We have our winner: The Glamorous Life Association, who said "My favorite flavor? the Vanilla one" is the lucky winner of the Keurig Platinum Edition Coffemaker! Congrats, Marcy! And for the rest of you
hot drinking lovers, come see more of Keurig at the Swiffer Social Luxe Lounge in our Internet Cafe!
Let me introduce you to my BFF appliance: The Keurig Platinum Edition Coffeemaker.
We've been through a dozen coffeemakers in my house and still we kept heading back to the coffee shop on a near daily basis. Why? Because the coffee makers made my cup too strong, too weak too...wrong. Further complicating matters was the fact that my husband prefers a very different cup of coffee than me. So I was forced to drink his brew or he had to drink mine. And then there was the matter of the last cup of coffee in the pot. That should just be outlawed. It's always gross!
The Keurig really solved our a.m. coffee wars, bringing equality back to our brewing. Every cup is brewed individually to your personal specifications. I was expecting that part to be great - and indeed it was. What we did not expect, however, was how popular the device would be with the rest of our non-coffee drinking family members. I had no idea how versatile Keurigs were before I owned mine. For starters:
Iced Tea - the Platinum has a setting that allows you to brew their Tea K-cups in a concentrated form. Add some crushed ice and you have iced tea. Add some lemon juice and sweetener, and you have an Arnold Palmer.
Hot Chocolate - Have you seen the selection of Hot Cocoa K-cups for the Keurig. My kids are in love. We top with whipped cream or mini marshmallows for a special treat
Instant Oatmeal, Soup, etc - We don't have "instant hot" water in our house but I have always wished we did for all those "just add hot water" food items. Now we do! The Keurig Platinum Edition can be run without a K-cup to prepare these things in a jiffy or to use your own tea. My kids are always running out the door with cup of oatmeal en route to school!
My husband was sure he'd hate this coffeemaker because he has a coffee (grind your own) that he prefers. But he recently purchased a My K-Cup attachment that lets him brew cups with his own coffee and all is good in Java-land here. Everyone is drinking the beverage they prefer, at the strength they prefer, fresh and ready when they want it. We've banished the last cup from the pot from our kingdom.
Wish you had a Keurig Platinum Edition too? Now is your chance! Visit the Keurig website and have a look at their multitude of K-cup flavors. Tell us in the comments below which is your favorite, and how you'd use your Keurig. One winner will be selected at random and announced on 7/8.
This Giveaway is now Closed.
By Ciaran Blumenfeld, Momfluential.net (2009 co-hostess)
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Oooh, easy: the Cafe Escapes milk chocolate hot chocolate. I’m not a coffee drinker, but would love it for guests, and my husband on weekends, and of course hot water!
Ooh the donut shop coffee and the ghiradelli hot cocoas sound yummy. I would love to have a Keurig for our morning coffee and for guests that want different flavours when entertaining.
They even have Caribou coffee?!?? So I’ll go with the Caribou free-trade coffee and the favorite coffee in the house at the moment (so excited that they have it for this machine so please PLEASE pick me) Wild Mountain Blueberry Coffee by Green Mountain.
OH! KONA! Enough said! I want one!
I heart coffee. No really it is like a very good friend to me. And GUESS WHAT? My coffee pot…BROKE.
My favorite flavor? the Vanilla one. That way I pretend I am eating ice cream with a caffine kick to it!
And by the way? Giving stuff away is super GLAMOROUS. You rock.
The butter toffee by Gloria Jeans sounds heavenly! and I would use the Keurig for every task you mentioned- iced tea, hot tea, oatmeal and best of all- a good ole cuppa joe
Thanks for offering the giveaway!
ONE favorite? Not possible…how ’bout 3? “Donut Shop”…maybe this flavor would keep me out of the ACTUAL donut shop. “Cinnamon Stick” and my personal favorite…”Jet Fuel”, now that sounds like my kind of brew!
I would love to be able to brew one cup at a time…I have a tendency to drink, oh, a whole pot on my own. My stomach could use some lining…that’s all I’m sayin’.
I would pick the Big Easy Bold by Emeril. Because who doesn’t like Big and Easy.
I would use the Keurig to get my booty out of bed on time. And it would probably take something Dutch to do it.
Postum anyone? JK.
I’d love to cuddle up with some of the Ghiradelli hot cocoa. MMmm, yum!
I’m with the Barenaked Ladies: Vanilla is the finest of the flavours! I’d bel lovin’ the Vanilla Bean BAM! So many good ones to choose from though!
Oh man. I have the same problem. If fact, I have two coffee makers on my counter right now and neither one makes a good cup of coffee. I drink enough coffee in one day that I need a tasty cup.
If I could choose any flavor it would definitely be the Fair Trade variety pack. We currently support Fair Trade products and would continue to do so in this instance. Plus I love the idea of trying out all the different varieties to find my favorite.
Either the dark or the Kona. I love them rich and bold and strong! I would keep that bad boy in my office and keep it for only me. The free coffee here at work sucks.
ooooooh love anything dark & bold.. the GM Sumatra is good and the Donut Shop…. mmmmmm.
I hate to admit, I am plain ole coffee person. Can’t drink the flavored stuff before 3 p.m. We would totally use it for company and the hot water. My daughter has oatmeal for breakfast EVERY MORNING!
I am not a coffee drinker except for the occasional cup at cafe du monde in New Orleans when I am having beignets. However, I LOVE tea and was very excited to see that they offered African Rooibos Tea by Twinings. I have been a fan of South African Red tea for years. My hubby would love the Jazzed Up Decaf Coffee by Emerils. He loves coffee but I have to keep him off the caffeine as he goes a bit nuts when he has to much. The Keuring would really fit our lifestyle since we all like something different and then there isn’t any waste. The kids and of course mom & dad would also love all ofthe hot chocolates! What a great idea.
I would love this. The cinnamon stick sounds wonderful. My son loves flavored teas. Plus, the hot water feature is great!
Did I read correctly that it makes hot cocoa? OMG that would be heavenly. Especially the Ghirardelli Hot Cocoa Packets.
I love any of the Gloria Jeans coffees and you can’t go wrong with Ghiradelli Hot Chocolate. I love ALL flavored coffees and with our itty bitty one at home, my husband and I are living off of caffeine.
Definitely the Mudslide coffee! yummy!
I am a coffee addict, and let me tell ya, this would get used at our house for sure!
Just about any decaf. I am the only decaf drinker and getting coffee can be a pain!
I would use it for pretty much EVERYTHING!!! For cocoa for the kids, tea for myself, coffee for hubby(has his own flavor, as well!) and myself on the weekends, and LOVE the hot water feature for soups & oatmeal!!! Can’t be that! Wow, it’s an all-in-one kitchen appliance, if you ask me!
The Newman’s Own Organic Coffee looks fantastic (but not the decaf)!
I want to buy one of these every time I see it on TV!
i would pick the caribou blend.
i would probably use this for coffee….just for me! cup by cup. oh it sounds so nice.
I am all about that Caribou Blend k-kup! Their coffee rocks.
Oh, and I would use this for the kids’ hot cocoa all the time. It gets mighty cold in Wisconsin!!
Well DUH! I would have to try the VanHoutte variety pack.
The idea of making soup in the coffee pot intrigues me, I never would have thought of that.
I would use if with the Ghirardelli hot cocoa, and my husband would use it for his favorite, Twinings Earl Grey.
I’d like to try donut shop coffee. It has great reviews on Amazon and I’d use the coffee maker in all the ways you wrote about
Love the cup by cup & hot water features. We are a busy family of 5 & this would be such a convenience for our scattered schedules in the morning.
Oops, hit submit too soon. So many flavors that look good, but Donut shop & Gloria Jean’s Hazelnut would be my choices.
A part-time Vermonter, I LOVE Green Mountain Coffee in any variety, especially organic, and I also love Ghiradelli hot cocoa… great contest! Fingers crossed for a win!
I love the variety of k-kups! I want to try all of the hot chocolates and the gloria jeans butter toffee. I love the fact that it has the hot water feature! That’s so awesome!!
The Hazelnut Coffee by Gloria Jeans sounds heavenly! This would be a perfect to use for my afternoon cup of coffee!
Newman’s Own Special Blend Extra Bold, I love everything by Newman’s. I would use my Keurig every moring to start my day off great! Then I would use it again at night to make my husbands before bed Hot Cocoa!
I would pick Caribou Blend, but really there are so many to choose from!
Love love love the chai tea. Very soothing!
I love a lighter coffee … no French Roast for me! I would get Caribou’s Daybreak Blend. Then there is always Hot chocolate…yummy.
The chai teas (any of them) or the Green Mountain light roast. This would be my afternoon coffee break indulgence or I’d use it to offer to neighbors or during playdates.
Any of the green teas would be my favorite, followed close by milk hot chocolate!
Love at first sight? You bet! My kids and I have longed for a Keurig ever since discovering it on a visit to Grandma’s in April! Hot cocoa nuts, they went through an entire package of Green Mt.hot cocoa in 2 days! I adored the chai tea and the ease of use–and cleanup! This would be the ultimate addition to our kitchen. My guests would thank you, too, as I’ve been known to make horrible, gritty pots of coffee with my ancient coffee maker. Thanks!
I like Vanilla, although not nearly as much as my father–who often pops by and laughs at my sad excuse for a coffee pot.
I used to live off this stuff at my old office. I would have two Green Mountain Vanillas in the morning and then a green tea chai in the afternoon to get over that 3pm lull.
The ghiradelli hot chocolate is to die for!!
The Donut Shop sounds great, and of course the Ghiradelli hot chocolate. And the Chai Tea. OK, so I can’t pick one. Please pick me: Mama needs coffee…and hot chocolate….and tea : )
The hazelnut! A friend of mine has one of these, and I’ve been wanting to get one, it is so easy, just to make coffee one cup of a time. Oh yes, and I mean good coffee.
I’m going to have to go with one of the variety packs. I simply cannot decide. Since I only drink one cup of coffee per day, this coffeemaker is PERFECT for me!
I love Newman’s Own everything. I want to be able to use those little cups the coffee comes in for paint dishes. They look like the perfect size. So basically I want to have a cup of coffee and get inspired to paint.
My husband and I would LOVE to give the Extra Bold a try. With 2 young children we need it! Our Presto coffeemaker broke awhile ago and on one teacher’s salary, we decided to replace it with a Mr. Coffee. We are getting burnt, stale coffee from it, but it’s better than nothing at this time! We’ve never tried a Keurig before.
Mom of twin 2 year olds and a three year old…. M-O-M-M-Y needs C-O-F-F-E-E
This would be great when I need a cup mid afternoon so I can stay awake while the little ones nap! Oh and the many other times a day that a fresh cup sounds delish.
Green Mountain Fair Trade Rain Forest Nut sounds yum….and its FAIR TRADE certified, behind every cup there’s person who picked the bean.
Ghiradelli hot chocolate would be delish this next winter…please pick me!