In-Room Coffee With Keurig – A Great Way To Start Your Day!
When you’re planning a trip or vacation and making arrangements for your overnight accommodations, is coffee a concern?. Are you looking for space in your suitcase for your coffee pot – is it an appliance you always take along – just as important as your curling iron or electric razor? Are you one of those die hard coffee drinkers who couldn’t start the day with a cup or two or more of steaming brewed coffee to start your day right? One coffee devotee says, “I travel a lot and stay in good hotels on business. My Keurig Mini B30 is always tucked into my suitcase as I really need coffee in the morning before heading out for tough meetings.” She continues, “The only time I don’t take my small brewer is when I KNOW the hotel supplies in-room coffee made with a Keurig machine”.
Sound extreme? Not really if you’re a fan of delicious coffee and especially need it to give you that morning boost. The satisfied owner of a Keurig Platinum brewer, who regards coffee as a daily necessity, says, “I always ask if the places I’m staying have in-room coffee.” When he arrives and checks out his digs, he’s says “I’m very glad if I see a Keurig and those familiar KCup. I know I’ll be able to enjoy great coffee while I’m there- just like home.” Often, there’s no time for a trip to the hotel restaurant or a nearby coffee shop for a cup, leaving you to head out in the car on another leg of your journey – sans coffee. That’s a sure fire way to start the day disastrously with a caffeine headache and an edgy attitude.
According to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters CEO, Larry Blanford, 4 million of the approximately 5 million hotel rooms in the US have coffee makers. About 40% of these are in expensive hotels. With the goal of introducing their brewing system to the hospitality industry, Green Mountain Coffee recently launched the Keurig B130 Single Cup Coffee Maker. It has been designed specifically for use in hotels, motels, inns, B&Bs, and a variety of overnight facilities.
The brewer is sleek and attractive with a black and chrome body and is small enough to fit on a small counter, a desk, a bedside stand or dresser. The brewer’s design blends with the room’s decor and one manager explained, “We like our rooms to have that homey feel, not hotel rooms and we try to bring out that ambiance through everything the guest uses. The new in-room coffee brewer perfectly fits the idea.”It’s simple, clear and easy to follow as the instructions for operation are prominently displayed on the machine. The sensor feature of the brewer only allows brewing when the coffee mug is placed on the drip tray. The auto-off switch is another safety feature of the brewer. This brewer is no-fuss because it dispenses coffee directly into a mug as opposed to those with breakable glass carafes.
Several hotels settled on the Keurig brewer after trying many different single cup brewers simply because of the flavor of the coffee. Says one, “First, we thought the coffee it produced tasted extraordinary!” With the variety of K-Cups that are now available, coffee drinkers are sure to find a pleasant surprise the next time they stop overnight in a hotel, which supplies the Keurig B130 for the use of its guests.
