Keurig Platinum Brewing System Review

We bought this coffee-maker over a year ago after reading about it on someone's blog - now there's a first!  :)  As a Seattle native, I like good coffee - and that doesn't always and only mean Starbucks.  I like a good dark roast, and I like it fresh.  There's no better way to get a fresh cup of coffee than to make one cup at a time.  The brewer I have is a little different from the newer version of the Platinum Brewer on the Keurig website (www.keurig.com) but works essentially the same.  You use a single K-cup - a small plastic container with a foil lid - that is filled with coffee, tea, or hot chocolate.  You open the machine with a lever and put the K-cup inside and close it - the top and bottom of the K-cup are pierced and hot water from the internal reservoir is pumped through it, much like an espresso machine.  You can program the machine to turn on and off at specific times of the day, or just leave it on so there is hot water on demand at all times (which is what I do.)  My fiance uses it to just dispense hot water (on the largest 'cup' setting) for making tea using teabags.  If you want a stronger cup of coffee, use the sizes for smaller cups of coffee.  There are many different types of coffee to buy - we've tried many and I definitely have a few favorites (and a few I really disliked!).  The K-cups are available directly from Keurig, from Green Mountain Coffee (which now own's Tully's, another Seattle roaster), Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, and I think I heard Costco is going to carry them, too.  Our favorites:  Tully's French Roast Decaf; Tully's French Roast and Italian Roast, and Newman's Own Special Blend Extra Bold (which is also a Fair-Trade and Organic coffee.)