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Hello, love. #HelloKeurig #Giveaway

Ask my kids what happens before mommy has coffee in the morning.  All three will tell you that NOTHING happens before mommy has coffee.  I’ve often heard whispered conversations trying to figure out if I have indeed had any or all of my first cup of coffee, or if the question is better left unasked until later.

I wasn’t always this way.

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But 9 years of crappy sleep cycles will wear on you. My kids aren’t good sleepers, I work from home and am often working late after the family goes to bed.  Now, I’m working on the set hours for blog work thing and am trying to NOT work at night once the kids are home from school or in bed. Not always possible, but I’m finding I can do it- and ENJOY it- more and more often than not as we settle into our new school and work routines.

 

But I still love my coffee.  Oh, and tea.  And quick hot water, at the perfect temperature for the kids’ oatmeal in the morning.  Just hot enough to cook the oatmeal, just cool enough to eat right away.

And now I have a new way to get my coffee, my tea, hot cocoa, and hot water.

Look! You can see me about to have my coffee!!

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With the touch of a button.

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Well, a new version of an old love. But the love’s been redirected almost all the way into this new Keurig. The 2.0. Why?
It’s the carafe. If I have friends over, or want to indulge in a pot of, say, tea, while curled up with a fabulous book, I can fill the carafe and have multiple servings from the fab new Keurig.

The only reason the new Keurig 2.0 hasn’t pulled me all the way over to full on obsession is that is currently no way at all to have a reusable KCup for this machine.  We do buy KCups in many varieties, but the coffee my husband drinks is not available in KCups and he’s not able to enjoy his brew from the new machine. I also like the ability to reuse the cups and not send so much to recycling each week. I really miss that ability in the new 2.0 and am quite hopeful that the reusable cups will not only be OUT before Christmastime, but that there will be one or two in my stocking on Christmas morning.

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It’s not just the carafe feature that’s new on the Keurig 2.0.  There’s a lot new!

Product Features:

  • Keurig 2.0 system brews a single K-cup or a 4-cup K-carafe pack.
  • Keurig 2.0 Brewing Technology reads the lid to deliver a perfect beverage every time.
  • Strength Control setting lets you brew a stronger cup.
  • Removable 80-ounce water reservoir offers easy filling and cleaning.
  • K-Cup Portion Pack allows you to enjoy a single serving.
  • K-Carafe Portion Pack brews a 4-cup pot.
  • Hot Water On Demand function is perfect for tea, soup, oatmeal and more.
  • Large 2.8-in. color touch display makes it easy to customize settings.
  • Programmable digital clock lends convenience.
  • Customizable night light in the water reservoir adds stylish appeal.
  • Energy-saver mode and brewer maintenance alerts ensure long-lasting use.

What’s Included:

  • Keurig 4-cup carafe
  • 6 K-Cup packs
  • 4 K-Carafe packs
  • Water filter handle
  • Water filter cartridge

Win Free Coffee for a Year When You Say Hello to Keurig 2.0!

Customers who purchase a Keurig 2.0 brewer at Kohl’s / Kohls.com can enter to win free coffee for a year!  (There is a no purchase necessary mail-in form of entry as well) Contest site goes live on Aug. 24 and the contest ends Sept. 17. Enter: kohls.com/keurig/sweeps.shtml

 

Also? One lucky reader will win a $200 Kohls Gift Card to use towards a fabulous Keurig 2.0! 

 

About Brett

I'm a 40 something lifestyle blogger living in Connecticut with my husband and our 3 kids, plus a whole lot of assorted indoor and outdoor pets. We love to travel, play games, watch movies, and be outside together! Having 3 active kids makes for a hectic schedule and I try to share content, recipes and other things that can help to make today's busy family life simpler, easier, or just plain more fun!

We've recently decided that it's time for me to re-enter the workforce, so when I'm not on the blog or in the car driving kids to soccer or gymnastics, I'm trying to find a position out in the world that lets me use my life experiences, social media experience and employment background!

Comments

  1. Jennifer Speed says

    The best cup of tea I had was when I went on vacation to Jacksonville, FL and we were at the complimentary breakfast, I made it myself and it was divine.

  2. Sand says

    The best has been a spicy hot chocolate that I have perfected over the years. I love it because it’s spicier than any mixes sold.

  3. sherry fowler says

    My best cup of hot chocolate was with my mamaw when I was a child; it was perfect.. temp,

  4. laurie steiner says

    My favorite cup of coffee is made at home, by my husband. I somehow can never get it just right, so thankfully I have him around!. I think one of the things that makes it special is that we bought the thickest diner style cups we could find, and that keeps the coffee at a hot temperature, and doesn’t inject any other flavor into the coffee, like a take out cup can.

  5. Sarah L says

    Had the best hot chocolate in Santiago, Chile in a little cafe with my best friend.
    Thanks for the contest.

  7. KIM M says

    Best hot chocolate was with my ggma on her porch swing bundled under a handmade blanket listening to crickets chirp. oh the days..

  8. Terry Cross says

    The best hot chocolate I’ve had was when I was a child and we came in from playing in the snow. My sister and I would have it and it was like heaven after being out in the cold.

  9. Laurie Emerson says

    My husband and I were visiting in Maine one winter and went to this little diner we found. We had the best cups of hot chocolate I have ever had with tons of marshmallows and chocolate sprinkles on top.

  11. AEKZ2 says

    I love Starbuck’s pumpkin lattes. This first one I ever had I was roadtripping with my husband.

  16. tina reynolds says

    My husband actually makes me the best cup he gets the perfect combo of sugar vanilla and creamer

  19. Patrice says

    The best cup of hot chocolate that I ever had was the one and only time I went to a ski lodge. I was with my parents. It was very cold and I went inside to get warm by the fire, and had some delicious hot chocolate to also warm and comfort me.

  20. Kimberly Hilbert says

    My favorite tea used to be Tender Leaf Tea, when I first tasted it I fell in love. Unfortunately, they don’t sell it East of the Rockies, so I’m not with Red Rose, but only because of the figures.

    • Frank Prunty says

      Oh but you can get TenderLeaf Tea east of the Rockies..Its import by the Folgers Coffee company..
      You can Find it at IGA or Foodfair grocery stores..
      In WV enjoying a cup right now..

  21. Kelly Greenwood says

    My favorite coffee is an iced mocha from McDonald’s. I was alone and it became my all-time favorite coffee drink ever.

  22. cynthia painter says

    I have to say, the best coffee I have ever had was on my first trip to Hawaii…My first Hawaiian local Kona, sipping it as I watched the palm trees sway and listening to the waves crash on the rocks. HEAVEN

  25. Stephanie Galbraith says

    The best coffee ever was when I was at work and just got a Starbucks White Mocha. It was amazing.

  26. angie p says

    I went out for breakfast a couple years ago at a place that we happened upon while out for a drive, and they had the best pumpkin flavored coffee.

  28. JL Reed says

    I think the coffee I had on a trip to the Vermont was excellent last year around this time. I went on a long weekend trip to an inn in Vermont with my husband. The coffee was nutty and rich and smelled wonderful.

  29. Nicole Millheim says

    The best cup of coffee I have ever had was after 15 hours on the road to North Carolina and finally reaching there after the long drive. sitting down to a vanilla flavored cup of coffee that tasted like heaven and hit the spot

  31. Tammy Woodall says

    I remember when my Aunt took me to a Coffee boutique (before Starbucks – in other words, a long time ago) and ordered me a gourmet Hot Chocolate. It was served in a large Mug with Whipped Cream and sprinkled with Shredded Chocolate. It was a piece of art – but it also tasted great.

  32. BILL HOFF says

    I don’t drink coffee…but I like the smell of my wife’s hazelnut coffee when I get home from work in the mornings!

  34. Lori Walker says

    The best coffee I ever had was the morning after our wedding, still at the hotel; with my new husband.

  35. jenn giannetto says

    at my old workplace i had a hazelnut/caramel cappuccino with whipped cream that one of my co-workers made me. it was devine!

  36. Karen Drake says

    The best cup of hot chocolate I have had was at my daughter in laws house, she has a “secret” ingredient, she makes it with sweetened condensed milk and it is amazing.

  38. Eugenia Hall says

    The best cup of coffee I ever had was on a family vacation to Europe. I’d been up almost a full day because I hadn’t been able to sleep on the overnight flight, we arrived in Germany and we still had a full day of touring ahead of us. That first espresso I got on our morning break was like pure energy and life in a cup.

  39. Kelly H. says

    I think that hot chocolate is the best after a fun time playing in the snow with my kids.

  41. Jill Myrick says

    Once while traveling in Indiana we stopped at a roadside cafe to get a bit to eat.
    While there I ordered a cinnamon vietnamese latte topped with whipped cream and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. It was the best latte that I have ever had but I can’t seem to find anything comparable elsewhere.

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  42. Jillian T says

    After a long day of playing in the snow, we came in the house to find that my mother had made us delicious hot chocolate on the stove and topped it with marshmallows.

  43. Ceinwyn R says

    I make a killer white chocolate cocoa with mint in the wintertime. My son always asks for it but we keep it as a cool weather treat.

  45. Natalie F says

    My sister makes the best coffee. She uses a hand press and grinds the beans, and then she adds secret ingredients. And then we talk, and that makes it the best.

  47. Heather NC says

    the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had was when I was in Ital and OMG It was delicious. We went to a cafe in Rome Italy and I was with my family.

  48. Rachel DeHart says

    My sister is 8 years older than me and when I was around 12 she use to make me the best hot chocolate from scratch at her house.

  49. Lisa V. says

    My best cup of coffee was a caramel latte. My hiking buddy and I arrived in a town in Connecticut after 6 days backpacking on the Appalachian Trail. I can’t remember the name of that little shop, but that coffee was great after having instant coffee for 6 days.

  50. dave says

    I remember my favorite k-cup is Tully’s french roast! i had it when my friend got a new coffee machine and we were trying out different kinds!

  51. danielle Marie says

    it was a london fog at a little cafe in santa monica. i wish i remembered the place.

  52. brandy c says

    My best cup of coffee was a delicious Chai iced coffee, I was on vacation in Vancouver with some friends.

  54. Brittney House says

    My favorite hot drink was the hot chocolates at my old high school. I would get one every day before school started. They were the perfect amount of chocolate. Not too chocolately, and not to watered down. Just right.

  55. Lynn C says

    My favorite hot chocolate is Land O’Lakes butterscotch, and I just about overdosed on it at a B&B a few years ago. It’s not easy to find, but it’s divine!

  57. Deb C says

    My best coffee was actually an alcoholic one, served in a tall stemmed glass rimmed with raw sugar. It was piled high with whipped cream and just perfect. I had it with friends at a birthday dinner.

  58. Dawn Keenan says

    Our local coffee shop makes a great peppermint hot chocolate. Can’t wait til they start making them.

  60. brittany says

    I don’t really care for coffee or tea much but I love hot chocolate and my husband has made me the best once.

  61. Susan Christy says

    I think the best hot chocolate I ever had was at high school football games when I was in grade school. Probably the nostalgia factor, but that I still remember how it tasted says something!

  62. Jessica Pinkard says

    Best cup of Hot Chocolate ever was the one my husband made for me just after my twins were born.

  63. Christina Sparks says

    My husband makes a great cup of coffee and adds some hot chocolate in it during the winter months and it takes so good.

  64. Tina says

    The best cup of tea I can remember having was when I first had tea with my grandma. she made us both a cup of tea and put in on a saucer. She put shortbread cookies on a plate. we sat at the table and talked over our tea and cookies. I felt so grown up.

  65. Amy Orvin says

    Believe it or not, the best hot chocolate I ever had was at a soccer game when I was a kid. My mom it for everyone and it was so good! She just made a huge pot of it and brought it in a big thermos for everyone. I will never forget that!

  68. Stephanie Phelps says

    One of the best cups of coffee I have ever had was camping with my husband and we woke up early to watch the sunrise over the lake and he had surprised me with a thermos of coffee and danishes it was so sweet and nice!

  70. janna johnson says

    My coworker makes the best hot tea. He puts honey in it and something else. I can’t make it like him!

  72. Terry Maigi says

    The best cup of coffee I’ve ever had is from a local coffee shop called the madhouse, with my mom!

  73. Tammy Shanks says

    I dont drink coffee but I drink Hot Chocolate. My mom made my best hot chocolate when I was a kid. She used swiss miss and added mini marshmellows. She always made the best tasting coco and I can still taste it now.

  74. Jessamine D. says

    There’s a barista at the Starbucks inside Target and she makes THE BEST Iced Coffee. I don’t know how she does it and she says she makes it according to how it’s suppose to be made BUT it really tastes different than how other baristas do it. 🙂

  77. Stefanie Gladden says

    my grandma always makes the best hot chocolate! it has the mini marshmellows and the perfect amount of chocolate! I can never make it as good as her!

  78. carol clark says

    was when i was feeling good and my grandmaw made me this coffee with peppermint in it and it was so so good so when i go to feeling better i tried to make it and it was so awful but at the time it was so delicious

  81. kathy dalton says

    I was sent to the Philippines for my job and all i could get was instant coffee. The best cup of coffee I ever had was the tall strong coffee at the starbucks i found in Cebu

  82. Cassandra says

    The best cup of hot chocolate I had was at my friend’s house that her mother made–it was her grandmother’s recipe for Mexican hot chocolate that was the creamiest, chocolatiest hot chocolate with cinnamon and other secret spices & ingredients. All I know is that a lot of hard work, time and love always went into making that special treat for all to enjoy.

  83. Heather Dawn says

    I love Hot chocolate I can find are from gas stations! Those machines male them perfect! 7 eleven has the best, theirs is made with Hershey chocolate 🙂

  85. Michelle C says

    I love going to coffee at Starbucks with my oldest daughter. I love the Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Thanks for the chance to win!

  86. Jessica H. says

    The best cup of hot chocolate I had was this summer on a camping trip with my family on top of Grand Mesa in Colorado. My family went camping and we had hot chocolate made on a camp fire. There is nothing that beats hot cocoa from a campfire in the mountains surrounded by family. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!

  90. Ellie W says

    The best hot chocolate I’ve ever had was made by my Sunday school teacher. We had gone Christmas caroling and gotten cold and tired. So we all went back to her house for cookies and cocoa.

  91. Sarah Hayes says

    the best kind ive ever had was in arizonia. I was with friends. I cant remember the name of the coffee but its only sold to big companies so I know Ill never have it again but it was incredible. so yummy and smooth that it was wonderful without anything added to it.

  93. Lisa R says

    Believe or not I remember my first vanilla chai at dunkin donuts I loved it until my friend made me one and I said you found the chai that’s as good as Dunkin Donuts, Its called Big Train Vanilla Chai and you can order it on Amazon. My first great cup of coffee was a brand that was made for the Keurig. I think it was a donut shoppe coffee they make

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  95. Birdiebee says

    The best cup of coffee I have ever had was from a Keurig machine about 6 years ago while staying in a motel on a trip back from Portland. I have since wanted a Keurig machine to experience that again.

  96. Anne says

    I vividly remember the first time I had Chai tea, and it was love at first sip. My spouse and I were having dinner at our favorite restaurant (McLeod’s, in Bucksport, Maine), and I ordered my usual hot tea. The waitress suggested I try their Chai. I had no idea what it was, but I took her advice, and I am so glad I did! Loved it then, love it now.

  97. Scott Martin says

    I loved it when my dad made me a cup of hot chocolate after playing in snow. He is gone now but I hope to continue it for my kids. 

  98. Monique Rizzo says

    Cafe Darte in Seattle. It was seriously the smoothest, warmest, sweetest cup of goodness I have ever had!!

  99. Darlene Carbajal says

    I had the best hot chocolate ever. I added marshmallows and whipped cream. I was with my family at home. I made the delicious hot chocolate! 🙂

  101. robyn paris says

    My best coffee experience was in frenchtown nj made by someone at the deli i ate at. It was so good i tried to recreate but didn’t.

  102. Kristy says

    I’m picky about my coffee and like just a certain way, so don’t prefer for anyone to make it for me but me. 🙂 I like it hot, with a teaspoon of sugar and yummy french vanilla creamer. But…..am only allowed it as a rationed treat now due to too much sugar. But oh sooooo yum when I do indulge! 🙂 Thanks for the chance!

  104. Sarah Hirsch says

    gosh i have no idea. i don’t like coffee, so it would be hot chocolate. probably at a coffee shop because they always add whipped cream

  105. Mary Calabrese says

    The best cup of hot chocolate I ever had was when I was in London, England at a Starbucks. It was cold and damp out and the hot chocolate hit the spot.

  106. Christina Kelbel says

    My favorite hot beverage is definitely Starbucks green tea chai latte. I can’t afford to get it often but i do love it.

  108. JR FrugalMom says

    My mom used to make the best hot chocolate after picking apples, planting Christmas tree and other field work. It was creamy, delicious and had the right sweetness.

  110. Andrea Williams says

    One of my favorite “coffee” flavors is a Peppermint Mocha from Starbucks. I haven’t figured out exactly how to recreate it on my own.

  111. Rust says

    My grandma made the best coffee I’ve ever had …Community Coffee, brewed in a percolator, served with cane sugar and cream.

  114. Mary Beth Elderton says

    I think the best cups of coffee I can remember were made in my grandmother’s percolator. We were sitting at her kitchen table, discussing the day’s newspaper. Thank you for the prompt to remember that!

  115. D Schmidt says

    Definitely warm tea at my Mother’s house, its just something about how she makes it and spending time with her.

  117. Zenetta says

    The best cup hot chocolate I’ve ever had was made with real milk chocolate and fresh organic mint. I was at a cafe on vacation.I enjoyed my hot chocolate alone.The cafe barista made it for me.

  118. Margaret Smith says

    The best Hot Chocolate I had was over a friends house when we were kids. Her mom had made it from scratch and it was so creamy and delicious.

  119. Kristen says

    I remember the first time I had an iced latte at a local coffeehouse….I couldn’t figure out why it was so especially delicious until I realized they make their ice cubes out of coffee!

  120. Elle says

    I love iced coffee the most so the best I ever had was after going for a walk in the park on a hot day coming home to find that there was iced coffee waiting for me as a surprise. I gulped it and it was delicious.

  122. ReggieMann says

    The best cup of hot chocolate I’ve ever had was last year at work The building provided beverages & cookies for those that donated toys for Xmas It was made by Starbucks and it was so good!!

  123. debra dubois says

    My grandma makes the best hot chocolate ever she is 93 and still makes it for me every visit. She is a amazing women i love her to pieces she is still in her own home and AMAZING!!!

  124. Tabathia B says

    I took my kids to a haunted house which was on a strawberry farm and it was freezing and we ordered some hot chocolate and it was so good, the best hot chocolate I have ever had.

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