12 Cool Tricks Your Keurig Can Do
NEWS
By ALYSA SALZBERG
Tea
There are nearly 40 different kinds of tea K-Cups you can use. You can also make tea with your Keurig by putting unpacked, loose-leaf tea into a reusable K-Cup.
Alternatively, place either a tea bag or a strainer filled with loose-leaf tea in a mug, and then run the Keurig without a K-Cup. Making iced tea with your Keurig is also possible.
Oatmeal
Since a Keurig heats water more quickly than kettles and stovetop burners, it’ll give you hot water for your instant oatmeal as quickly as possible.
Make sure your instant oatmeal is waiting in a bowl before you set your Keurig in motion. For an equally streamlined process, you can try oatmeal K-Cups from Nature Valley.
Iced Coffee
To make iced coffee, fill a glass with ice and place it beneath your Keurig dispenser, then add a K-Cup of your favorite coffee flavor and press “Start.”
Mac & Cheese
Pour the pasta and powdered cheese packet into a bowl and place it beneath your Keurig's hot water dispenser. You’ll have mac & cheese in an instant.
Hot Cocoa
You can make hot cocoa with a chocolate-flavored K-cup or pour your favorite hot cocoa mix into a mug, place it under the dispenser, and start a cycle without a K-cup.
