This coffee pot has all the bells and whistles.  You can pick just a single cup but what's different from a kcup machine is that you can use up to a 20 ounce cup like one the tumblers or a yeti coffee cup and for smaller cups you can use the stand so it doesnt get everywhere and it goes right to where the coffee comes out and not have to worry about a mess happening. What else you can do is just make plain water well hot water for tea and coca. You can make a full pot and half pot too. Light gold and gold coffee are also options which is nice.