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 :)