This means that you can make any of these perfectly sized cups of coffee with the use of only one precious K-Cup! However, every time you reuse a K-Cup, the flavor of your coffee will be even more diminished. These pods are designed to be used in a pressurized brewer and will typically produce a bold cup of coffee in a short time. ET Monday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays. Toll-Free Consumer Hotline | Time: 8 a.m. - 5.30. p.m. Coffeemakers made in China have date codes 0727 through 0847; coffeemakers made in Poland have date codes 0627 through 0847. Name of Product: Philips Senseo One-Cup Coffeemakers. While it is not recommended, K-Cups can technically be reused. Linking to this external site does not constitute an endorsement of the site or the information it contains by CPSC or any of its employees. For any of these settings, the use of only one K-Cup is required. Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on. The Bunn MCP & MCU and BevBar brewers are examples of pressurized brewers. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Call CPSCs Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054). Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the coffeemakers and contact Philips for instructions on receiving a free replacement unit. Coffee pods are like using scoopable coffee grounds except without the mess. We carry over 100 varieties from popular roasters: Soft pods were originally designed for compatibility with the Senseo pod brewers. Keurig has recently changed the name of their "K-CUP" to "K-CUP PODS" but they are very different than actual paper coffee pods. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. CPSC does not control this external site or its privacy policy and cannot attest to the accuracy of the information it contains. Incidents/Injuries: None reported in the United States. Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Philips toll-free at (866) 604-0051 between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. Sold at: Wal-Mart, Target and Safeway stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com between July 2006 through March 2009 for between $60 and $140. Here is a list of the coffee brewers that are compatible with universal soft pods: Generally, coffee pods are NOT reusable. The tea kettles can expel hot water during use, posing a burn hazard to consumers. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Distributor: Philips Consumer Lifestyle, of Stamford, Conn. 4330 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814, Contact Us: 800-638-2772 (TTY 800-638-8270) The firm has received 17 reports of incidents in Europe, including six reports of minor personal injury involving first degree burns to the hands, arms and abdomen. Manufacturers produced pods in many various sizes, usually to fit a specific brewer, which made finding compatible pods confusing for the consumer. This allows them to be pressed into the small pod chamber. Over time it was realized that these soft pods also worked better in gravity or drip style pod brewers because the loose grounds and longer brew times allowed for a better extraction in these brewers. The circuit board on the vacuum can spark, posing fire and burn hazards. You may wish to review the privacy policy of the external site as its information collection practices may differ from ours. Want to try out K-Cups for yourself? Get Notified About Each Recall via Email. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. Click Ok if you wish to continue to the website; otherwise, click Cancel to return to our site. Are coffee pods one size fits all coffee makers? CPSC.gov is an official website of the United States government. Soft pods are lighter in weight (about 7 grams of coffee) than most modern pods and are obviously soft, or kind of squishy. Hazard: An electrical fault and the build-up of calcium from hard or medium water can cause an obstruction in the coffeemaker. Soft pods will produce a weaker cup of coffee in most pressurized brewers because there is less coffee in each pod and the brew time of these brewers is quite fast. Check out our wide selection of K-Cups today! The glass beakers can break during normal use, posing a laceration hazard to users. Take a look at our wide selection of K-Cups! A traditional coffee pod is a very simple round paper pouch filled with fresh ground coffee. The light weight pods are called "Soft Pods" and contain only 7 or 8 grams of coffee and are loose (not packed tight) that allows the water to pass through the pod easily over extended time which is ideal for gravity drip brewers. Standard coffee pods look like a round sealed pouch made of filter paper that is filled with coffee. Other coffee roasters that were producing standard size pods at the time like Baronet and Melitta began also producing "Senseo compatible" soft pods that also worked well in that brewer. When coffee pods were introduced in the late 90's early 2000's, there was not a standard size. Metal Ware Recalls NESCO Coffee Bean Roasters Due to Fire Hazard, Rexair Recalls to Repair Rainbow SRX Vacuums Due to Fire and Burn Hazards, Continuum Recalls Lenox Tea Kettles Due to Burn Hazard, Starbucks Recalls Bodum Recycled Coffee Presses Due to Laceration Hazard, Bodum Recalls Stove Top Espresso Makers Due to Fire and Burn Hazards, Bradshaw International Recalls Coffee Presses Due to Laceration Hazard, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Enterprise, Senseo One-Cup Coffeemakers Recalled by Philips Consumer Lifestyle Due to Burn Hazard. The only way coffee pods are reusable is if you buy specially marked coffee pods that specifically state they are reusable. Want to try out coffee pods for yourself? Need to replenish your stash of K-Cups? Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC. Model numbers are located on the bottom of the coffeemaker. The Cuisinart is an example of a gravity brewer. ET. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years. Pods are used in brewers like the Bunn My Cafe MCU / MCP. Consumers can also visit the firm's Web site at www.senseoexchange.com. Hamilton Beach FlexBrew 1-cup Coffee Maker. The coffee bean roasters can overheat, posing a fire hazard. Today, most coffee pods are standard at approximately 61 millimeters in diameter, but may vary in weight between 8 - 12 grams of coffee in each pod. For the sake of this discussion we are reffering to paper coffee pods and not K-cups. The first soft pods were produced by Senseo and designed for their own branded brewer that had a small pod chamber. K-cups are specifically designed to be used in the Keurig single cup coffee maker only. If this happens, the boiler can burst, posing a burn hazard to consumers. WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. What makes things confusing is that Keurig recently renamed their K-cup capsule a "K-cup Pod". Keurig coffee brewing systems generally allow you to make three different sizes of coffee: 6 oz., 8 oz., and 10 oz. Be sure to check out our selection of universal soft pods! The espresso makers handle can ignite from the flame of a gas stove, posing fire and burn hazards. Take a look at our wide variety of coffee pods. To avoid a stale or sour tasting cup of coffee, only use a K-Cup one time. Date codes are printed on the bottom of the coffeemaker. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Description: This recall involves Senseo one-cup coffeemakers with model numbers HD 7810, HD 7811, HD 7815, HD 7820, HD 7832, and HD 7890. First I should say that the definition of "Coffee Pod" varies. The link you selected is for a destination outside of the Federal Government. No K-cups and Coffee Pods are NOT the same and are NOT interchangeable. The coffee press plunger knob can break and expose the metal rod, posing a laceration hazard.