Keurig, anyone else addicted ??

[ARtraveler]

We have had our current Keurig for over five years. It gets used every day. I have two cups every day (on #2 now) and it gets used more on the weekends when Linda is here.

I always look for the "on sale this week" boxes of assorted coffee. I am not brand loyal--we use anything except for generic. They seem to be not as potent.

 

[Saluda]

THANKYOU!


Real coffee makers do not use 'pods' Only Coffee beans and water (and milk if desired).


Huh, all these years I thought I was drinking real coffee, thanks. I'll ask you the same, did you ever clean the machine ?
As far as recycling, I'm up there with the best of them (sorry if I don't do 100 %).

 

[SNOOPY]

Cant' help with the problem, but I love the coffee! I used to buy only whole beans and grind them, but the K-cups taste better to me now.

Ditto

 

[SNOOPY]

THANKYOU!


Real coffee makers do not use 'pods' Only Coffee beans and water (and milk if desired).


Huh, all these years I thought I was drinking real coffee, thanks.

Looks like you were wrong :roflblack:

 

[wyliec]

THANKYOU!


Real coffee makers do not use 'pods' Only Coffee beans and water (and milk if desired).


Huh, all these years I thought I was drinking real coffee, thanks. I'll ask you the same, did you ever clean the machine ?
As far as recycling, I'm up there with the best of them (sorry if I don't do 100 %).

Don't forget the filter.

 

[Saluda]

Don't forget the filter.

I guess "real coffee" doesn't use that either. (I stand corrected on the filter)

Used to work with a couple of WW 2 vets, they said never to milk.

 

[PrairieSpyder]

I used to be a coffee snob, insisting my coffee maker had at least 3 heating elements, fresh grinding. I even roasted my own beans for a long while. But I'm not really that picky any more. I just don't care for over-roasted beans, except for espresso roast blends for use in the espresso machine. I can survive with freeze-dried, cowboy coffee, drip, Keurig, even eating plain roasted beans (with a water chaser, of course). We currently have a Keurig at home, descale it regularly, and the brew gets me going every day. But, to each his own.

 

[Pirate looks at --]

THANKYOU!

And I thought I was the only one left on the planet that hated stale old coffee and land filling waste.

Real coffee makers do not use 'pods' Only Coffee beans and water (and milk if desired).

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AMEN!

 

[jcthorne]

THANKYOU!


Real coffee makers do not use 'pods' Only Coffee beans and water (and milk if desired).


Huh, all these years I thought I was drinking real coffee, thanks. I'll ask you the same, did you ever clean the machine ?
As far as recycling, I'm up there with the best of them (sorry if I don't do 100 %).

Of
course I have cleaned the machine. Every 500 cups the machine forces you to do a descale cycle. After the descale the brew unit is unlatched from the carriage behind the tank and any remaining residue is cleaned. There is VERY little. Every time the unit powers up or powers down it does a sanitize rinse. Other than that, one fills the beans hopper and water tank and empties the dregs bin. Thats it. This unit is right at 6 yrs old and has made in excess of 18000 cups according the the odometer. Still working as new. A properly built full automatic is very low maintenance and very cheap to use in the long run for highest quality coffee. FAR cheaper than a pod machine for much better coffee.

And 18,000 of those little pods in the land fill? I think not on my account.

Keurig coffee machines are one of the leading sources for domestic non-recyclable and non-biodegradable waste.

And about the filters, a full automatic like this uses an internal metal filter that is cleaned and back flushed each cycle. No filter waste.

 

[Bob Denman]

JC,
After you've done such a great job of cleaning it; I almost hope to hear that you're not brewing any kopi Luwak, for your breakfast "cuppa-cuppa".

 

[jcthorne]

JC,
After you've done such a great job of cleaning it; I almost hope to hear that you're not brewing any kopi Luwak, for your breakfast "cuppa-cuppa".

That would not be my cup of tea.....

are house coffee is a custom roasted Kenya Estate bean. Approx full city roast which is a med to light by Starbucks roasts.

 

[Bob Denman]

:clap: :thumbup:

My tastes in "Brown Ambition" are hardly discriminating:
If it's brown: it's down! :yes:

After all:

 

[Saluda]

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And 18,000 of those little pods in the land fill? I think not on my account.

"Keurig coffee machines are one of the leading sources for domestic non-recyclable and non-biodegradable waste."


That sounds very high but either way I just sent them an E mail suggesting either recyclable material or bio degradable material be used. Why not do the same ?

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Ooh! I have a GREAT idea!!
form those pods out of either sugar, or artificial sweetener...
(There's got to be a way to do this!)
run the coffee out of them, and bust them up into your chosen brew! :thumbup:

You're welcome...

 

[jcthorne]

[QUOTE


And 18,000 of those little pods in the land fill? I think not on my account.

"Keurig coffee machines are one of the leading sources for domestic non-recyclable and non-biodegradable waste."


That sounds very high but either way I just sent them an E mail suggesting either recyclable material or bio degradable material be used. Why not do the same ?

I
thought the number was high as well but our household uses between 6 and 10 cups a day depending on weather and schedules. 8 per day, 365 days a year, 6 years is 17520 so its in the range. 18000 pods is a lot of $$ compared to the cost of beans. Approx 375 lbs of coffee is about $3500. 18,000 pods is roughly $9,000 using the inexpensive ones so our machine MORE than paid for itself vs a Keurig already.

 

[Saluda]

We don't come close to that type of consumption at our home.

Just heard back from Keurig. Apparently Green Mountain (their bigger supplier of k cups) has started to make some recyclable pods. More are planned for the future. At present for some reason more are being switched in Canada than the US.

 

[Pirate looks at --]

I
thought the number was high as well but our household uses between 6 and 10 cups a day depending on weather and schedules. 8 per day, 365 days a year, 6 years is 17520 so its in the range. 18000 pods is a lot of $$ compared to the cost of beans. Approx 375 lbs of coffee is about $3500. 18,000 pods is roughly $9,000 using the inexpensive ones so our machine MORE than paid for itself vs a Keurig already.

...and don't forget, the coffee is superior!:yes:

 

[Saluda]

...and don't forget, the coffee is superior!

That's definitely one opinion (over & over).

 

[asp125]

Ditch the pods and get the re-usable K-cup filter. I get my own beans grind them. Less waste and better coffee. Our Keurigs never lasted more than a couple of years, luckily their return policy via Target we just swap them out for a new one. Lately however I've gone back to a DeLonghi drip machine or French Press.

 

[Bob Denman]

How about "Camp Coffee"?
It only takes about five ingredients:
Cold Water
A Big coffee pot
coffee D)
A really hot woodstove
The proper atmosphere...

Get the water in the pot up to a real good boil...
Throw the grounds right in the pot, and let it boil for about ten minutes
Take it off the heat, and throw a dipper full of ice-cold water in it.
(Settles the grounds to the bottom...)
Serve it in Deer camp, to the smell of frying bacon and eggs: it doesn't get any better than that! :thumbup: