Review on 200-Count Disposable Coffee Filters With Lid For Keurig 2.0 & 1.0 Compatible Reusable Single Serve Pods - White by Terry Herrera

I wanted to use up some coffee I had around and had been using k-cups. Ordered this after a failed attempt at buying a worthless single cup coffee maker whose manufacturer's name will remain nameless. These paper cup liners with a standard Keurig type machine are fine.This is what I learned:-- this product needs better directions to come with it.-- many of the negative comments about this product I suspect came from failing to figure out how to use it correctly. Complaints include the coffee is too weak, that the water backs up out of it, that the coffee isnt hot enough, and that getting the grounds out of the cup is a problem. The product actually works fine if you take the time to play with it a bit.-- put a 1 tbsp scoop of coffee in the cup, then tap it on the table a few times to settle the coffee. Then put in a half or full scoop to follow and repeat. If you tamp the coffee with a tool or pack it too much, the water wont flow through the grounds and will push out or spill; if you don't tap and settle the coffee it will be too weak because you won't use enough and the water will flow through too fast. I find 1 1/2 tablespoons of Duncan Donuts ground coffee is fine for my tastes, and I like it a little stronger.-- just tap the cup on the table to settle the coffee. You need to learn to figure out how much tapping to settle the cup and how much coffee to use to get the brew you want, which only takes two or three times. After some gentle final tapping you'll see the coffee is down about 1/4-1/2 cm from the edge.-- adding a paper lid to the filter cup is a huge improvement in keeping out the coffee grounds out of your coffee, which is a problem with cup filters without a lid or with coffee makers that just use metal sieve filters. Coffee grounds that pass through the sieve will end up in the coffee, so a better filter and seal prevents that. I hardly even get one or two coffee grounds in the coffee now. The paper lid on the cup can dislodge if you aren't careful and let coffee grounds out to the metal filter. You may want to wet your finger and dampen the lid and seal it down before you close the cap so it seats better.-- once the coffee is done, it is packed in pretty firmly. If you tap out some of the grounds in the trash can, it is much easier to remove the used paper cup.-- cleanup is just rinsing out the cup, not disassembling a coffee maker with multiple parts, emptying the remaining water reservoir, washing all the parts and reassembling the thing. Avoid them. "The juice isnt worth the squeeze." This system is much easier, faster and quick to clean up.