Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has announced the official return of the Golden French Toast k-cup. This Fair-Trade Certified, seasonal kcup roast is released by Green Mountain Coffee for a limited time every year. The Golden French Toast k cup is roasted to taste like homemade French Toast with hints of cinnamon and maple syrup.

Every year, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters releases seasonal flavored k-cups. Other seasonal k-cups currently available are Spicy Eggnog and Gingerbread. The release of the Golden French Toast k-cups probably means that one or both those flavors will be ceasing production (or have already ceased production) until next winter, so stock up on those holiday flavors if you enjoy them as well. Green Mountain Coffee’s Golden French Toast kcups are available at www.greenmountaincoffee.com and www.keurig.com; they will be available from www.greatcoffee.com mid-January.

If you have a Senseo machine, consider either the Eco-Pad or CoffeeDuck. However, check to make sure that your Senseo single-cup brewer is compatible with product. The Senseo machines have gone through many design changes, and these products don’t work with every Senseo brewer.

On the other hand, Keurig has developed their own MY K-CUP for use in the Keurig one-cup coffee brewers. The My Kcup consists of a plastic assembly and a mesh filter. You pack your favorite ground coffee into the filter and then run it in your Keurig single serve brewer like a regular k cup. Over time, the mesh filter wears out, but replacements are available. And, since the MY K-CUP is manufactured by Keurig, it is compatible with all Keurig one-cup home brewers.

Unfortunately, there is no current similar system for the Flavia, Tassimo, or Nespresso single cup brewers. We’ll keep you posted if that changes.

November 1st, 2011

In recent years, coffee has become more than just a drink that wakes you up in the morning. Coffee review websites like coffeereview.com have identified quality roasts from a wide-range of roasters. For a quick introduction on how to use your five senses to experience the joys of one of America’s favorite beverages, take a look at this article at theatlantic.com. Take advantage of your new-found knowledge and try a variety of roasts from your favorite coffee shop — also ask around and see if your local coffee shop offers any cuppings. Remember that although you may not have enough time to grind and brew coffee every morning, you can always get a great cup of coffee using a single cup system like Keurig K Cups, Nespresso Capsules, Tassimo T-Discs, or Senseo pads. Coffeereview.com has reviewed a variety of one cup coffee Keurig k cups, Nespresso Capsules, and Tassimo T-Discs.

According to Forbes, Starbucks Coffee recently hosted a sustainability summit (dubbed Cup Summit 3) at MIT to explore ideas for a more environmentally-friendly coffee cup. And the issue of sustainability is popping up more and more in the single cup coffee industry. Nespresso’s Limited Edition Dhjana Grand Crus is 100% sourced from the Nespresso AAA Sustainability Program. Green Mountain Coffee — parent company of the singe serve Keurig k-cup system — uses sustainably sourced beans whenever possible in both their traditionally packaged roasts and k cup roasts. Keurig is also actively researching alternatives to their current kcup packaging.

How about special offers on K-Cups? From time to time, our sponsors provide discounts on K Cups that you can only find here. These offers are our way of rewarding you for visiting and using our web site.

So check back often for promotional contests, discounts, polls, and other single-cup coffee goodies.

(7/14/2011

K-Cup Price Increase

(7/1/11) Due to the rising price of green coffee, Green Mountain Coffee has announced a K-Cup price increase. Green coffee prices have been increasing rapidly all year, and other major coffee retailers have announced similar price hikes. To keep your per-cup cost down, we recommend buying K Cups from warehouse stores or online retailers. See our post below for more information about the best places to buy K-cups.

Keurig coffee is a common name for K-Cups.

KCups are individual portion packs (capsules) of gourmet coffee, tea or hot chocolate. When a K Cup is used in a Keurig coffee maker, a hot, fresh cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate is brewed in about 30 seconds. You can now enjoy a cup of great coffee without the hassle of grinding beans, measuring coffee, and cleaning-up used grounds and filters.

In the last two years, K-Cups have exploded in popularity as gourmet beverage drinkers throughout North America enjoy their daily cups of KCup coffee, tea, and hot chocolate.

Here at Quick-CupCoffee.com, we try to answer your questions about single cup coffee. Learn how single serve brewing systems from Keurig, Tassimo, Flavia, and others brew a great cup of gourmet coffee, tea, and hot chocolate in less than 60 seconds.

However, if you’re a more deliberate coffee lover, visit our friends at CoffeeReview.com for ratings and reviews of top-rated whole bean coffees from many of America’s finest coffee roasters.