We love the versatility of this coffee maker… especially being able to use regular coffee in the special pod. We ordered two extra pods with stainless steel liners to be able to use our own coffee and make one cup at a time. It works perfectly! I still buy the pods of decaf.
*One word of caution: 
   You still have to use you still have to push down the store-style pods to perforate the bottom of the pod and it works just fine.