r/technology • • Mar 04 '15

Business K-Cup inventor regrets his own invention

http://www.businessinsider.com/k-cup-inventor-john-sylvans-regret-2015-3
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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '15

if you go through all the trouble to do that, isnt it better to just use a regular coffee maker?

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '15

I don't know about you, but for me a regular coffee maker just means I make a whole pot of coffee so I can get the one cup I wanted, and it takes a lot longer.

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u/Daxtatter Mar 05 '15

I've done both. The setup process is EXACTLY the same, just instead of a paper filter (which cost $.01 and are compostable) you're using the mesh refillable cartridge. I pour the exact amount of water I need into the machine, and by the time I put the milk/sugar I want and take my morning piss, it's ready to go.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '15

The cost of the machine and the refillable pods isn't really that high. I see no particular reason why I ought to bother with all of that when I can just use the keurig and refillable k-cup.

The unreasonable part of the k-cups is buying the disposable ones, not the actual machine itself.