My K-Cups are a great way to brew custom coffees using the convenient Keurig brewing system; fill the My K-Cup with your ground coffee of choice, screw on the lid, and brew. However many have found that the coffee produced from My K-Cups is noticeably weaker than the same blend of coffee's disposable K-Cup. Instructables user gojimi found a great way to increase the strength by hacking a used disposable K-Cup.


The difference appears to be that the pressure that forces water through the coffee is not as high with the My K-Cup as it is with disposable K-Cups. That is remedied by saving a disposable K-Cup, cutting off the foil top and removing the coffee grounds and paper filter inside, and trimming the top so the disposable K-Cup fits inside the My K-Cup housing. Placing this additional homemade filter inside the housing of the My K-Cup before adding the wire-mesh filter with coffee grounds will allow the water to soak in the grounds longer than usual before reaching your mug; this should result in a distinctly stronger brew than not using the hacked K-Cup.

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