The needle in the keurig, that punctures the bottom of the k-sups, is hollow, and sometimes coffee grounds get in there. That causes an error message, because it has disturbed the pressure of the brew.
Apparently keurigs used to come with a handy little tool that you popped in just like a k-cup, and it cleaned the needle and fixed this problem. My machine did not come with one. It's only $4.90 on Amazon, and I'm happy to order one to have on hand.. but I am not waiting two days for my morning coffee...
Thankfully, it's really simple to fix with a paperclip or needle. Just take the bottom piece out of the machine, remove the rubber gasket covering the needle, and poke a sewing needle or a paperclip into the hollow back of the kerig needle.
Then run plain hot water through the machine once, just to clean out any extras you might have missed or loosened.. and then brew as normal. I couldn't believe that was all it took - but sure enough, I had coffee in hand in minutes.
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The tool on amazon, just in case you want to keep it on hand for next time...
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