

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 11:19 pm

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If you have ever researched purchasing a single serve coffee maker you no doubt have ran into the Keurig line of coffee makers. These machines are a fantasti addition to any kitchen and provide a huge selection of single cup coffee mixes and flavors.

Keurig coffee makers range from the Keurig B31 Mini Plus Brewer to the Keurig Special Edition B60 Gourmet Single Serve Coffee Maker to the top of the line Keruig Platinum Brewing System. While these are great machines you will soon discover that there are a number of complaints by buyers posted on the internet.

The most mutual complaint is that the machine plainly quits working after a lot of amount of time of time. For example, reviews on Amazon show that with regards to 10% of purchasers have complaints in regards to the units they received while the remainder of the reviews is very positive, giving the machines an overall gratification rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

It appears that most of these disgruntled buyers return their unit for replacement, and in galore cases the substitute works no better. However, it appears that the problem may be affiliated more to the quality of tap water applied than any other factor.

If you use well water it will be full of a assortment of solid homogeneous inorgani substances including calcium which may build up within the thin water lines and filter of the Keurig coffee maker. While discouraging the problem may be fixed rather easily, and it may be better to use bottled water which has most of those solid homogeneous inorgani substances removed.

If your Keurig coffee maker quits here is how to descale and clean the machine:

Pour undiluted white vinegar into the brewer’s reservoir to the fill level mark;
Place a coffee cup on the drip tray;
Make sure the lid is closed and then run a brew cycle;
Pour the contents of the coffee cup back into the water reservoir, run a second brew cycle – HOWEVER, this time turn the machine off as soon as it begins dispensing the liquid into the coffee cup!
Let the brewer stand for 30 minutes after disposing of the contents of the coffee cup before continuing;
Fill the water reservoir with distilled water and then run another brew cycle into a coffee cup throwing the contents of the coffee cup away;
Repeat the former step until the reservoir is empty.

Once you have accomplished the above you may find that there is a nasty taste to your coffee left behind by the vinegar. In that case you will need to run multiple brew cycles with just distilled water before resuming use of your coffee maker.

In addition to these difficultnesses there have been a heap of reports of leaking from the Keurig brewer water reservoir. This is in general caused by a blockage in the filter or water lines which does not grant the water to flow through the coffee maker and into your cup.

Again, the best solution is to exhaustively clean the machine until the leak is stopped and the brewer works properly. As with all mechanical widgets your Keurig coffee machine requires periodic maintenance in order to make sure it proceeds to work properly.

213 of 215 people found the following review helpful.
You Won’t Be Disappointed!
By D. Segelstrom
We love this brewer. The best benefit is a fresh, just-brewed cup of coffee every time. The k-cups are more expensive than buying bulk coffee but we were throwing away partially brewed pots of coffee every day with our old brewer. Plus, the savings in time not having to clean the carafe and dump the filter of grounds and then cleaning that is well worth it. Also, you can purchase a reusable filter for it if you want to continue to use non-kcup coffee. Believe me, it is still WAY less expensive than what you pay in the popular coffee houses and the coffee is just as good, or better.