Normal operation · Keurig K-Select
Keurig K-Select: The four brew buttons and Strong blinking
The coffee maker is waiting for a size choice, after you lift and lower the handle. After 60 seconds without a choice the brew buttons are disabled.
- Which light
- Cup, drink or strength buttons
- Colour
- Colour not named by the maker
- Steady or flashing
- Flashing or blinking
What Keurig says to do
- Press Strong first if you want a bolder cup, then the size.
- If the buttons have stopped responding, lift and lower the handle completely to wake them.
- If it will not brew, make sure the handle is pushed down securely and the brew buttons are flashing.
From K-Select Use & Care Guide: first brew, Coffee Maker Features (Auto Off, High Altitude Brewing), Descaling and Troubleshooting. This is the K-Select’s pattern; another Keurig machine may use the same light for something else — check the manual for your model.
Other Keurig K-Select lights
Normal operation on other machines
The same need shows up as a different light on each machine — which is why a light cannot be read without the machine.
Sources
Every line on this page comes from Keurig’s own documents, read on the date shown. Nothing is taken from third-party manual sites.
- Keurig: K-Select Use & Care Guide: first brew, Coffee Maker Features (Auto Off, High Altitude Brewing), Descaling and Troubleshooting — K-Select K80 single-serve coffee maker (Canadian guide, EN/FR). dam.keurig.com Checked 2026-09-29.