I HAD the K-cup holder with the fine mesh screen and it worked pretty good. Of course, I never found the perfect coffee and grind to make it as good as a K cup from Green Mt. Note the HAD above. I save my used K-cups, empty them for compost and then get rid of the container. I had used my own coffee one day and put the strainer in with the used K-cups to empty later. Days went by and I didn't have time to empty all those cups, so, into the trash they went....You got it, the strainer went with them. Waaaah! There went $15 down the old drain, so to speak. I still haven't bought a replacement.