I saw this coffee maker at the top of the list when I searched for coffee makers on Google Squared, so I figured I'd go ahead and do a quick virtual review on it. Keurig calls it the "Special Edition Brewing System", but I don't know what makes it a special edition. When I first visited the Keurig website, I wasn't sure it was the right one. When I right-clicked to save the image, the title included "B60", so I'm fairly confident it's the right one. Without further delay…

Features

The Keurig Special Edition B60 has three brew size choices: 6 ounces, 8 ounces or 10 ounces. It has a removable 48 ounce reservoir, which means you don't have to refill it until you've made at least four cups of coffee. It has a programmable LCD message center, but I can't fathom why anyone would need to reprogram it. It has a removable drip tray, blue backlit LCD and water reservoir, chrome accents and a quiet brewing technology.

This Keurig coffee maker is about 13 inches tall and weighs about 12 pounds empty. It seems to be a little taller and a little heavier than most "full pot" coffee makers. It comes with a complimentary 12 K-Cup variety pack of coffee and tea.

Pricing

The suggested retail price is $139.95 and you can buy it directly from the Keurig website. I found it cheaper, at $129.95 ($10 cheaper) at Amazon.com and with free shipping.

That still seems a little steep to me since I usually go for coffee makers that are less than $100. The redeeming features are that it can produce a perfect cup of coffee in less than 60 seconds and, of course, the included coffee pack.

Would I buy the Keurig Special Edition B60 Gourmet Single Serve Coffee Maker (whew, that's a long description)? Not where I live right now because I wouldn't be able to get more K-Cups. Would I buy it in the US? Yes. I used to heat up hot water in a microwave oven and it would take two minutes for just that step. If I had one of these, I wouldn't need to make a pot at a time and risk part of it going bad (getting cold or burned) before getting consumed.

((Image source: Keurig)

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Before I say anything else, I'm not being paid to advertise for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and I may be asked to remove the copy of their logo. I'm basically responding to the search term I saw pop up in my search stats. Like others, I'm sure, I had no idea what "Green Mountain Coffee" was until I started searching for myself. I initially thought it was another type of coffee and I had no idea it represented a company.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

According to Wikipedia, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is a publicly-traded brand of coffee based at Waterbury in the US state of Vermont. The brand specializes in organic coffee, fair trade, and specialty gourmet coffees. Keurig, the company behind the Keurig coffee maker, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., and sells many of their coffee varieties as K-Cups. In 2008, it was a $617 million publicly traded company.

Not being content to read the dry information at Wikipedia, I ventured to the Green Mountain Coffee website to see what I could find. It turns out that it's an online store and it's very well done. That's where I stole the logo from.

I'm being quite honest when I say that I never heard of Green Mountain Coffee or Green Mountain Coffee roaster before today. I grew up in the western states and spent a lot of time outside of the US. Since they're based in Vermont, I double I would have ever known about them if the Internet hadn't made become such as widely-used medium.

Green Mountain Coffee (The Website Store)

Since I enjoy almost anything coffee-related, I simply had to take some time to check out the store. Of the coffee they sell, one caught my eye: Newman's Own Organics. Newman's Own Organics is a separate company from Newman's Own, founded by the late Paul Newman (an actor), but it started as a division of Newman's Own and was created by his daughter, Nell Newman.

The store also sells various brewers and grinders as well as gifts and samplers. They even have a shipping service called Cafe Express, something I might be inclined to use if I still lived in the US. As I checked out the prices, I found they were comparable to gourmet coffees and items sold in other stores so there isn't anything to keep anyone from buying from them, at least not in my opinion.

So there you have it. That's what the searches for Green Mountain Coffee were all about. People were looking for information about the company and I hope I've provided enough to send them in the right direction.

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