Keurig My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filters Review

I recently got a Keurig Mini coffee maker and really like it. I've tried several of the sample coffee cups that came with the appliance and liked them a lot, but really wanted the option of brewing my favorite ground coffee. So I invested in the My Cup reusable filter. I said "invested" because it was $15 just for the tiny filter.

My Cup is really easy to use.  Just fill the basket with ground coffee, screw the lid on, and pop it into the Keurig brewer just like using a normal K-Cup.  Cleaning it out isn't really that much of a hassle either.  Just unscrew the lid and rinse the filter out.

The problem is that the coffee is super weak and disappointing. I like my coffee on the medium to mild side so it doesn't have to be super dark for my liking, but the My Cup resulted in something that looked like weak iced tea. 

I got crafty one day and ran the same coffee thru the machine and My Cup three more times which resulted in decent coffee, but somehow I don't think that's very good for my machine in the long run.  The water just runs thru the grounds too quickly to produce a more bold brew.

I also tried using the My Cup with an old K-Cup that I rigged inside of the My Cup (something I read worked well for others who were disappointed in the coffee strength of My Cup) but that didn't seem to work either.

Updated on 14June2009 - OK I was laying in bed last night and I realized I hadn't tried grinding my coffee more finely.  So this morning I used the combination of the KCup insert, the My Cup and coffee ground almost to espresso grind and it worked great. So I'm changing from not recommended to recommended.  But I've only increased my star rating on this product from 2 to 3 stars as it should just work that well on it's own without having to rig it to work properly.