Keurig K-Café SMART Single Serve Coffee Maker with WiFi Compatibility, Latte and Cappuccino Machine with Built-In Frother, 6

Surprisingly good so far. Few minor items.This is a review of the ‘Keurig K-Café SMART Single Serve Coffee Maker with WiFi Compatibility’ on 11/8/22. I state this because the way Amazon has this product setup, the reviews appear to be shared across the 3 current K-Cafe models available for purchase on a single product page. Or at a minimum people seem to confuse which one in the selection before reviewing or reading reviews.Pros:- Combination coffee maker and frothier- Coffee maker is fast- Multi-stream technology works well – up to about 8 ounces- Build quality appears excellent- Frothier actually works – See Cons for some oddities, but not show stoppers.- Overall dimensions are not small, but really not large given the additional frothier. I expected it to be bigger.Cons:- Can’t brew and froth at the same time, probably because of power requirements exceeding 15 amps if it did.- Using old pods without brew ID technology delays brewing by about 10 seconds while it searches the Internet and tries to locate the pod manufacturer – in my case Jewel-Osco brand.- Drip stand is awkward. While it works once put together it feels like they could have engineered it better as it’s loose and hard to align easily.- Frothier isn’t dishwasher safe. Here’s a tip. Rinse with water, add some more water and squeeze some soap into it, place in machine and run frothier with head and rinse when done. I found that I don’t need the lid while frothing so I just put that away in storage so that it’s one less item to get dirty and need cleaning.- Frothier minimum is a lot, meaning you can’t brew a 6 ounce cup of coffee and add frothed milk/creamer using the minimum as you will go over 8 ounces on the standard cup. They expect you do do a ‘coffee shot’ when frothing for some reason. The effectiveness of the frothier drops dramatically with the less you use. Here’s a tip. I found that it froths acceptably if you add about 2/3 to the minimum line (which hides the bottom part of the wire agitator and its sloping wings, but leaves the top axle part that you use to remove/add visible). This completely fills a 8 ounce coffee cup right to the top, but is manageable.- If you run the frothier in high heat mode more than once in succession you may notice it short cycles the additional times. It appears that there is heat sensor in it that turns it off once it reaches a certain temperature. Tip, if you want to run a second time because you left it too long, turn it to cold mode for subsequent frothing to prevent it from short-cycling.- Not unique to this unit, but K-cups aren’t necessary great at brews over 8 ounces. Your milage will vary depending on the manufacturer, but I found that anything over 10 ounces is just pouring lightly murky hot water into your cup. This multi-stream technology won’t fix this!- Unit is taller than my prior unit, a Mini. While it still fits and opens on the counter under the cabinet by itself, you won’t be able to get a drawer underneath and open the pod door fully without smashing your nuckles. Consider one of the drawers that is on wheels that you can pull out to brew if having a drawer underneath is important to you.Neutral:WIFI – Meh, it doesn’t really do anything except attempt to discover you pod Brew ID and report back usage in order to aid in automatic pod replacement, if you have setup to do such on Keurig’s website. I have setup this up, but have not used enough of my current stock to have an opinion as of this review. It would also be nice if they integrated reordering for cleaning products, like descaling, but alas it appears it can’t do this at present from what I can tell.Unknown:- Reliability. I’ve only owned the unit for a couple days, but it’s working well and the build quality gives me hope. I see several reviewers have had issues, but as it appears Amazon combined reviews for this unit with two others not sure which they apply to. I will update this review if it fails. Be sure to register you unit so you get the 12 month warranty, failure to do so could leave you angry and out a lot of money. The good news is that the coffee maker side is identical to the other SMART brewers so hopefully Kuerig designed them well, or there will probably be a lot of angry customers and class action if they didn’t given the commonality and number of buyers. As for the frothier, it can easily be replaced as the electronics, heater and motor are all self contained in the removable unit. It’s even available for purchase on Kuerig’s site should it fail outside the 12-month warranty.Summary:Even though I listed a few cons above, I’ve still happy with this product and would buy again over others. All single-serve coffee makers have issues, it’s just understanding what is important to you and what’s not. If you looking at single-serve coffee makers AND either combined or separate frothier, you should definitely consider this product.

Absolutely Love It!!I purchased my K-Cafe, upgrading from a K-Slim, that I purchased 2 years ago. I’m always making lattes, using Cafe Bustello Espresso pods. Unfortunately with the K-Slim, the smallest size is 8oz. When my wife asks me to make her some coffee, I have to make one for me too, I would usually divide my espresso in half, for “two shots”, to make two lattes. What I love about my K-Cafe, it had a shot button and does all the work for me!! No more microwaving my milk and frothing it with a handheld frother, I love the built on frother. My lattes now has a better taste to it! The frother cup is very easy to clean too!! I absolutely love my new K-Cafe. BTW, setting it up was was very easy too. What I love about the Keurig brand, there are so much variety of K-pods to try, on top of that a infinite number of syrups to choose from as well. No more Starbucks, I truly have my coffee shop at home.

Dont listen to the bad reviewsI have been using this machine for over 6 months daily and it works flawlessly.Our household makes an average of 20 or more cups of coffe with it each morning and it makes 3 lattes in the afternoons.I have ever only used oat milk with the frother but it comes out better than at the coffe stands. I have also never used pod cups with it, only the refillable cups and it does make a huge quality difference to tamp the coffe down until it is well compacted in the cup.The reviewers that are complaining about the machine “stopping” mid way into making a cup are tripping there circuit breakers. This machine does use a TON of watts but I have yet to trip a breaker. The newer kitchen breakers will likely need changed out to a standard breaker for these to function properly. You would also need to mind what else is running on the same circuit. There is no way that you could run a second appliance on the same circuit while operating this.I havent been to a coffe stand since making this purchase and this actually paid for itself in less than a month.Cleanup is also a breeze. I simply rinse the frother with hot water before the milk can bake to it and set it back in its nest for reuse.Very happy with it

Best purchase I’ve made all year!I LOVE this coffee maker!! No need to go to a coffee shop with this at home. Well worth the money!I use this daily and I couldn’t be happier. I bought espresso flavored k cups and flavored syrups so I can have things like hot amaretto cappuccino or cold vanilla lattes. (I brew my own hot coffee or espresso then refrigerate for iced drinks). The foaming feature is excellent for hot foam – the cold foam feature is 4/5 stars – I bought a separate mini electric whisk and I finish off with that to make the cold foam a bit fluffier. Overall this is a great buy and worth every penny ($159 when I bought it)Game changer for my coffee routine!

I love it.I read most of the reviews before I bought it and have to say I’m agreeing with the other users that love it❣️ I don’t think the frother is cheap and it’s worked perfectly so far. I wasn’t using me older Kuerig because I really only drink lattes. So glad I switched!