K-Brew+Chill

This Keurig is amazing! We have been using Keurig brewers for at least 10 years now and all have been good to us! Keurig’s customer service is top notch as well. I set up a little coffee bar in my kitchen and added this new brewer and it is the best I have used so far for iced coffees! The chiller tank on the back keeps the water cold and doesn’t melt the ice during the brewing process. To keep the water chilled, it does have to run constantly and the fan will kick on and off throughout the day but it doesn’t bother me at all, it’s fairly quiet. The lights do not come on until the handle is lifted and it shuts itself off automatically. Another great feature is the self cleaning cycle it does after every brew, which will help to keep it running well between descaling. If you are an iced coffee lover like me, get this brewer, you won’t be disappointed and will probably save some $$ on going out to get it!

I had Keurig Classic and Keurig 2.0 (hot and iced). They both still work. I gave the first one to my Mom and I use the other in my office at work now I wanted something different and considered Ninja, Instant Pot, and Keurig brands. In the end, I picked Keurig Brew+Chill - better reviews, based on my personal experience with the brand, and some new features. The size is a little bulkier than what I would have liked but it will do. I love the multi-stream technology - it pokes 5 holes on the coffee pods, strong brew, brews hot & cold, 70 oz water reservoir. I just received and set this up yesterday. I filled the chill tank with filtered cold water from the fridge. It made some sounds that sounded like your kitchen fan blowing on low setting. I pressed the “quiet” mode so then it changed to just a low humming noise. The sound didn’t bother me at all. While it was cooling the chill tank, I felt some warm air coming from the side vent, right behind the water reservoir. It almost felt like your desktop tower blowing some air. 24 hours later, no more noise and warm air blowing. I think it will come on based on your usage of the “cold” brew. Because of the chill feature, this needs to be plugged in at all times to maintain the water cold. So far, I brewed 2 Keurig Iced CoffeeHouse drinks Pineapple Passionfruit and Strawberry Açaí. I also did 4 hot brews of Starbucks, Kirkland and Keurig coffees. For all the ones I made, they are all good as expected with no issues. I will try to cold brew the traditional Keurig next. My coffee mug in the picture is a 16oz and fits. Some of my 24 oz travel mugs fit if I remove the bottom tray. Anything over 8” tall will not fit. This model would only brew 6 to 12 oz at a time. I would have liked a espresso brew to maybe 4 oz? Back to the cold brews - the machine will do an auto rinse maybe 30 seconds immediate after the brew is completed. I put a cup underneath and for 2 cold drinks, only 1 drop each came out from the nozzle. The bottom tray however was almost full. So, it looks like when it rinse, the water goes through a tube from the inside to the bottom tray. Also, I still have to add ice to my cold drinks. Maybe it’s just a matter of preference? There’s no hot water button on this one but if you just want hot water, say for your oatmeal, just brew hot like normal but without any coffee pods in it. It’s actually good to run plain hot water on your machine from time to time as it helps clean it in between. I did that on my previous machines. I also recommend filtered water only. Don’t use tap water or distilled water. I wish it came with a built in frother. I bought a separate Keurig frother and I will download the Keurig Barista app next so I can try some flavored coffee, latte and cappuccino. I’m excited. The traditional Keurig filter cup won’t fit on this one due to the multi stream feature but I read that one will come out in Feb 2025. I will also try that to make my own using regular ground coffee. Even though I had no issues with my other Keurig coffee machines, I purchased the 3 year protection plan, just in case. Make sure to register yours for warranty and support purposes. 🙂

Sadly this product is absolutely terrible. It did make great iced coffee for a while which was the only pro (while it lasted). When brewing hot, it hardly brewed “hot.” Also, there are no compatible reusable pods with this machine. I went to customer service multiple times about needing reusable pods and they offered me no solution. Lastly, my machine broke and stopped brewing the coffee and again customer service didn’t care and offered no support. Truly disappointing because I had a mini keurig machine I used for years with no issues and ended up giving it away when I got this one. A total waste of money and customer service is very poor. Don’t buy this!

As far as I know this is the only machine that makes ice cold coffee on the spot without it being commercial. It took all night for it to get a solid and blinking bar on the chill indicator, which means it wasn't completely charged, but was enough to make 2 8oz glasses of iced coffee. No waiting time and no ice cubes needed! The iced coffee was delicious when set with the strong function. There is little noise, but I have it next to both my AC and air purifier which drown out any noise it makes. I have to put my ear next to it to hear it going on the highest chill setting. It self cleans after use when using the chill function. It drains a little into the catch pad underneath but it fills it just a little and very easy to pull out and drain. The fill tank is very easy to fill too compared to my previous Keurig. Overall I'm very happy with this machine. Now the real test is to see how long it lasts. I have a reverse osmosis system so I don't need to worry about descaling but I did see in some reviews that these Keurigs that use the fast heating elements can trip a thermostat on the element and it has to be taken apart in order to reset it. This will happen if there isn't any water in the resevoir when it's pulling or after 120 brews, whichever happens first. I hope this isn't the case to reset, but it is covered by my protection plan so I'm not too worried.