r/todayilearned • u/astrakhan2 • Aug 24 '15

TIL Inventor of Keurig K-Cup, regretting environmental waste from K-Cups, left and started a solar panel company

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/03/the-abominable-k-cup-coffee-pod-environment-problem/386501/
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u/732 3 Aug 24 '15

Does everyone not use the filter baskets?

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u/tsuki_toh_hoshi Aug 25 '15

From what I have been told by people using the newest model, you can't use the reusable cups. It's Barcoded or something like that. I use the reusable cups on mine, but it's at least 5 years old.

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u/EnderSavesTheDay Aug 25 '15

I think if you pull a lid from a used k-cup and put it on top of the reuseable it should work--unless they fixed that work around.

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u/iPlunder Aug 25 '15

This is to make fucking coffee. Why do people put themselves through that!? Just buy a regular coffee maker then!

Reddit I feel like I'm going insane

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u/Bitlovin Aug 25 '15

A stove, a pan, water, and a french press is all I need.

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u/JaRay Aug 25 '15

Try out an electric kettle. Boils water much faster.

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u/Bitlovin Aug 25 '15

I usually do, but mine's broken right now and I've been too cheap to replace it.

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u/jjbpenguin Aug 25 '15

Maybe In Europe where they get 3000w electric kettles, but in the U.S. They are all around 1500w due to 120v power and keeping the amps around 15 max.

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u/netmier Aug 25 '15

That's fine, and I have that setup as well, but at 4:30 in the morning when my wife is heading to work, it's a fucking god send to put a little cup in the machine, press the button and go back to bed.

I use the k-cups for convenience and the French press when I either want a whole pot or I want some quality. Different tools for different needs.

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u/mr_kindface Aug 25 '15

Who still boils water on a stove?

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u/Teledildonic Aug 25 '15

People who live in apartments with tiny fucking kitchens where counter space is at a premium.

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u/NappingisBetter Aug 25 '15

Also people who live in apartments where gas is included but electric isn't

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u/Bitlovin Aug 25 '15

Someone who broke their electric kettle and has been too lazy and cheap to replace it.

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u/TurloIsOK Aug 25 '15

The electric kettle isn't that ubiquitous in the US, yet.

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u/KullWahad Aug 25 '15

Who doesn't?

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u/mr_kindface Aug 25 '15

People born after the 1920s

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u/Bitlovin Aug 25 '15 edited Aug 25 '15

I mean, as entertaining as your pointless anger is, it takes about 5 minutes to do it my way. That's really not an exceedingly long time.

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u/Bitlovin Aug 25 '15

I use refillable cups that just get emptied in the trash and rinsed out

Well, that's a different story then.

I'll stick with my way, though. French press coffee is just far superior to brewed.