Description
The K-Supreme Plus is the model where Keurig starts letting people change the coffee rather than just the size of it. Brew temperature becomes adjustable, three separate users can save their own settings, and the reservoir grows to 78 ounces. Everything else is the same MultiStream pod brewing found further down the range, and that is worth knowing before deciding what the extra money buys.
What it is and where it fits
This is a countertop single serve machine in a stainless finish, listed at 13.3 inches deep by 8.3 inches wide by 12.2 inches high. It suits a household where two or three people want noticeably different coffee, or one person who has an opinion about brew temperature, because those are the two features that separate it from the cheaper models.
The listed item weight is 1 pound, which is impossible for a machine with a pump, a boiler and a 78 ounce reservoir, and the same wrong figure appears on one of the plain K-Supreme records too. Treat it as an import fault. The recommended uses field is more useful, naming tea and other hot beverages alongside coffee, which is accurate since the machine will push hot water through any pod format it accepts.
Living with it day to day
Seventy eight ounces is the largest tank in this part of the range and it is the difference between refilling twice a week and refilling every other day. The reservoir is removable, so filling happens at the sink.
The saved profiles are the feature that changes a shared kitchen. Three users can store a preferred size, strength and temperature, so nobody resets the machine for the next person. That sounds small and is genuinely useful in a household where one person drinks a small strong cup and another drinks a large mild one, which on the plain K-Supreme means adjusting the settings every time.
Temperature control is the other real upgrade, and it is the one that justifies the tier. Most pod machines brew at a single fixed temperature chosen by the manufacturer, which is a compromise between what suits a dark roast and what suits tea. Being able to lower it matters for green tea, which turns bitter at coffee temperatures, and for lighter roasts that taste thin and sour when brewed too hot. It is a control that a person will set once and then benefit from every day without thinking about it, which is a better description of a useful feature than a control that gets adjusted constantly.
Everything else follows the range. One drink at a time, a fixed pod dose so the biggest cup is the weakest, no carafe, a pod holder to clear and a drip tray to empty. Noise is not published, and a pod brewer is dominated by a pump that runs for well under a minute. There is no clock and no timer, so the profiles determine what a brew looks like but not when it happens.
Controls and connected features
Buttons with an indicator panel, and programmable settings held in the machine. There is no app, no Wi Fi, no Bluetooth and no account on this model, so nothing depends on a phone and nothing can be withdrawn in a software update. The profiles live in the brewer itself.
That is the clean line between this and the K-Supreme Plus Smart, which adds pod recognition and phone scheduling on top of the same hardware. The coffee is identical. What the connected model adds is the ability to start a brew from another room and to have the machine set itself from the pod, and neither of those improves what is in the cup. For a household that wants profiles without an account, this model is the more durable purchase.
Running cost and upkeep
Voltage is recorded as 120, which is correct for a North American machine. This is a corded countertop appliance with no water line, no drain, no gas and no venting. Wattage and amperage are not published, so the rating plate is the reference if the circuit is already carrying a kettle and a toaster.
Pods dominate the running cost and always will. The included components on this listing are the brewer alone, with no reusable filter, so ground coffee needs Keurig’s universal filter bought separately. For anyone brewing more than a cup or two a day that accessory changes the arithmetic more than the difference between any two models in the range.
Maintenance is descaling on an interval set by water hardness, and emptying and rinsing a 78 ounce tank periodically rather than endlessly refilling it, since a large volume of standing water in a warm kitchen eventually goes stale. The listing gives a first availability date of August 23, 2020 and does not flag the model as discontinued.
One field is wrong and should not be repeated. The coffee maker type says Espresso Machine. This brewer has no pressurized group, no portafilter and produces no crema. Anyone shopping for espresso should be in the semi automatic espresso machines instead.
Highlights
- Adjustable brew temperature, which most pod machines do not offer at all.
- Three saved user profiles, so a shared kitchen stops being a negotiation.
- 78 ounce removable reservoir, the largest in this part of the range.
- MultiStream water delivery and a hot over ice setting.
- Rated on the listing for tea and other hot beverages as well as coffee.
- No app, no account and nothing that can lose software support.
Things To Consider
- The listed item weight of 1 pound is impossible and appears on more than one Keurig record here.
- The coffee maker type field says Espresso Machine, which is wrong.
- No reusable filter is included, so ground coffee is a separate purchase.
- The largest cup size is the weakest, since the pod dose is fixed.
- A 78 ounce tank of standing water needs emptying and rinsing, not just topping up.
- No clock or scheduling. Profiles are settings, not timers.
Who it is not for
Anyone brewing for a table needs a carafe machine from the coffee machines category, because a queue of single cups is not a breakfast routine. Anyone who wants the machine to start itself needs the connected model, since profiles are not a timer. Anyone who mainly drinks one thing will never use three profiles and should save the money on a K-Express. And anyone who wants iced coffee as the main event rather than a setting should compare it against the K-Iced, which is built around that job.
