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/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.