Don't Buy The Wrong Universal My K-Cup: Keurig Has Two Different Designs

The old design of Keurig's Universal My K-Cup - the reusable k-cup that Keurig makes - is able to fit into all old Keurig machines, any machine really that uses the single water injection needle. In 2020 Keurig released the K-Supreme and the K-Supreme Plus, both of which use a new five-point water injection needle and as such won't work with the original Universal My K-Cup.

To fix the problem Keurig redesigned the My K-Cup to give it five holes on top to accommodate the new five-point coffee makers however the extra four holes are covered in a weirdly shaped gasket to allow for backwards compatibility to the older single needle brewers.

In my testing the new design doesn't work very well with the single brewers and in this video I show you why.

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To learn more about Keurig's reusable k-cup(s) see these additional videos I've produced on the topic:

[billlawrence]

My friend, you are a hero; I tried to figure out how to use the new adapter in My K-cup, with no success. Until I saw your video, I had no clue. Damn, you'd think Keurig would give you clearer directions! Thanks for saving the day.

[mwittydenver]

You saved my coffee maker, I had water spurting everywhere and making a mess! Now I know what the problem is and honestly would have never figured that out on my own!! Thank you!!!

[sheltermutts]

Thank you so much. We just opened my wife’s Xmas Keurig because it arrived with a broken seal and greasy fingerprints all over it and we were gonna return it to Costco. But we decided to try it and got the leaky grounds problem you have demonstrated. I’m still not sure we will keep it, but you have saved us a lot of time in solving these Keurig mysteries. What a crap company to send out a used machine with fingerprints all over it in Covid times. I wrote them but they don’t seem to care. Many thanks for your excellent review!

[codybanes]

Thank you for your video, I just purchased a Supreme coffee maker and I only use my own coffee. The K-cup and the pod holder in the machine was driving me crazy. You explained how to take out the red rubber plug and the machine pod housing. Thank so very much….

[rickthomas]

So, if you've got the single needle injection... get the old black one - if you got the newer 5 hole models; get the gray one, and remove the red gasket.

[aprilpitcher]

I was just in contact with Keurig and they told me that I did not need to use the red silicone plug with the supreme plus! So we don't have to speculate anymore on whether we need it while using the supreme plus. Thank you for your informative videos.

[lindaandrews]

You don't need Keurig-brand reusable K-Cups. I use generic reusable K-Cups in my old (K10) and new (K-Compact) Keurigs, and they work just fine.

[thomasdavidson]

Should you remove the red seal when using the 5 needle unit. You indicated that the needles push it out of the way

[claytidwell]

yours is a defect or you are puttting it on backwards. It only goes on one way, and they fit perfectly. I keurig, but we have one and this cup sucks. Somtimes the lid will not close enough to activate the machine and I have hold my lid down while brewing.

[gefflynn]

I have the K-Supreme unit with the new universal K-Cup and it dribbles every time - even with the red gasket off. It is so sloppy. 😠

[claytidwell]

The newer design does not work well in my Duo. The top doesn’t always go down far enough to actuate the pump. The blue light flashes instead of going solid, unless i physically hold the handle down.

[MiMiOrt]

I have the " new " design but doesn't fit my Elite, it doesn't close. I'll have to return it😑

[yvetteserrano]

Thanks for making this video ..I realized my problem👍

[blue]

You are doing gods work thank you my friend

[Rick_Cavallaro]

I just got a Keurig K-cup mini and some of the old-style re-usable k-cups. The machine closes nicely without the cup in place, but does not want to close with the universal cup in place. It's as if the rim of the re-usable k-cup is too thick. Has anyone seen this before?

[Santoroz]

Thank you! This was the exact information I needed when trying to choose whether to find the "new design" or just pick up the old for my single needle.

[newgunguy]

What the heck? You plugged the red rubber properly. What happened?

[jamesedgar]

I bought the original My K-Cup when I bought my Keurig 2.0 about 4 years ago. When I moved on to the K-Duo Plus, I was happy to discover I could still use the My K-Cup. This video was very helpful in that it showed me that I should not upgrade to the 5-point My K-Cup - and I will not make that switch. Thanks!

[karengriswold]

Thank you, very helpful. Keurig could be a little more detailed with their instructions. I have a Select 2.0, I bought the new version of My K cup, just had to take the grey base off to make it fit. Enjoying my coffee right now!

[ColeJamesA]

Do you have a link for the awesome coffee scoop to fill the pod?