I found the worst K-Cup coffee

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I don’t think a k-cup is less work than an aeropress, but I do have an electric kettle.

To truly compare the levels of waste, one would need to take into account the extra energy wasted by heating up more water than needed, which is a systemic problem with electric kettles.

And in an unrelated comment: the guy upthread who needs ot make extra pots of coffee at varying strengths for guests - I usually add water to coffee that’s too strong for a particular drinker? Is this not an option sometimes? :confused:

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I have found that if I spike my coffee with weed I am much easier to get along with.

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You are correct, in that consumerism is inherently bad. Thus, we must take it upon ourselves to be the least amount of consumer that we can be. This idea that things can be “thrown away” is deeply flawed. Understanding that does not make me a follower of an obscure religion. It makes me a rational human.

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Actually, I got a little confused last night.
This is the one that I like…

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I misread it as Lingonberry

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Do tell! Do Subarus have concealed coffee makers?

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They’ve got the cargo space to fit a large espresso maker.

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They’re that bad? Victor was the person who pretty much introduced me to quality coffee back in '79 or '80; I stumbled into his first shop in Madison a couple of days after he opened it, and walked out with a grinder and a Vesuviana.

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I now realize I was thinking of the generic Dollar Tree coffee. My apologies to the Victor Allen brand.

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I LOVE yergacheffe! The best coffee! Drinking it now!

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McCafe, the McDonald’s brand, is actually pretty good. For a K-cup.

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Guy Fieri Redwood Roast

Guy should stick to what he knows best ““ flavorful food. Here, a flat, cardboardy flavor coupled with a bitter finish make this a rough, stale-tasting sip. Modification required for some Keurig machines. $12.99 for 18 at Office Depot. (½ a star)

Donut Shop

Rewarmed, day-old coffee would taste better than this wicked cup of burned, bitter java. Modification required for some Keurig machines. $9.49 for 16 at Target. (No stars)

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Seriously, there’s only three rules to coffee:

  1. Drink coffee
  2. Not too hot
  3. Mostly black

Now, there’s stuff like Starbucks and an unfathomable number of tiny, 2-girl espresso shacks dotting the PNW. But that’s more like flavored milk.

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yeah, but cafe con leche and curtado and caffe creme and cà phê đá - it’s a real coffevore’s dilemma

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Seriously, if you go to somewhere unfamiliar you should order an unsweetened black coffee. It’s easy to hide bad coffee with sugar and dairy products.

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every morning, I prepare an aeropress (usually with Kenya AA or that Kona “Blend” stuff) into a quantity of milk, and add an aliquot of boiling water.

My brain has been conditioned by the caffiene to think that this is FINE…

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oof - who wants to taste the bad coffee?

i mostly would get a curtado at Joe’s on Waverly or Ozone in Shoreditch - seems safe enough

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I’ve gotten in the habit of making a batch of cold brew every week (usually using the Kenya AA but cold brew is so forgiving that even cheapo coffee like Bustelo or Folgers isn’t bad) and either drinking it black over ice or hot with creamer. One batch lasts about a week and I think I’m saving money, somehow, maybe.

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give me five minutes at your place and I’ll show you how much of a hypocrite you are.

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Hmm, I doubt it. I hide my Keuring when company is over.

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