This is the ideal coffee maker as you have all 3 ways to brew, k cup, single pod, regular brew a pot or just a single serve in 90 seconds. This gives you the best of all ways to brew a cup. If you have company over you can just put on a pot for everyone . If your heading to work in the morning, then. Single k cup would be the way to go. With a k cup pod you can pick 6,8,10 oz coffee cup size. Comes with 12 cup carafe, I recommend this as my go to coffee maker.