This is our second K-Classic. We had our first one for many years, so when we had to replace it, we wanted nothing else but this exact ruclips.net/user/postUgkxBrV-RbF5Nk0Rlt9i15aao-YMzqzTG8Vf model. We use it for about three people everyday in the morning. The taste and quick brew is one of the reasons we like it so much. There are so many choices of brands of coffee that we would grab what was on sale and test the different brands from there. I would definitely recommend trying different brands of coffee to find the ones you like the most because there are brands that quite frankly taste horrible.
I found the solution. No, it's NOT the K cups. Run it without the K cup, and it still tastes like plastic. It's also NOT the water tank, (for those who are convinced that's the problem). The cause, is the 5 feet of silicone hoses inside the machine. Disassemble it, and smell the hoses. You will immediately see that's where the taste is coming from. Vinegar, or lemon juice isn't going to make it leach out of the hoses any faster. I tried them all. It did not make any difference. If you remove the lower front wrap around cover, you can see the hoses. I removed the cover, and laid my new coffee maker on it's side, over a floor vent. The warm air from the furnace, will drive the gasses out of the hoses. After a few days, I ran a few cups of water through it. (Water stays in the hoses between uses, so you have to run a few cups through it to change it). Almost all of the plastic smell, and taste is in plain water is gone, (>95%). If you brew anything now, it tastes fine. Probably a few more days over the vent, and it would be 100% gone. I'll leave the cover off it while use it for now, so it can finish off gassing. This is NOT what I expected. They should not be selling these, if they can't make it so it works properly out of the box.
Thank you so much, i tried it and it worked ! The plastic smell didnt go away after countless vinegar cycles.. but when i opened the machine to expose the rubber pipes to air (i put a whole day under direct sun exposure), i run a cycle with alcohol, a rince cycle, then a baking soda cycle, rince cycle again, and the taste is gone.. and now i let the machine open to "gas out"..
After trying your cleaning method the plastic taste still remained, so I used an entire gallon of Heinz extra strong "cleaning" white vinegar at full strength (undiluted) through the Keurig. After cleaning the reservoir with soap and water and running three reservoirs of water through the machine the plastic taste finally went away. If the plastic taste should return I'll toss this machine in the garbage. I cannot recommend a Keurig coffee maker because of the trouble I went through to get rid of the plastic taste.
Let me pose a question... I have a brand new Keurig Supreme Plus. Bought it at Costco. Didn't use vinegar, just ran a few cups of water to flush the system out the box. Brewed a cup of coffee and it tasted burnt. But I'm not too worried with the taste because the brewing technique can be adjusted to accommodate the type of coffee you are using. My bigger concern is that when you lift the lever and you get close to the machine, you can smell a rubber/plastic burn odor. It's coming directly from inside the machine. My question is how does running vinegar thru your machine negate the fact that the plastic/rubber components are emitting a smell after each brew cycle from the heat of the brewer??...
Our new Keurig made coffee with an awful chemical taste. We found this video and just followed the instructions to the letter. We ran a full 48 oz of white vinegar (6 cups) through our new 2.0 Keuerig. After that we had to run 2 complete tanks of clean water through to get rid of all the vinegar flavor. Now, the coffee tastes great. We used the included Kcups as well as our own coffee. We are so relieved because the coffee had been undrinkable. We'd bought it to use for a small New Year's gathering and it was ready to use just in time. Guests drank seconds and thirds. As did we. We like the system and are so glad it actually makes a good cup of coffee now.
This method of using high quality distilled vinegar did not work to remove the odor of burned wires from our brand new coffee maker, even after several attempts. All of these products are made overseas and it makes me wonder what the hell are they using to produce them? We need to get to the bottom to make sure these unregulated products are safe to use.
I spent about 30 minutes cleaning as you suggested... I did notice a difference in the taste of the coffee, not perfect, but a noticeable difference. Thank you for sparing this video.
Thank you! I ran though a tank of water mixed with vinegar and then two tanks of plain water and scrubbed it with soap and water and my coffee no longer tastes or smells like plastic! Yay!
About 3/4 tsp food grade activated charcoal works perfectly. Just added it to warm water, put it in the reservoir and the smell was gone on the first pass through. I ran it through a few more times just to be sure.
For me it's the K Supreme Plus that has this plastic flavor problem. No other Keurig machine has ever smelled like plastic to me. The inside of the water reservoir smells strongly of plastic, and when you lift up the thing to put a kcup in, that whole apparatus also smells strongly of plastic. And when you brew a cup of coffee, that same awful plastic flavor overwhelms the coffee. There's just something wrong with this model. Not sure what they did wrong. Everything else about the machine is great! But I want my coffee to taste like coffee, not plastic. But my husband couldn't smell or taste it, so it's only certain people who can. So I went and bought a different one, and that one smells and tastes fine.
It's not just Kuerig. I just bought a Hamilton Beach (in the face of many complaints about the plastic chemical taste, but there were many more that didn't have the problem, thinking I'd get a good one) and it too has a terrible taste! I don't even know whether to bother trying the vinegar or just take it back. I never had this problem with the good ol' Mr. Coffee. Why must this be an issue in a single serve maker? Even have a $10.00 cheapo that makes a great pot of coffee with no off taste. Is it just the single serve ones?
+Sandra Krytus I got the Hamilton Beach one and it made everything taste absolutely disgusting. I returned it and got a Keurig instead but it seems that this one tastes plastic-y too, although to a much lower extent. I've never had this type of issue with plastic bottles or coffee makers, not sure what it is about the single serve. I'm hoping the Keurig will go away after a while, I really don't want to do the vinegar thing because with my luck it will just make my coffee taste like vinegar instead :(
Thanks for the suggestions. The soapy rinse of the reservoir and then the white vinegar cycling, followed by clear water cycling solved all the plastic taste issues.I used hot water in the reservoir to follow the vinegar. Again, thanks for the ideas. Worked a treat!
Same with drip coffee makers. The one I just bought tasted very plastic, but after some vinegar mixed run throughs it has mostly gone away. My Keurig wasn't to bad though.
I've tried absolutely everything prescribed here or in alternative forums and nothing diminished the burnt plastic taste and smell. Keurig customer service was of zero assistance, in fact they claim to have never heard this contention before (sure). I had purchased my machine in Costco so I just returned it and Keurig can deal with it. With the past three Keurigs I've owned, I was able to remove the plastic taste with thorough cleaning and vinegar cycles, but this new one which was made in Malaysia was unresponsive to cleaning.
yeah, mine was made in china and I can't get the smell out of it neither no matter what I try, it's bad quality plastic that leaches out in the water, very disappointing, I'm returning it while I still can :\
I have to buy a keurig every 6 months or so...last one only lasted 2 ..they sent me a replacement and it's already doing the same thing ! METALLIC taste, burnt plastic...it's disgusting!! I've bought their cleaning products, I did the vinegar..but all that happens is.. I can't use it after...so...ya know I'm gonna invest in something different
Ok I have now tried *everything*. I've tried the specially designed Keurig cleansers. I've tried white distilled vinegar. I've tried even gone so far as to run through 2 reservoirs of white distilled vinegar through, each time leaving it sit overnight after an initial vinegar flush or two. Every time, after about 2 weeks, this really bad, almost cardboard-like taste comes back (and it effects everything ... tea, coffee and even hot apple cider). I was using a filter, but I've tried running with out one. No luck. I only get about 2 weeks of good tasting beverages before the bad taste comes back. We have very soft water in our area, so I know it can't be a scale thing (I have an electric tea pot that I've had for 4 years and so far have never needed to descale it). What could be causing this awful taste and could I have ended up with a dud? I love the Keurig but it's such a hassle to constantly clean to remove this taste.
Kleineganz I have the exact same problem. Nothing has worked. I've done everything you mention and more. No change. Everything has a horrible chemical taste. I've had to just stop using it. Keurig even sent me a new brewer and it is just as bad.
dbonoma2 Chemical taste wasn't the issue for me, it was more stale coffee taste. I solved the problem ... turns out it was the part where the K-Cups go in ... I had to take it out and give it a good cleaning separate from the rest of the unit. I haven't had the taste issue in months now.
I have that AWFUL plastic taste in my coffee too. I called Keurig and they sent me a replacement machine.....AND still the same thing is happening. I went through the same cleaning routine for both machines - I filled the water reservoir 3 times with white vinegar, ran water through it about a dozen times and it still didn't work. The taste is just AWFUL.
I believe Acestrife might have a very good point. There is a good possibility that some chemicals delete shit out of the plastics. Needless to say, right now the coffee in my Kurig taste awful I'm hoping to vinegar will help.
We just spent way too much money to have a coffee machine that tastes like plastic. This trick aaaaabsoluetly worked. Filled to max fill line with vinegar, ran brews without coffee til water was empty, filled with water twice and ran brews without coffee. Coffee tastes amazing now!!!!!!!! 100% suggest this!!!
Buy the commercial grade Keurig machines because they use tougher and more durable materials that are more resistant in a commercial environment, hence why they all weigh heavier as well.
I just got the k535c and have the plastic taste. I will do the vinegar cleaning. do I need to remove the filter or should I let the vinegar run through the filter? also, could it be that the filter is giving a bad taste? lastly, should I change the filter regardless because so much b palstic taste ran through it?
I did the vinegar flush twice with lots of water (hot and cold) and it still tasted like plastic. Just boxed it up and will return it. Don't buy this coffee maker. It was also pretty large and heavy. Ugh!
Good choice, awful machines, if you want an alternative with better flavor I can recommend the ninja cf091c, it's a drip / single serve hybrid that uses small filters, but the flavor is like good diner coffee rather than sink water.
what about machines that have a filtration system in them? can the filter impact the flavor? we have a newer machine and i did not do the vinegar thing but I did run about 4 brew cycles before using it the first time. we are now about 30 cycles into the machine and it still tastes very plasticy and I can't stand it. these machines need to come pre-primed, it's unacceptable for a brand new machine to make such a terrible tasting drink. but yes, i will try this process and see if it helps.
I have a filter in mine (same issue with a Cuisinart brand) and change it monthly. It isn't the answer. Strong chemical or plastic smell in the water reservoir and the cup of coffe.e
thanks for the tip, are some vinegar's better to use than others? I bought rice vinegar and that did not do the trick then I bought Walmart white vinegar that did not do the trick? Is Heinz a better quality vinegar? looking forward to your response thanks
+Jamie Cloud I know your question is over a year old. However, I thought maybe someone else would like the answer if they are reading this. I had to run it through 4 times. Full tanks, with hot hot water in the tank. Cold water didn't do the trick. *Sips coffee
I didn’t get the plastic taste until after I cleaned it with vinegar. Did it again with baking soda and added a new filter but can still taste plastic. Please help. 🙏🏽
I Just purchased my first keurig, and have done the vinegar cleaning and i'm STILL having the taste and smell. what is weird is that the smell gets STRONGER as the water cools after being brewed..My Daughters have Never had this issue...☕️☕️☕️🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️Guess it's a covid keurig..☕️☕️☕️🍵🍵🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️hahahahaha
Hi this all sounds good.............but my issue is I bought a used coffee pot to have tea in, what i need to know is this HOW DO I REMOVE AS MUCH OF THE COFFEE TASTE FROM THE PLASTIC FILTER???
I've got a smaller single-serve brewer that doesn't let me detach the reservoir. I'll still try the vinegar. It is a relatively new machine and I'm also using the reusable coffee filter, could the latter also be the culprit of bad taste?
Single Serve Coffee Maker Reviews - Aromacup.com K10 Mini Plus. Beginning to suspect the reusable coffee filter more so now, it smells of the same plastic taste the brewer is supposedly doing. Going to try the regular paper filters and see.
My Keurig 2.0 model K450 is now 6 months old and, like Kleineganz below, mine still has an awful chemical taste. Whatever it dispenses is undrinkable. I have done all the vinegar fixes, soaked the parts overnight and had no luck at all. I've had to stop using it. I complained and Keurig sent me a new one (with minimal questions asked, which tells me they know it is a real problem) and of course the new one is just as bad or worse. My whole family very much enjoyed our last Keurig, and we have all just stopped using it. I have a cabinet full of unused k-cups. What a disgusting waste!
I finally bought one without reading reviews -_-* I knew two people "happy" with theirs so I was excited to get one. I've cleaned it once before as in instructions, had a cup of hot choc that tasted awful of chemicals, so I washed it twice and tried coffee-same prominent nasty flavor in the coffee. I got a deal but it is still way too much to pay for crap. I don't want to pay anything for crap. I'm just very disappointed and I think paying such a price for one of these shouldn't mean so much extra care before having a decent cup of what you're paying for. I'll try the vinegar but I do that for normal coffee makers that don't have this problem so I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic. I'm not going to try more than that to have it work as it should have come. Already feeling like a waste of my time and energy when I got it because I need energy quick lol
Just bought the a new Keurig from Costco. The plastic taste and smell of the water was unbearable. I followed the instructions in the video and the smell is gone. I'll try it again in the morning to see if the smell/taste has returned. Hopefully not. Thanks for the video. We did not have this issue with our Keurig we bought from Costco a year ago(same model).
It’s not just Costco, we bought our at a military exchange and have the same issue. Never had this problem with previous four kuerigs I’ve bought in many years. This is the first supreme plus model.
I just bought a Keurig but i dont think i did the filter right cause i can taste a weird flavor when i brew it taste bad i am not sure if its the water or something else i didnt have any water bottles so i used the horrible tap water my apartment has i will buy bottled water tomorrow and see
More importantly, when will Keurig, et al, be concerned with poisoning us with plastic and make a better quality machine that doesn’t leach plastic? I know... NEVER. #corporategreed
I'm absolutely done with this crappy Keurig, I've had 2 models in the past that were ok (probably still poisoning me), but I just got one of the expensive office machines and it is absolutely disgusting, it rushes the brew AND tastes like garden hose. Time to go back to French press + espresso.
+DorKAify at the place I work the keurig machine make the tastes like metal. Not only that the previous place I used to work at also had one with the same issue.
+Cuban Nerd so I went on their website and there's been a recall on the kcup mini brewer which is the one that I have so they're going to send a new kcup holder and see if that solves the problem
I've ran vinegar and wasted several coffee canisters with the newer model Keurig and it still tastes like plastic. The original didn't have this problem at all. Complete garbage! Do not waste your money on Keurig!
The bigger question is, why is Keurig distributing coffee makers that produce bad plastic/chemical tasting water? We shouldn't have to try so hard to mask or resolve this problem. It doesn't matter what kind of coffee you use, how long you brew it, what temperature or other options the machines provide, if it can't heat water without making it taste like plastic they are useless. The plummeting quality of the makers to try to save a few pennies has ruined this company.
dbonoma2 what I fear is ingesting all that plastic will lead to cancer and/or impotence down the line. Who knows what nastiness hot water coming through plastic tubing and mechanics will produce. Why don't these companies make all metal machines. Is there any such non-plastic machine that makes coffee like Keurig that you know of ?
+dbonoma2 Not just Keurig unfortunately - had to return a Hamilton Beach single brewer for the same type of problem. I returned it and got a Keurig with the same problem, although not as bad. I used to have an older version of the Keurig single brewer that worked really well, really frustrated that this keeps happening across the board and you're right, there is no excuse for this type of problem.
With every cup you drink, you are going impotent with various plastic chemicals you are ingesting dissolved in the hot water. You won't be able to get it up after one year of drinking that crap.
***** Only sipped one coffee drink, currently processing water through it now. You're probably right, no telling how harmful the shit in this plastic is.
These are the worst coffee makers ever. Don't fall for the "easy Fix". Tried everything from vinegar to alcohol to remedy this,problem .. after three returns finally gave .. also concerned that the plastic used to make these coffe makers might be toxic.. just awful
Its the kcups ,You can not get rid of the plastic taste because the kcups are made of polypropylene it's the same thing that make ping pong balls out of, you can't wash it out because you're replacing it with a fresh new plasticy tasting kcup with ever cup you make, the only way to get rid of the plastic taste is 1 unplug your Keurig 2 remove any water that's inside 3 pick up Keurig 4 place in trash can 5 buy a real coffee machine
It'a not the k-cups. You can use the exact same k-cups in a Keurig brewer and get the plastic taste, but not get that same taste in a different brewer. It's the machine.
No, it's NOT the K cups. Run it without the K cup, and it still tastes like plastic. It's also NOT the water tank, for those who are convinced that's the problem. The cause is the 5 feet of silicone hoses inside the machine. Disassemble it, and smell the hoses. You will immediately see that's where the taste is coming from. The only way to get rid of the plastic taste, is time. A little vinegar , or lemon juice isn't going to make it leach out of the hoses any faster.
Nothing works! The coffee out of my Keurig tastes disgusting. Can't get rid of the plastic smell and taste, it even permeates the air around it. Customer service is useless. Thanks for trying....
it's not the tank........it's coming from within the machine and seeping into the coffee. I think the water is so hot that the plastic get absorbed into the coffee and hence the awful taste.
This is our second K-Classic. We had our first one for many years, so when we had to replace it, we wanted nothing else but this exact ruclips.net/user/postUgkxBrV-RbF5Nk0Rlt9i15aao-YMzqzTG8Vf model. We use it for about three people everyday in the morning. The taste and quick brew is one of the reasons we like it so much. There are so many choices of brands of coffee that we would grab what was on sale and test the different brands from there. I would definitely recommend trying different brands of coffee to find the ones you like the most because there are brands that quite frankly taste horrible.
Thanks you for helping me fix my keurig
Thanks for this video. I did as you instructed and the coffee tastes better.
thank you so much for this! thought I was the only one with this problem...going to try this method right now!
This worked for me..... for a day. The taste always comes back.
I found the solution. No, it's NOT the K cups. Run it without the K cup, and it still tastes like plastic. It's also NOT the water tank, (for those who are convinced that's the problem). The cause, is the 5 feet of silicone hoses inside the machine. Disassemble it, and smell the hoses. You will immediately see that's where the taste is coming from. Vinegar, or lemon juice isn't going to make it leach out of the hoses any faster. I tried them all. It did not make any difference. If you remove the lower front wrap around cover, you can see the hoses. I removed the cover, and laid my new coffee maker on it's side, over a floor vent. The warm air from the furnace, will drive the gasses out of the hoses. After a few days, I ran a few cups of water through it. (Water stays in the hoses between uses, so you have to run a few cups through it to change it). Almost all of the plastic smell, and taste is in plain water is gone, (>95%). If you brew anything now, it tastes fine. Probably a few more days over the vent, and it would be 100% gone. I'll leave the cover off it while use it for now, so it can finish off gassing. This is NOT what I expected. They should not be selling these, if they can't make it so it works properly out of the box.
would blowing a hair dryer on the tubing work to get the gasses out?
@@LeeHouseofD Perhaps it will work some. But, you probably would do a lot better with a fan.
This is WAY TOO much work to try to get that AWFUL plastic taste out of the coffee and to TRY an get a good tasting cup of coffee. This is ridiculous.
Thank you so much, i tried it and it worked ! The plastic smell didnt go away after countless vinegar cycles.. but when i opened the machine to expose the rubber pipes to air (i put a whole day under direct sun exposure), i run a cycle with alcohol, a rince cycle, then a baking soda cycle, rince cycle again, and the taste is gone.. and now i let the machine open to "gas out"..
How do you clean out hard desposites from your keurig coffee maker
After trying your cleaning method the plastic taste still remained, so I used an entire gallon of Heinz extra strong "cleaning" white vinegar at full strength (undiluted) through the Keurig. After cleaning the reservoir with soap and water and running three reservoirs of water through the machine the plastic taste finally went away. If the plastic taste should return I'll toss this machine in the garbage. I cannot recommend a Keurig coffee maker because of the trouble I went through to get rid of the plastic taste.
Let me pose a question... I have a brand new Keurig Supreme Plus. Bought it at Costco. Didn't use vinegar, just ran a few cups of water to flush the system out the box. Brewed a cup of coffee and it tasted burnt. But I'm not too worried with the taste because the brewing technique can be adjusted to accommodate the type of coffee you are using. My bigger concern is that when you lift the lever and you get close to the machine, you can smell a rubber/plastic burn odor. It's coming directly from inside the machine. My question is how does running vinegar thru your machine negate the fact that the plastic/rubber components are emitting a smell after each brew cycle from the heat of the brewer??...
Our new Keurig made coffee with an awful chemical taste. We found this video and just followed the instructions to the letter. We ran a full 48 oz of white vinegar (6 cups) through our new 2.0 Keuerig. After that we had to run 2 complete tanks of clean water through to get rid of all the vinegar flavor. Now, the coffee tastes great. We used the included Kcups as well as our own coffee. We are so relieved because the coffee had been undrinkable. We'd bought it to use for a small New Year's gathering and it was ready to use just in time. Guests drank seconds and thirds. As did we. We like the system and are so glad it actually makes a good cup of coffee now.
This method of using high quality distilled vinegar did not work to remove the odor of burned wires from our brand new coffee maker, even after several attempts. All of these products are made overseas and it makes me wonder what the hell are they using to produce them? We need to get to the bottom to make sure these unregulated products are safe to use.
I spent about 30 minutes cleaning as you suggested... I did notice a difference in the taste of the coffee, not perfect, but a noticeable difference. Thank you for sparing this video.
It worked as advertised. White vinegar did the trick! Thanks! :-)
Thank you! I ran though a tank of water mixed with vinegar and then two tanks of plain water and scrubbed it with soap and water and my coffee no longer tastes or smells like plastic! Yay!
just curious Ally how much vinegar did you use and what brand and kind of vinegar did you use? Looking for your response thanks
Adam Welsch Adama any white vinegar will work. You'll need 48 ounces of undiluted white vinegar. Enjoy your cup, www.aromacup.com.
About 3/4 tsp food grade activated charcoal works perfectly. Just added it to warm water, put it in the reservoir and the smell was gone on the first pass through. I ran it through a few more times just to be sure.
Smart!
For me it's the K Supreme Plus that has this plastic flavor problem. No other Keurig machine has ever smelled like plastic to me. The inside of the water reservoir smells strongly of plastic, and when you lift up the thing to put a kcup in, that whole apparatus also smells strongly of plastic.
And when you brew a cup of coffee, that same awful plastic flavor overwhelms the coffee. There's just something wrong with this model. Not sure what they did wrong. Everything else about the machine is great! But I want my coffee to taste like coffee, not plastic.
But my husband couldn't smell or taste it, so it's only certain people who can.
So I went and bought a different one, and that one smells and tastes fine.
It's not just Kuerig. I just bought a Hamilton Beach (in the face of many complaints about the plastic chemical taste, but there were many more that didn't have the problem, thinking I'd get a good one) and it too has a terrible taste! I don't even know whether to bother trying the vinegar or just take it back. I never had this problem with the good ol' Mr. Coffee. Why must this be an issue in a single serve maker? Even have a $10.00 cheapo that makes a great pot of coffee with no off taste. Is it just the single serve ones?
+Sandra Krytus I got the Hamilton Beach one and it made everything taste absolutely disgusting. I returned it and got a Keurig instead but it seems that this one tastes plastic-y too, although to a much lower extent. I've never had this type of issue with plastic bottles or coffee makers, not sure what it is about the single serve. I'm hoping the Keurig will go away after a while, I really don't want to do the vinegar thing because with my luck it will just make my coffee taste like vinegar instead :(
Thanks for the suggestions. The soapy rinse of the reservoir and then the white vinegar cycling, followed by clear water cycling solved all the plastic taste issues.I used hot water in the reservoir to follow the vinegar. Again, thanks for the ideas. Worked a treat!
Glad it worked for you. Enjoy your cup, www.aromacup.com.
Thanks
Worked great!!!! Thanks 👍👍for you my friend. You even get a 5⭐ rating from me and I rarely give a 5 star. Thanks allot.
Ive tried vinegar several times the plastic taste will not go away . If it taste like plastic I wonder what kind of carcinogens we are ingesting.
Rick Vacha Do you know of any coffee maker like Keurig which does not have plastic interior?
Same with drip coffee makers. The one I just bought tasted very plastic, but after some vinegar mixed run throughs it has mostly gone away. My Keurig wasn't to bad though.
I've tried absolutely everything prescribed here or in alternative forums and nothing diminished the burnt plastic taste and smell. Keurig customer service was of zero assistance, in fact they claim to have never heard this contention before (sure). I had purchased my machine in Costco so I just returned it and Keurig can deal with it. With the past three Keurigs I've owned, I was able to remove the plastic taste with thorough cleaning and vinegar cycles, but this new one which was made in Malaysia was unresponsive to cleaning.
yeah, mine was made in china and I can't get the smell out of it neither no matter what I try, it's bad quality plastic that leaches out in the water, very disappointing, I'm returning it while I still can :\
I have to buy a keurig every 6 months or so...last one only lasted 2 ..they sent me a replacement and it's already doing the same thing !
METALLIC taste, burnt plastic...it's disgusting!!
I've bought their cleaning products, I did the vinegar..but all that happens is.. I can't use it after...so...ya know
I'm gonna invest in something different
I ran a gallon of vinegar through my machine it didn’t do anything. Garbage machine,
Ok I have now tried *everything*. I've tried the specially designed Keurig cleansers. I've tried white distilled vinegar. I've tried even gone so far as to run through 2 reservoirs of white distilled vinegar through, each time leaving it sit overnight after an initial vinegar flush or two. Every time, after about 2 weeks, this really bad, almost cardboard-like taste comes back (and it effects everything ... tea, coffee and even hot apple cider). I was using a filter, but I've tried running with out one. No luck. I only get about 2 weeks of good tasting beverages before the bad taste comes back. We have very soft water in our area, so I know it can't be a scale thing (I have an electric tea pot that I've had for 4 years and so far have never needed to descale it). What could be causing this awful taste and could I have ended up with a dud? I love the Keurig but it's such a hassle to constantly clean to remove this taste.
Kleineganz I have the exact same problem. Nothing has worked. I've done everything you mention and more. No change. Everything has a horrible chemical taste. I've had to just stop using it. Keurig even sent me a new brewer and it is just as bad.
dbonoma2 Chemical taste wasn't the issue for me, it was more stale coffee taste. I solved the problem ... turns out it was the part where the K-Cups go in ... I had to take it out and give it a good cleaning separate from the rest of the unit. I haven't had the taste issue in months now.
I'm having the exact same problem.
@@Kleineganz Thank you, this was very helpful.
I have that AWFUL plastic taste in my coffee too. I called Keurig and they sent me a replacement machine.....AND still the same thing is happening. I went through the same cleaning routine for both machines - I filled the water reservoir 3 times with white vinegar, ran water through it about a dozen times and it still didn't work.
The taste is just AWFUL.
I believe Acestrife might have a very good point. There is a good possibility that some chemicals delete shit out of the plastics. Needless to say, right now the coffee in my Kurig taste awful I'm hoping to vinegar will help.
We just spent way too much money to have a coffee machine that tastes like plastic. This trick aaaaabsoluetly worked. Filled to max fill line with vinegar, ran brews without coffee til water was empty, filled with water twice and ran brews without coffee. Coffee tastes amazing now!!!!!!!! 100% suggest this!!!
Thanks. Enjoy your cup, www.aromacup.com
Buy the commercial grade Keurig machines because they use tougher and more durable materials that are more resistant in a commercial environment, hence why they all weigh heavier as well.
I filled the reservoir with vinegar, ran through,then washed the reservoir with soap and water, ran water through 3 times........worked perfectly!
Thanks now i can start reselling these trash found keurig brewers :D
I just got the k535c and have the plastic taste. I will do the vinegar cleaning.
do I need to remove the filter or should I let the vinegar run through the filter?
also, could it be that the filter is giving a bad taste?
lastly, should I change the filter regardless because so much b palstic taste ran through it?
I did the vinegar flush twice with lots of water (hot and cold) and it still tasted like plastic. Just boxed it up and will return it. Don't buy this coffee maker. It was also pretty large and heavy. Ugh!
Good choice, awful machines, if you want an alternative with better flavor I can recommend the ninja cf091c, it's a drip / single serve hybrid that uses small filters, but the flavor is like good diner coffee rather than sink water.
I used vinegar & mine stopped working!
what about machines that have a filtration system in them? can the filter impact the flavor? we have a newer machine and i did not do the vinegar thing but I did run about 4 brew cycles before using it the first time. we are now about 30 cycles into the machine and it still tastes very plasticy and I can't stand it. these machines need to come pre-primed, it's unacceptable for a brand new machine to make such a terrible tasting drink. but yes, i will try this process and see if it helps.
I have a filter in mine (same issue with a Cuisinart brand) and change it monthly. It isn't the answer. Strong chemical or plastic smell in the water reservoir and the cup of coffe.e
thanks for the tip, are some vinegar's better to use than others? I bought rice vinegar and that did not do the trick then I bought Walmart white vinegar that did not do the trick? Is Heinz a better quality vinegar? looking forward to your response thanks
how do I get rid of the vinegar taste - I have run regular water through many times
+Jamie Cloud I know your question is over a year old. However, I thought maybe someone else would like the answer if they are reading this.
I had to run it through 4 times. Full tanks, with hot hot water in the tank. Cold water didn't do the trick. *Sips coffee
I only have bad quality vinegar. Dang. 1:03
Thanks for the tip.. . just got a Keurig and it tastes like i used garden hose water. yuck.. i'll try the rinseout method.
I didn’t get the plastic taste until after I cleaned it with vinegar. Did it again with baking soda and added a new filter but can still taste plastic. Please help. 🙏🏽
I Just purchased my first keurig, and have done the vinegar cleaning and i'm STILL having the taste and smell. what is weird is that the smell gets STRONGER as the water cools after being brewed..My Daughters have Never had this issue...☕️☕️☕️🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️Guess it's a covid keurig..☕️☕️☕️🍵🍵🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️hahahahaha
Do you leave the the water filter on or do you take it out when you run with the vinegar?
that describes when u first have to prime a new machine
I been cleaning this for 5 days and even have to put lavender in it 🤬
Hi this all sounds good.............but my issue is I bought a used coffee pot to have tea in, what i need to know is this HOW DO I REMOVE AS MUCH OF THE COFFEE TASTE FROM THE PLASTIC FILTER???
Use brew rite cleaner you can find it at Walmart.
I've got a smaller single-serve brewer that doesn't let me detach the reservoir. I'll still try the vinegar. It is a relatively new machine and I'm also using the reusable coffee filter, could the latter also be the culprit of bad taste?
Which brewer do you have?
Single Serve Coffee Maker Reviews - Aromacup.com
K10 Mini Plus.
Beginning to suspect the reusable coffee filter more so now, it smells of the same plastic taste the brewer is supposedly doing. Going to try the regular paper filters and see.
My Keurig 2.0 model K450 is now 6 months old and, like Kleineganz below, mine still has an awful chemical taste. Whatever it dispenses is undrinkable. I have done all the vinegar fixes, soaked the parts overnight and had no luck at all. I've had to stop using it. I complained and Keurig sent me a new one (with minimal questions asked, which tells me they know it is a real problem) and of course the new one is just as bad or worse. My whole family very much enjoyed our last Keurig, and we have all just stopped using it. I have a cabinet full of unused k-cups. What a disgusting waste!
Buy the McCafe(McDonalds) branded coffee pops that use ZERO plastics. Tastes way better!
I finally bought one without reading reviews -_-* I knew two people "happy" with theirs so I was excited to get one. I've cleaned it once before as in instructions, had a cup of hot choc that tasted awful of chemicals, so I washed it twice and tried coffee-same prominent nasty flavor in the coffee. I got a deal but it is still way too much to pay for crap. I don't want to pay anything for crap. I'm just very disappointed and I think paying such a price for one of these shouldn't mean so much extra care before having a decent cup of what you're paying for. I'll try the vinegar but I do that for normal coffee makers that don't have this problem so I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic. I'm not going to try more than that to have it work as it should have come. Already feeling like a waste of my time and energy when I got it because I need energy quick lol
Just bought the a new Keurig from Costco. The plastic taste and smell of the water was unbearable. I followed the instructions in the video and the smell is gone. I'll try it again in the morning to see if the smell/taste has returned. Hopefully not.
Thanks for the video.
We did not have this issue with our Keurig we bought from Costco a year ago(same model).
hope I have the same results!
It’s not just Costco, we bought our at a military exchange and have the same issue. Never had this problem with previous four kuerigs I’ve bought in many years. This is the first supreme plus model.
I just bought a Keurig but i dont think i did the filter right cause i can taste a weird flavor when i brew it taste bad i am not sure if its the water or something else i didnt have any water bottles so i used the horrible tap water my apartment has i will buy bottled water tomorrow and see
More importantly, when will Keurig, et al, be concerned with poisoning us with plastic and make a better quality machine that doesn’t leach plastic? I know... NEVER. #corporategreed
I'm absolutely done with this crappy Keurig, I've had 2 models in the past that were ok (probably still poisoning me), but I just got one of the expensive office machines and it is absolutely disgusting, it rushes the brew AND tastes like garden hose. Time to go back to French press + espresso.
I hate plastic.
Wanna get rid of that "plastic" taste? Well, throw away your Keurig and start brewing your coffee in ANY OTHER WAY.
mine has a awful taste,like heated up mildew,I descaled it 5 times.Its brand new,junk
it might be because you're running scalding hot water through a PLASTIC CUP filled with coffee?????
Buy the McCafe(McDonalds) branded coffee pops that use ZERO plastics. Tastes way better!
@@dex2531 thanks Will have,To try that. This one Hates,Timmy's Dark Roast.
has anybody had issues with their Keurig coffee tasting like burnt metal or that burnt toaster smell? except you can taste it in your coffee
+DorKAify at the place I work the keurig machine make the tastes like metal. Not only that the previous place I used to work at also had one with the same issue.
+Cuban Nerd so I went on their website and there's been a recall on the kcup mini brewer which is the one that I have so they're going to send a new kcup holder and see if that solves the problem
I've ran vinegar and wasted several coffee canisters with the newer model Keurig and it still tastes like plastic. The original didn't have this problem at all. Complete garbage! Do not waste your money on Keurig!
The bigger question is, why is Keurig distributing coffee makers that produce bad plastic/chemical tasting water? We shouldn't have to try so hard to mask or resolve this problem. It doesn't matter what kind of coffee you use, how long you brew it, what temperature or other options the machines provide, if it can't heat water without making it taste like plastic they are useless. The plummeting quality of the makers to try to save a few pennies has ruined this company.
dbonoma2 what I fear is ingesting all that plastic will lead to cancer and/or impotence down the line. Who knows what nastiness hot water coming through plastic tubing and mechanics will produce.
Why don't these companies make all metal machines. Is there any such non-plastic machine that makes coffee like Keurig that you know of ?
+dbonoma2 Not just Keurig unfortunately - had to return a Hamilton Beach single brewer for the same type of problem. I returned it and got a Keurig with the same problem, although not as bad. I used to have an older version of the Keurig single brewer that worked really well, really frustrated that this keeps happening across the board and you're right, there is no excuse for this type of problem.
With every cup you drink, you are going impotent with various plastic chemicals you are ingesting dissolved in the hot water.
You won't be able to get it up after one year of drinking that crap.
***** Only sipped one coffee drink, currently processing water through it now. You're probably right, no telling how harmful the shit in this plastic is.
A lot of what's dissolved in the water, you can't even taste. Your balls are under assault with this plastic residue.
Plastic? Mine tastes like lemons. Blech. And it's a Keurig 2.0 (or K560) machine.
Angela McDougall You trippin
These are the worst coffee makers ever. Don't fall for the "easy Fix". Tried everything from vinegar to alcohol to remedy this,problem .. after three returns finally gave .. also concerned that the plastic used to make these coffe makers might be toxic.. just awful
Please forgive the vulgarity listed below, I intended to say leech stuff.
The worst coffee maker ever
Its the kcups ,You can not get rid of the plastic taste because the kcups are made of polypropylene it's the same thing that make ping pong balls out of, you can't wash it out because you're replacing it with a fresh new plasticy tasting kcup with ever cup you make, the only way to get rid of the plastic taste is
1 unplug your Keurig
2 remove any water that's inside
3 pick up Keurig
4 place in trash can
5 buy a real coffee machine
It'a not the k-cups. You can use the exact same k-cups in a Keurig brewer and get the plastic taste, but not get that same taste in a different brewer. It's the machine.
No, it's NOT the K cups. Run it without the K cup, and it still tastes like plastic. It's also NOT the water tank, for those who are convinced that's the problem. The cause is the 5 feet of silicone hoses inside the machine. Disassemble it, and smell the hoses. You will immediately see that's where the taste is coming from. The only way to get rid of the plastic taste, is time. A little vinegar , or lemon juice isn't going to make it leach out of the hoses any faster.
Nothing works! The coffee out of my Keurig tastes disgusting. Can't get rid of the plastic smell and taste, it even permeates the air around it. Customer service is useless. Thanks for trying....
these things are the worst coffee makers on the planet
A plastic tank will have a plastic taste. Period.
it's not the tank........it's coming from within the machine and seeping into the coffee.
I think the water is so hot that the plastic get absorbed into the coffee and hence the awful taste.