Keurig

[jvcjbl]

I am a bit surprised nobody has mentioned the tremendous amount of garbage these things must be generating. Those little plastic cups add up if you use 365 of them a year. Sure they may be recyclable (not even 100% sure the are with the foil lid), but it is sad what a small percentage of the population actually recycles. If you do go this route, at least use the re-fillable cartridge.

Do a google search for Penn & Teller's Bull**** about landfills.

 

[jpc]

My company provides "free" Peet's coffee, but I can't stand it. Tastes like battery acid to me, and upsets my stomach something awful.

So... I went out and bought one for my cube. I've tried a bunch of varieties, but my favorites are the Green Mountain Sumatran Reserve, Tully's Kona blend, and the one I can never find, Green Mountain Kenya AA.

Yes, it's about $0.50 a cup, but compared to the cost of Charbucks, it's still relatively cheap.

 

[BoxofRain]

I love mine. We buy our coffee in bulk from either BJs or Costco.

 

[jvcjbl]

Went to Costco today and picked mine up... here she is. $164.99 in the store... $10 cheaper than the site.

 

[JJL]

I am a bit surprised nobody has mentioned the tremendous amount of garbage these things must be generating. Those little plastic cups add up if you use 365 of them a year. Sure they may be recyclable (not even 100% sure the are with the foil lid), but it is sad what a small percentage of the population actually recycles. If you do go this route, at least use the re-fillable cartridge.

I don't use the cups. I use the washable filter insert with regular coffee. I'm sure a lot of people do. It's a lot cheaper.

Do a google search for Penn & Teller's Bull**** about landfills.

I love this show. It's funny, educational, and has gratuitous nudity. What more could you want.

 

[Demon]

I've got two of them and gave three as gifts last Christmas. Absolutely love these coffee makers. Biggest benefit for me is that I drink several cups throughout the day, so each one is fresh made without making a whole pot and letting it sit all day. My favorite is Donut Shop by Coffee People.

 

[jvcjbl]

^^^ Donut Shop is awesome!

 

[remilard]

I am a bit surprised nobody has mentioned the tremendous amount of garbage these things must be generating. Those little plastic cups add up if you use 365 of them a year. Sure they may be recyclable (not even 100% sure the are with the foil lid), but it is sad what a small percentage of the population actually recycles. If you do go this route, at least use the re-fillable cartridge.

I'm surprised this passed the common sense filter but my wife and I produce one normal kitchen garbage can sized bag of garbage a week. Our Keurig waste makes up about 2% of that, by volume. Not really the biggest fish if I wanted to reduce the amount of garbage I produce.

I don't have any kids though so if reducing garbage and carbon output are the goal, I have a head start most people could never make up with recycling or not using k-cups or any of these other minuscule efforts that are easy to do and make you feel good.

 

[RIBeer]

SWMBO and I got each other a Keurig for Christmas. I went with the reason that it made sense, seeing that she does the flavored coffees, and I stick to decaf. Honestly, I really did it in self defense. While I love her to death, she's just one of those people who can't make coffee. I don't know why. I've seen her do it, and she does pretty much the exact same thing that I do, just hers winds up tasting like someone squeezed a lizard into the pot.

The other battle we have is her instance on using whatever travel cup she grabs first. I've complained hundreds of times that her flavored stuff doesn't wash out, and leaves my coffee tasting like crap.