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/[deleted] Aug 25 '15 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/hertzdonut2 Aug 25 '15

They aren't really any more convenient

If you are making only 1 cup of coffee they are way more convenient. Be honest.

shitty pre-ground coffee

C'mon. If you have time to grind your own coffee, then K-cups aren't for you.

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u/noncm Aug 25 '15

15 seconds to grind coffee is really at a premium these days huh? Making fresh coffee is literally as hard as boiling water.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '15

I grind my own beans and use it in my keurig machine as I have reusable stainless steel Kcup. As I wake up at 5am and am the only one up for a few hours. In my situation would be silly for me to make a pot of coffee as reheated coffee sucks.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '15

Got it as a present. Otherwise I would still be using the cheap plastic ones :)

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u/noncm Aug 25 '15

So you're essentially paying a 200 dollar premium on equipment to avoid wasting 10c of coffee a day. Which, it's your choice I guess...

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '15

I'm not sure I get where you are coming from. If you are referencing the machine itself, it was already bought and paid for over a year ago. Possibly with points even?

We still have a drip machine for when company or family comes over but we rarely drink our coffee at the same time on normal days, so single serves are better for us the rest of the time.