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Juan Valdez one cup pod coffee brewing system for brewing single cups of coffee and tea.
Juan Valdez JVPM1W Pod Coffee Brewing System
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I love my pod coffee maker, despite the machine’s flaws. If you don’t get the pod in there JUST RIGHT, the water leaks out around the pod’s edges and sprays out everywhere. After many false starts, I finally learned to really squish the pod down into the pod holder. I haven’t been sprayed in months. I love how you can brew just one cup at a time, which is all I ever have. I switched to another brand of coffee pods, though–I think the Juan Valdez pods come in excessive packaging. Other pod brands work just as well in this coffeemaker, taste better, use less packaging, and are cheaper.
most recent blog entriesI got this for Christmas over a year ago, and it still works great! I use it most every morning. The coffee quality isn’t as good as my drip maker – no pod coffee maker can ever measure up to a drip maker – but it’s very easy to brew just one cup and with no cleanup (except to remove the used pod!).
I agree with the other reviewer that the Juan Valdez coffee pods come in excessive packaging (individually wrapped pods inside a cardboard box), plus my grocery store doesn’t carry them. Any brand pod can be used with this coffee maker. I use whatever’s cheapest, usually the Senseo Douwe Egberts. I buy either the dark roast or the vanilla flavored. I prefer strong coffee, but even the dark roast pods aren’t strong enough for me.
I wish I had the black-colored machine because the white shows every single coffee stain.
most recent blog entriesThis maker is the better of the two pod coffee machines I had. It is EASY to make your own pods that work very well and you have much better coffee due to fresh grind. My problem was that the part that catches when you close the lid broke. It probably was mostly my fault but it is made of plastic unlike the metal one on the other pod maker I have. That is why the other one still works and the Juan Valdez is broken. IF you are careful not to overfill your homemade pods you’d probably never have a problem with it. Just be careful in closing it and don’t force it. I also noticed that it was rather erratic in how much water it would run on different settings. Sometimes on the 12oz setting it would only generate about 6oz. So you’d have to hit the button again.
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