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I think that something is wrong with your Keurig. It doesn't do that. You shouldn't have to use 2 smaller cups to get one.

When you put the store bought cups in, are you making sure that the black cup thing is in there to put the coffee cups in? You have to take that out to put the little basket with your own coffee in. If you forget to put the black holder back in, the coffee will be very weak. (Yeah, I've done that...)

Anyway, I think you should take the Keurig back and get another one.

Dawn

Humm. . . I love my Keurig. And bought my first one so many years ago no one had even heard of them and I had to buy it and the k-cups online. Now they are everywhere.

Even before the Keurig I enjoyed dark-bold coffee, so that would be my suggestion. You said you had tried several types but did you mean brands (Timothy's, Green Mountain, etc) or types of coffee like French Roast, Kona, Breakfast Blend, etc. My personal favorite is Tulley's French Roast.

My sister in law has mentioned that she didn't like coffee from Keurigs, but honestly I just chalked it up to the fact that she had a cup at our mother in laws and she hates everything about my mother in law! To hear her, my mother in law can't even walk out of a room correctly but that's a whole 'nother post! LOL

We have the large Cinnamon colored one and used to have the smaller version. They make perfect coffee. I wonder what is going on. They have both been excellent. I don't drink coffee but my FIL does and so do several people that come to the house when we entertain. They always look forward to picking through all the little flavor cups to find ones they want to try or their favorites. They all look forward to coming over just for that.

Are you using the little flavor cups that are for the machine? Is your water city water or filtered? Sometimes those extra "flavors" can take away from the flavor of the coffee. Our water is highly treated so it has a strong chemical taste. We don't use it in the machine at all.

Any Keurig I've used only makes good small cups or OK big cups. You might also want to get the reusable cup and make it stronger so you get a better big cup.

I don't have one, but 3 of my friends do, and I find all 3 of them to be consistent in the strength of brew, and I like mine on the strong side. I'm thinking yours isn't working right. Did you try Dawn's suggestion? Maybe you'll have to try exchanging for a different one. ?

Hmmm. I use my Keurig daily and I love it! I love the Nantucket Blend.

IMHO, Keurig coffee pods taste wretched and the only way to get that brewed taste is to brew coffee.

Make sure you fill the filter to the top. Love my Kuerig. Do not know how I got along without it.

I've had my Keurig for almost two years now and use it everyday! I love it! I use the Wilton reuseable coffee travel mugs and make a small and medium cup from one k-cup each day and it's perfect!

That is odd! We have, a nd love a Keurig. I do not like my coffe too strong, and I have to make the big cup to be able to drink my coffee. A lot of them are even too strong that way. I don't know which model you have, but I know there is one that you can adjust the strength of the coffee/water ratio. Maybe check that? Otherwise you might want to return it for a new one. I have never heard anyone say they don't love their Keurig! Also, as another suggested, when you say you have tried several kinds...do you mean types, brands? If you tried different types of the same brand, maybe try another? Did your machine come with samples? I find Starbucks K-cups all to be very strong! Hope you get it worked out!

We have had ours for almost 2 years now. I find the teas to be very strong and I usually make a 16 oz travel mug out of 1 k-cup, but I like cream in my coffee. I didn't like using the "my K-cup" - it just didn't taste the same.

It may be that you just haven't found the right coffee yet. If you like a strong cup of coffee, I second the Starbucks, but you might also try the different coffees available in dark roast. Sometimes the sampler box isn't a good mix.

We tend to share our favorites with our friends/co-workers as they purchase their own Keurig. Do you know anyone else with a Kuerig so you don't have to spend a fortune on K-cups you might not like. Send me a pm, I can send you a couple of Green Mountain Dark Magic & Revv k-cups. I find them to be too strong, but they are my husbands favorite.