what is even more sad: Those people are the majority.
We have the Flavia system at work. Just as wasteful, just as tasteless.
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We have hours old burned Folgers. But hey, at least itās cheap.
I should get some instant ācoffeeā sent over from Blighty.
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Surely thereās room in this topic to include appropriate use-cases? Letās say you run a massage studio, and youād like to offer your clients a warm beverage while they get their wits back after an hour of deep-tissue work. K-Cups allow you to offer a choice of many different coffees and teas, on a per-cup basis, all from one self-serve machine, with minimal machine cleanup between uses, in a very small footprint.
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Scotch Tape must be removed from the market forthwith. It is clearly a tool used by DRM violators. At the very least it must be licensed, or available only to members of a relevant Professional Association.
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They might have, if you hadnāt taped over your webcam lens.
Of course itās not hard to make, but when I get a shitty cup of coffee, I wanna know which bastard made it. This new accountability can only improve what weāre served.
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Iād be more comfortable with the DRM if they were required to post a warning on the packaging that āthis product is designed to work only with coffee grounds that we supplyā. Otherwise, I donāt think you can call it a coffee maker.
I bought an aeropress like five years ago, and it would still be going strong if someone else hadnāt thrown out the filter cap by mistake. Itās easy, fast, makes great coffee and is easy to clean up. I do use the Keurig on most work days, because itās still faster and I donāt have time for all that. I could get up earlier, but I donāt.
Nailed it:
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I talked about this a bit earlier. There are more advanced and in some cases more general hacks available.
And it is immensely wasteful; coffee isnāt hard to make cleanly.
This is basically why I have one. Everyone in my house likes to drink something different. If I made a pot, it mostly got wasted as only one person drinks regular coffee. Now I can have regular, decaf, flavored cappucino/latte thingies, and loose-leaf tea without pouring out entire pots. We use reusable pods for half of those, and we have an older Keurig without the DRM.
That one looks nicer than the ones Iām using, do you have a link?
The pods seem have solved the general issue of serving coffee as a host or hostess, whether thatās for a business or for a person hosting a group. You can offer a selection and brew on an as needed basis. I donāt like the pod coffee but when Iām getting my hair did, Iād rather have that than slurry thatās been sitting in a pot all day. And for businesses, itās a lot less mess and hassle.
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Be aware that only certain baskets will physically fit in the Keurig 2.0, even if you do use scotch tape
Are they too big, or too small?
If too small, adapter can be made from a suitable material (3d-printed ABS, sugru, wood, epoxy-soaked tissue paper (surprisingly decent material!, though fabric is better)ā¦)
Solofill gold plated from amazon. $15-ish.
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You can compost both. The coffee grounds are especially wonderful for encouraging earthworms, which in turn are especially wonderful for encouraging gardens of all kinds.
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