Description
This is the silver K-Supreme sold with the stainless My K-Cup reusable filter in the box rather than as a separate purchase. That one difference is worth more than any specification on the page, because the reusable filter is what turns a pod brewer into a machine that will also take any ground coffee, and it is the only thing that meaningfully changes the cost of owning one.
What it is and where it fits
The brewing hardware is the same K-Supreme found elsewhere on this site: MultiStream water delivery, four cup sizes, a strong setting and a large repositionable reservoir. The difference is the bundle. The included components on this listing read coffee maker plus stainless steel My K-Cup, and the exterior finish is silver and metallic rather than the black plastic of the standard model.
Dimensions are given as 10.6 inches deep by 16.2 inches wide by 14.7 inches high with a weight of 9.88 pounds. Those numbers differ from every other K-Supreme record on this site, which give 7.05 by 17.91 by 14.41 inches and weights of 5.9 and 1 pound. Some of that spread reflects which side the tank is mounted on, and some of it is simply unreliable data. Measure the space generously.
Living with it day to day
Owning the reusable filter changes the morning more than it sounds like it should. It means the machine is no longer tied to a pod aisle, that a bag of any coffee works, that a stronger or weaker dose is a choice rather than a fixed quantity, and that the household is not throwing away a plastic cup with every cup of coffee. It also means an extra step: the basket has to be filled, seated and then emptied and rinsed, which is roughly the effort of using a drip machine’s filter basket for one cup.
The pod route still exists and most owners use both, pods when it needs to be fast and grounds when it does not. The reservoir is large enough that neither route involves frequent refilling, and the tank lifts off to fill at the sink.
Everything else follows the range. Four sizes drawing from whatever dose is loaded, no carafe so several people means several brews, a drip tray that fills and a pod holder that needs clearing. Noise is not published. The old product copy on this page claimed a 78 ounce reservoir, which does not match the 66 ounce figure that the manufacturer copy on the other K-Supreme listing gives for the same machine, and 66 is the figure to plan around.
Controls and connected features
Buttons and indicator lights, with no display, no clock and no scheduling. There is no app, no Wi Fi, no Bluetooth and no account, so nothing on this machine depends on a phone or a service staying online. The old product copy described programmable settings for brew strength and cup size, and that is a loose use of the word: those are button selections held between brews, not a timer.
The one connected machine in this family is the K-Supreme Plus Smart, which reads the pod and schedules from a phone. Nothing about the coffee is different. For anyone weighing that up, this bundle answers a more practical question, which is what the coffee costs rather than how it is started.
Running cost and upkeep
No voltage, wattage or amperage is published on this listing. Sibling records for the same machine give 110 and 120 volts, which describe the same North American supply written two ways, and the rating plate on the base is the authority. This is a corded countertop appliance with no water line, no drain, no gas and no venting.
The running cost story is the whole reason to choose this listing over the others. With the reusable filter included, ground coffee becomes the default option from day one and pods become the convenience choice rather than the only choice. A stainless basket also lasts, unlike the plastic versions, and it is dishwasher friendly in a way the paper and plastic pod route never is.
Descaling remains the recurring maintenance, on a schedule set by water hardness, and the reusable basket needs rinsing after each use or it goes rancid with coffee oils in a way a discarded pod never does. That is the honest cost of the cheaper cup. First availability is given as November 17, 2020.
Two fields on this listing are wrong and should be ignored. The special feature reads Electric Stovetop Compatible, which describes a stovetop kettle or moka pot, not a countertop pod brewer, and the coffee input type says K-Cup pods only on a listing whose own included components list a reusable ground coffee filter.
Highlights
- Stainless reusable filter included in the box, so ground coffee works from day one.
- MultiStream brewing shared with the rest of the K-Supreme line.
- Four cup sizes with a strength option, drawn from whatever dose is loaded when using grounds.
- Large repositionable reservoir so the machine can be fitted to the counter rather than the other way round.
- Silver metallic finish rather than the black plastic of the standard model.
- No app, no account and no connectivity to lose.
Things To Consider
- The special feature field claims electric stovetop compatibility, which is meaningless for this machine.
- The coffee input field says pods only while the same listing includes a ground coffee filter.
- The old page copy claimed a 78 ounce reservoir. The manufacturer figure for this machine is 66 ounces.
- Dimensions and weight differ substantially from every other listing of the same machine.
- No voltage, wattage or amperage is published.
- The reusable basket has to be rinsed after every use, which pods do not require.
Who it is not for
Anyone who wants the convenience of pods and nothing else is paying for a basket they will never fill, and the plain grey K-Supreme is the same machine without it. Anyone brewing for a group needs a carafe rather than a sequence of single cups. Anyone who wants espresso or milk drinks should look at the capsule machines with milk systems or at a pump machine instead. And anyone who genuinely wants to brew ground coffee most of the time should ask whether a pod machine is the right shape at all, since a drip machine from the coffee machines category does that job with less handling per cup.
