Can you use your own ground coffee in this keurig?
1423939
You can use your own ground coffee if you have the special solo cup converter. I would not recommend this particular model. I've had many different Keurig machines and this was just not worth the price. The worst part is that the coffee (vue cups) are just too difficult to find. You can not use regular K-Cups, they have to be Vue cups and the selection is slim, if you can find them at all. In fact, my machine just stopped working (as soon as I started using the solo cups) and I went back to the regular Keurig Brewer with the regular K-cups. I hope this helps!
1423940
Yes, but you have to buy a reusable vue cup, like this one: K2V-Cup Vue Cup.
1423941
I do. I use the SOLOFILL V1 cup. You might get a little silt on the bottom though. Costs about $20 and it's gold plated.
1423942
You can if you purchase a reusable coffee filter such as one from Solofil. They are worth every penny and make this Keurig that much more valuable!!
813132
I don't think it will brew ground coffee in a traditional way. There is a hot water dispenser if you wanted to use instant coffee or tea.
1708461
Don't see why not. I use pods in my keurig, just get either the E-Z cup or the Pod Holster. I put about 1 tbl of drip grind coffee in the pod. Be sure to follow the instructions on the Pod holster on how to fit the pod in. Makes a great cup of coffee and much cheaper than buying the prefilled pods or k-cups. I like the fact that I can make a bunch of pods up ahead of time, then just pull one from the fridge, stick it in the E-Z Cup and brew away. (I have both the Hamilton Beach single serve and a Keurig and wanted something I could use in both.)
239337
Yes, you can I have used it that way. all you have to do is turn it off after it brews...don't add ice so once the automatic blend cycle starts it's only coffee. Hope that helps.
198451
No you can buy something to put your own coffee in and then put that in the keurig maker. But if you look around you can get the k-cups filled for a really good price. I tried both ways and eventually bought keurig k-cups green mountain 50 for $29.00 through Amazon.
2076595
Been a while, but you can use your own ground coffee on the single side as well.
1758948
Yes you can, I am an expert on commercial coffee machines and I have to say that this little machine is really not bad. Not to be compared with one of the big ones like Saeco but what comes out, can be strong and pretty good. Only thing it is a little messy but that is the handle system. It is certainly a step towards the big ones until one can afford it. You can make a regular cup of coffee by using the double filter and let it run two cycles with the same powder. or the single filter and one double cycle. If you want a stronger one press the coffee powder good in the filter but careful not too much and not too high so that the filter has problems going in its place. AR
1799462
This machine accepts only ground coffee. You can grind your own or buy pre-ground coffee. I highly suggest grinding your own as it will be much fresher.
2237267
If you are asking whether or not you could open a K cup and empty its contents into this Ready Joe, yes, you can use any type of coffee with this, as long as you have one of the filters in it already. I wet the filter first before I put the coffee in, that helps the water draw down through better, and I make sure the fold of extra paper at the bottom is out of the way of the drain hole. Then just pour the water slowly through, keeping all of the coffee grounds continually down in the water for more flavor.
346465
You can. I use mine at work. You just have to go into the bin after your coffee brews to get the my k cup back. It's an extra step but you can make it work.
2022828
No, these use little round pods that look like tea bags - hard to find and singular in brand. You can make your own pods but it's a lot of work. Better off biting the bullet and get a Keurig or the Mr Coffee that brews k-cups, in my opinion.
1001916
You CAN, but you'll have to buy a refillable pod like the Ekobrew Cup Ekobrew Refillable K-cup for Keurig Brewers, 1-Count . I have one and it works just fine!
1951625
I suppose you could but the Keurig is a little bit wider than the unit. We did not do it.
690946
I grind my own coffee. If u grind it at the store, try between fine n medium. U don't want it to fine or it will be bitter. I don't buy pre ground coffee.
1402254
You could use your own coffee and put in a small filter, but I use the pods, they are easy and taste very good.
594027
nope.. you CANNOT use the ones you fill with your own coffee... and nope again as you have to use the k-cups with the green dot like thing because this machine is designed to read the label. so NOPE you cannot use all brands... I had this confirmed by keurigthis was a huge mistake on keurig's behalf. and they are discontinuing most of their other machines to force ppl to buy these special k-cups.... go to their site and read the reviews... people are not happy with this new machine... this and the fact that they sell the my k-cup for use with your own coffee... and they sell bags of coffee....zSTUPID MOVE KEURIG! nope.. you CANNOT use the ones you fill with your own coffee... and nope again as you have to use the k-cups with the green dot like thing because this machine is designed to read the label. so NOPE you cannot use all brands... I had this confirmed by keurigthis was a huge mistake on keurig's behalf. and they are discontinuing most of their other machines to force ppl to buy these special k-cups.... go to their site and read the reviews... people are not happy with this new machine... this and the fact that they sell the my k-cup for use with your own coffee... and... » Read More nope.. you CANNOT use the ones you fill with your own coffee... and nope again as you have to use the k-cups with the green dot like thing because this machine is designed to read the label. so NOPE you cannot use all brands... I had this confirmed by keurigthis was a huge mistake on keurig's behalf. and they are discontinuing most of their other machines to force ppl to buy these special k-cups.... go to their site and read the reviews... people are not happy with this new machine... this and the fact that they sell the my k-cup for use with your own coffee... and they sell bags of coffee....zSTUPID MOVE KEURIG! « Show Less
1846279
We only use the Illy pods and these work very well. I do not think you could use ground coffee with a "home made" filter since everything would become very messy and the machine would not work correctly.