How to use a Keurig for hot water. Keurig is one of the great kitchen products that have made life easier. It serves you the best coffee in less time.
You can get hot drinks easily at the time of need. Keurig machine comes with multiple options whether it’s a coffee, tea, or some other hot drink.
But on some occasions, you don’t want to get coffee or tea with a k-cup. Instead, you may want to use a teabag, and for that, you need hot water.
Keurig machine has a button for hot water but most of the Keurig machines font have inbuilt hot water button.
How to use a Keurig for hot water
Yes, you can get hot water from your Keurig coffee machine. Check the control board of Keurig for the hot water button. Press the hot water button and you will get hot water. but if the Keurig does not have a hot water button, lift and close the handle without inserting the pod or k-cup. Press the coffee option and then press the brew button. The Keurig will start serving your hot water.
Keurig models that have hot water buttons
Keurig is one of the best coffee brewers that offers you delicious coffee, but if you want hot water, it can serve you with hot water.
K-Elite is a unique model of the Keurig that has a Hot water button to serve you with hot water for making Tea and for another purpose.
- Plug your Keurig K-Elite into the socket and turn on the Keurig.
- Fill the water reservoir with water and close the lid.
- Locate the hot water button of your K-Elite. You will be provided with the options of five different cup sizes.
- Select the desired cup size and place a cup size. You will see Keurig will start to serve hot water.
Note: K-Elite is the only model that contains a hot water button. But if you don’t have the K-Elite model, you can get hot water from other Keurig models by following methods.
Keurig models without a hot water button/methods to get hot water
Other models than K-Elite are without a hot water button. Although the Keurig models don’t have hot water dispensing button there are still options you can get hot water from your Keurig.
We are going to discuss each Keurig model one by one and how to get hot water.
Keurig K-Duo, K-Duo plus
Keurig K-Duo and K-Due plus don’t have the hot water button but you can get hot water. lift and close the handle of the K-Duo and K-duo plus.
Don’t insert the pod and turn on your Keurig K-duo or K-Duo plus. After turning on your Keurig machine you will see Pod and carafe buttons blinking.
Choose the pod option and then brew size as per your need. Press the Brew button and it will start dispensing hot water.
Keurig K-cafe
Keurig K-Cafe is commonly used Keurig machine, you can get hot water from your Keurig K-Café machine.
The procedure of getting hot water starts by lifting and closing the handle of the K-Café without inserting the coffee pod.
After closing the handle, you will see coffee, latte, and Capp buttons will start blinking. Here you need to select the coffee option. Choose your desired cup size and press the brew button.
 K-Classic, K-Compact and Keurig K-select
Plug your Keurig machine into the socket and turn it hot. Wait for the machine to heat the water to the desired temperature.
Don’t insert the pod and lift and close the handle. select the cup size and it will provide you with hot water.
Keurig K-Mini, K-Mini Plus
If you have Keurig K-Mini or K-Mini Plus model and want to get hot water from your Keurig machine. Fill the brewer with about 6-12 ounces of water.
Don’t insert the k-cup, lift and close the handle. check if the blue light is blinking, it shows the ready state of the Keurig.
Press the brew button it takes around 2 minutes to dispense water. and the same procedures are for the Keurig K-slim.
Conclusion
Keurig E-lite is the only model with a hot water button, but you can get hot water from other Keurig models as well. Know your Keurig model and it helps you a lot in getting the hot water easily. Hot water is much needed, sometimes you may prefer a tea bag over the k-cup tea or coffee. Get the hot water from your Keurig machine easily to serve you with the best taste. The above-mentioned methods help a lot in getting the hot water from your Keurig machine.
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