Early Black Friday: Keurig K-Elite $140, K-Express $60, Vertuo Up $230

Early Black Friday sales have reached pod brewers. The Kitchn’s latest roundup, syndicated on Yahoo Shopping on Nov. 11, has the Keurig K-Elite at $140 and the Nespresso Vertuo Up at $230, and Business Insider’s kitchen list from Nov. 12 says a Vertuo Next and frother bundle is at the lowest price it’s seen.

Here’s what The Kitchn lists, with its prices as of Nov. 11:
• Keurig K-Elite: $140 at Amazon, was $210 (the write-up says it has dipped as low as $130)
• Keurig K-Express: $60 at Amazon, was $110
• Ninja Pods and Grounds, which takes K-Cups or loose grounds: $99 at Amazon, was $130
• Nespresso Vertuo Up by De’Longhi: $230 at Nespresso, was $299
• Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ with milk frother: listed at $180 at Amazon, though the write-up says it’s down to $129

Business Insider’s list is mostly cookware and air fryers, but it calls the Vertuo Next and milk frother bundle an under-$100 gift. It also includes the Keurig K-Duo, the Vertuo Pop and the K-Express, without prices we could read. We haven’t checked any of these on the retailers’ sites ourselves.

Our take: the K-Express at $60 and the Ninja at $99 are the easy calls. The K-Express is a no-frills K-Cup brewer, and the Ninja earns its counter space if you also want a full mug or a small carafe from grounds. The Vertuo Up is the pricier pick here, and we saw the smaller Pop at $85 at Walmart just this week, so check which model fits with our Vertuo buying guide before you pay $230. You can check the K-Express price on Amazon.