Due to their ease of use and single-serving nature, Keurig brewers have become popular in homes, office break rooms, customer waiting areas and other places where people want quick, convenient coffee, tea and cocoa that suits their personal flavor and caffeine preferences. The Keurig B155 is intended for homes and small-to-medium offices.
Basic Features of the Keurig B155
The Keurig B155 is a single-serving, automatic home or office coffeemaker with an interactive touch-screen and easy to remove / clean components. It features neutral colors and a fairly modern, clean aesthetic.
Pros to the Keurig B155
Each Keurig B155 coffeemaker comes with clear, easy-to-use instructions and ample product literature.
Marko GoodwinThere are many advantages to selecting a Keurig B155 for home or office use. These include:
- An easy-to-use, full-color, interactive display screen.
- Multiple language settings (English, French and Spanish).
- The ability to brew four different drink sizes.
- A quick brew time of about 30 seconds to one minute.
- An ability to rapidly heat a relatively large water reservoir (about four minutes to fully warm a reservoir filled with cool tap water).
- A quiet brew cycle.
- A comprehensive user guide and product literature that includes flavor guides for extra-bold, dark-roast, medium-roast, light-roast, flavored coffee, decaf coffee, organic/Fair Trade coffee, tea and hot cocoa.
- A range of compatible brands and beverages, including Green mountain Coffee, Dietrich, Gloria Jean's Coffee & Tea, Timothy's, Van Houten, Tully's, Coffee People, Newman's Own (organic), Caribou Coffee, Emeril's Gourmet Coffee, Bellaccino, Celestial Seasonings, Bigelow and Twinings.
- During testing, there was no discernible flavor residue when switching between coffee and tea flavors.
Cons to the Keurig B155
Despite all its good points, there are several potential cons to selecting a Keurig B155 coffee brewing system.
- Keurig brewers require the use of Keurig products, or "K-cups." Although the selection of available K-cups is wide, it may not encompass all your favorite coffees and teas.
- If you insert a new K-cup into the Keurig brewer and leave it for a minute before brewing, the brewer "forgets" that the fresh K-cup has been inserted and will prompt you to add a new one. However, this glitch can be corrected by opening and shutting the K-cup latch again.
- Those interested in greening their coffee habit may find the use of a single-serve package for each cup of coffee to be objectionable.
- Sharp parts and occasional drips of hot liquids may make it inappropriate for use around unsupervised children.
- Some users have complaints that the unit size is too large or bulky.
- Although there are multiple language settings, there is no way to make selections using metric measurements.
Overall Recommendation
I would recommend the Keurig B155 to small offices. It allows for quick, quiet brewing of a wide range of coffees and it has a large enough water reservoir to prevent the "It's your turn to refill it" argument from becoming a major problem.
I would also recommend it to offices with customer or patient waiting areas, such as doctors offices. It's a good way for your customers to enjoy the beverage of their choosing while they wait, and it is intuitive enough that most first-time users can figure it out very quickly.
This item was provided by the manufacturer for testing and then returned to the manufacturer.
