Keurig K-Latte Single Serve K-36 Coffee Maker

• FIRST-CUP SPEED: Delivered the first cup quickly when first turned on, important if you often make just one.
• REPEAT SPEED: Delivered subsequent cups quickly after the first, important if you're brewing for multiple people.
• TEMPERATURE CONSISTENCY: Maintained temperatures very consistently from cup to cup, important if you're serving a crowd.
• SIZE CONSISTENCY: Dispensed cup after cup with exactly the same amount of coffee.
• BREWING RANGE: Allowed slight flexibilty in adjusting brew strength by letting you change settings, vary water volume, or add additional pods.
• TASTE: Using Colombian (or a similar) varietal, brewed coffee we judged so-so, but if you drink it with cream and sugar (or other ingredients such as whipped cream), defects may not be as noticeable.
• CONVENIENCE: Fairly easy to operate the unit, refill its water reservoir, and clean it after use.

The Keurig K-Latte Single Serve K-36 is part of the Coffee Makers test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Single-Serve Coffee Makers models like the K-Latte Single Serve K-36 are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

First-cup speed: Indicates how quickly the machine produces the first cup of coffee. This also includes the time required to heat any internal water reservoir from room temperature.

Repeat speed: Reflects how quickly the machine produces a second cup.

Temperature consistency: Reflects how closely the second cup matches the first cup in temperature.