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It's only been a week, and I can already say I'm flunking the "live like you have a huge mortgage payment" lifestyle. Ok, maybe "flunk" is too strong of a word, but running out and buying a $200 coffee machine? In my defense, I've wanted a Keurig (Dutch for "neat") coffee machine since my days at the Arts & Entertainment Television Networks. And while the machine we had at home was great, the husband and I always fought the "CAFFEINE! NO...DECAF!" battle. He drinks one, I drink the other, and neither of us ever wanted to do the clean-up.

This is wonderful. No more messy filters to clean, no more remembering to fill the pot at night or stumbling to the pot in the morning, no more wasted coffee down the drain. Read more...

If you enjoy coffee but avoid making it at night because for just one cup that whole pot will go to waste - I think you owe it to yourself to try this brewer out. Not just in the store, but blue and glowing in your own kitchen. Read more...

I'll admit, the pump is a little loud, but it's a lot less brash than a coffee grinder. And while coffee purchases require a little forethought, you can get individual K-cups for a wide range of coffees (caffeinated, decaf, seasonal, flavored, etc.) and a variety of black and herbal teas. At less than $0.50 per cup (a steal over $2 Starbucks), you can get K-cups from well-known brands like Celestial Seasonings, Gloria Jean's, and Green Mountain - the latter even has fair trade and organic offerings. Now if only the Green Mountain Fair Trade Blueberry coffee was available in decaf!