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All rights reserved. No reproduction permitted without permission. Can I use the same K-Cup twice? Jul 29, Thank You, you have helped to answer my K-Cup question. I enjoy a firm hot cup of coffee. The weak less flavorable tasting is not what I prefer.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! Jul 18, Weak not equal to Bad. Wrong answer. I generally use a mug which will hold approximately 16 ounces. My technique is to brew the first time on the 10 oz setting and then immediately brew the second time on the 4 oz setting. The other thing that is important to do is set the brew strength to strong for each brew.
I get a delicious 14 ounces of coffee out of each K Cup. I always make sure to purchase a high quality K Cup blend as well. It seems to work well. So at work they set them aside for me to use. The whole idea is that I love a hot drink so I can drink more this way. Aug 29, Yes!! You can by: Anonymous I do!! I used 1 cup twice.. Jun 14, use k cup twice by: Anonymous It depends how strong a coffee you want to brew. I find that Americans seem to like watered down coffee.
Europeans like strong coffee. The term strong is all relative! Apr 11, twice brew k-cup by: Anonymous water should be on the grounds for 5 minutes. Feb 03, Recycle by: Kristy I bring K Cups from my work and recycle coffe grounds around house or outdoor plants.
I dump coffee into a recycled can, tear out lining, and recycle plastic. The problem is you can clog up the machine somehow. I am experimenting how to stop this.
I think you need to rotate the cup to align the puncture holes with the pin but not sure yet. Dec 27, K-cup twice. Stops up brewer. This will cause no coffee to brew or the cup to overfill. Sep 12, Much cheaper cups and tastyc by: Anonymous Try thr Walmart brand!!! Great price and good coffee!!!!! Jul 20, Reusable k cups by: Anonymous You can buy reusable plastic k cups. Then buy coffee in large amounts and you put it into the reusable k cup. It's a great money saved and you get better, stronger coffee.
Jul 14, Mix it up! Literally mix it up. The coffee inside the k cup on the first brew is pushed to the sides of the k cup. Some people remove the cup when its not too hot and squeeze it put the coffee back in the waters path thru the k cup to make the 2nd brew stronger. I hold the cup with my fingers of the piercings again, when it's not too hot and shake it up. It'll make that second cup a bit darker like the first cup in the picture above.
One giant coffee :. Out of all three components, the plastic cups provide the most opportunities for repurposing. With a few basic craft supplies and some creativity, you can:. When it comes to coffee pod recycling , the only limit is your imagination. While it may be easiest to simply throw the entire used pod in the trash, this contributes to a significant amount of waste. Instead, consider repurposing your plastic pods to make your coffee habit more environmentally friendly.
Want to learn more? No products in the cart. I'm using Gloria Jean's Hazelnut K-cups. Wet or dry either is fine just so long as they are not still hot.
Take off the foil top but save it, it doesn't matter if you rip the filter. Push seeds into the coffee and top with potting soil Pour 1 tablespoon of water every other day if it is dry. Then top with foil lid. I stand them in both halves of a styrofoam egg carton. I also reuse any water from them for watering when it's time again. I plant when their " tall. I can carefully reuse them times this way.
Jul 04, My way to Reuse Keurig Cups by: Francie I use cups twice by doing this: let the grounds from 1st cup dry for a day or so by -removing cup from machine. Remove the grounds, rinse well, and let dry. Use your own coffee to fill cup, cover top and bottom with aluminum foil tightly to cover holes on top and bottom, removing excess foil.
Use in machine to make s second cup. I've found this works more than once with these cups. This makes a better cup of C than using that extra coffee holder you buy- the water flows thru that too fast.
Try it! May 27, second brewing by: Anonymous I usually make two cups of coffee with on K-cup single use coffee. May 16, One. Just one. The result was something that looked like weak tea and tasted a lot worse.
May 11, Dumpster diving for K-Cups? May 11, Always good by: Anonymous I personally find people throw the cups away after a single use. I pick them up out of the garbage and reuse them. They taste great and almost sweet, sweet like the money I saved by not buying my own cups.
Apr 23, Increase your pleasure by: Anonymous What I have learned is each coffee brand contain a different amount of coffee in each cup, I like strong coffee, some cups contain as little as. Lose the screen filter, it does no hold the hot water long enough to brew good coffee. Step 1: Carefully remove all of the foil from the top of a used K-cup. Step 2: Empty and rinse the K-cup and let dry.
I keep dry cups at the ready. Step 3: Fill the cup to the top with your favorite fine ground coffee do not tamp or settle the grounds. Step 4: Place it in the grey cup holder and put the cap on tightly the first time reuse may take a little extra pressure, but subsequent reuses will be a snap. Step 5: Place it in the brewer in place of the K-Cup holder and you are ready to brew the next to largest cup seems to work best.
I get about six reuses before the paper filter starts to deteriorate. Mar 20, Re Use by: Anonymous I've made two 8oz cups of coffee with one K-cup and the second one wasn't watered down at all. I definatly recommend getting two cups out of it even though they say it's good for one. Maybe it depends on what kind of coffee, but I drink mudslide, hazelnut, morning breakfast, and chi tea.
The hot water is forced through the k-Cup. Having a second hole on the top might cause some leaking on the top of the k-Cup. Feb 22, 20oz by: Cierra Dawn I have a 20oz go mug that I use everyday. I hit the 10oz setting twice to fill it up with just enough room left over for a little sugar and cream. I drink the strongest coffee i can find, so even if the second batch is half as week and the first batch it's still strong. It's all a personal preference.
And I enjoy coffee to much to waist a drop lol. Jan 09, 14 ounce mug works great by: iguanadan I use 1 K-Cup to brew a large mug of 14 oz of coffee. I hit the medium button, after that's done I reset the lid, then hit the small button and get 14 oz of coffee that's a perfect strength for me, not too strong or too weak. Never tried to use the cup after that, I imagine it might be pretty weak by then.
But I don't see why some couldn't hit the medium button twice and get a decent strength of coffee for a 16 oz. Dec 28, K-cup by: Anonymous What are the negative impacts to your Keurig if a k-cup is used more than once? Editor's Note: No negative effects on the brewer. It's just that the second cup will be really weak. Sep 11, weak coffee by: Anonymous I have a mug that holds 10 ounces, if I add 10 ounces of water, my coffee is very weak - even 8ounces of water still gives a weak cup of coffee.
I have the K 10 mini plus. Some people say they get 2 cups of coffee from 1 kcup. I just want one good oz. By the way, I'm not a stro g coffee lover never go to Sarbucks Thanks. Aug 30, Pull and spin? I don't know if it makes a difference or not But my second large cup tastes as good as my first I'm brewing at the highest temp if degrees. Jul 09, Tea by: Anonymous I used a large mug and brewed English Breakfast Tea for the large cup, and then again for the tea cup size both in the same mug The result was a very strong very large cup of tea.
I've been using two or three k cups to make my morning brew. I'm going to try brewing 3 teacup size cups with the same k cup in the same mug and see what i get. I have the feeling that waste will be averted. Jun 20, I get 3 by: Anonymous My wife and I get 3 cups of coffee out of 1 k-cup.
Nov 19, How many good cups from one kcup? I'm still experimenting and I'm up to two sevens. Still good. Jan 28, Kreig lover by: Patty IgelskiAnonymous My daughter brought mine for me for Christmas Thats the best present I've ever had I love coffee now and my husband says that coffee taste better in the machines verse the coffee maker and I do get two to three cups out of a k cup.
The third cup is a bit lighter, but still quite tasty. This works on some brands better than others, and oddly enough best on light roasts. If you get something that mixes a powder and it all comes out, like hot chocolate or chai latte mix and some of the cheaper store brand instants , then you can obviously only get one cup out.
Aug 28, K-cup 2 uses by: Anonymous2 I use it twice. Still tastes great. Feb 11, how many times can one kcup be used by: Joe Though it says each kcup is good for one cup only I have had no problem getting two good large cups out of each kcup and no discernable difference hot cocoa though is definitely one use only. Jan 14, Excellent tasting Coffee by: Black Steve I viewed comments about hot to achieve great tasting Dunkin Donut's style coffee. The solutions boiled down to the temperature of the water.
Literally, boil the water first, then put it into the coffee maker and brew. The difference is like night and day. I stop using my coffee maker until tonight I decided to give it another try. Try it for yourself. Let me know what ya think!
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Comments for How many times can I use the same K-Cup? Aug 04, Keurig Pods by: Anonymous I run my Keurig pod through times with no problems.
Aug 01, Storing for reuse? Nov 29, Leave the k-cup as is by: Anonymous Interesting posts here. Oct 18, Love it by: Anonymous I love mine just use them once and buy more!!
Jul 23, Decaf reuse? Jan 25, Jul 31, Reusable k cups by: Anonymous I have a 2.
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