Poll of the Day > What's the point of a K-cup coffee maker?

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$70 for a coffee maker that does the same thing as a $20 coffee maker, but only makes one cup of coffee.

Not to mention all the plastic.

It's so wasteful.

Coffee pots have the cup lines so you don't need to make a whole pot if you don't want to.

People are just lazy.
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DrCidd posted...

Not to mention all the plastic.

It's so wasteful.

This is a problem they want to address but apparently they won't be dealing with it until 2020.
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I Got one as a ten year gift at work. I Didn't think I would like it either. But those K cups are pretty cheap, I got a 100 pack for $20. If you drink alot of coffee then it is kind of pointless. At most I drink one cup a day, and it seems to fit perfectly for that. Plus there are plenty of biodegradable k cups. And most machines come with an attachment to use regular coffee grounds. Completely unnecessary, but nice to have.
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My parents have had their Keurig for 3-4 years now. Longest they've ever had a single coffee maker + they use it every day.

I think Coffee is disgusting but that's all I have for you.
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Solid Sonic posted...

DrCidd posted...

Not to mention all the plastic.

It's so wasteful.

This is a problem they want to address but apparently they won't be dealing with it until 2020.

If they're waiting 2 years to address it then they don't want to.
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They're mostly doing it because of pressure from outside sources. The real issue is that K-cups are made out of too many different materials so there's no straight path to recycling them.
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Solid Sonic posted...

DrCidd posted...

Not to mention all the plastic.

It's so wasteful.

This is a problem they want to address but apparently they won't be dealing with it until 2020.

Refillable cups already exist for certain brands.
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I use one with the dark roast Colombian blend pods. Damn delicious. I also have a refillable pod I use with ground coffee, but the flavor is never as good.

I guess the point is convenience. You just pop in a pod, push a button, and it spits out a cup of coffee.
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I believe the point is to make Coffee. I could be wrong though.
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plus no matter what, coffee from a plastic capsule always tastes like crap, ok?
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I saw small Keurigs for sale pretty cheap on Black Friday. I think theyre ok for what they do. It can be helpful to people with a busy schedule. Theyre arent needed and most people dont need them. But they can be useful to some. Plus, its just upgraded technology. It reminds me of something you would see on the old tb shows when they use to show you how the future would look. Haha.
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Convenience. You can make a single cup of coffee quickly, using less water than a drip coffee maker.

DrCidd posted...

Not to mention all the plastic.

It's so wasteful.

Luckily compostable K cups are available. The coffee industry is inherently wasteful, but that happens almost entirely at the levels of production.
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how do they have so many coffee beans? aren't they super difficult to grow?

We have one at work, we never know how much coffee will be drank in a day so it's nice to not worry about wasting a pot or forgetting to turn it off
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Anisoptera posted...

how do they have so many coffee beans? aren't they super difficult to grow?

Yeah but they do what most industries do, they find a nice third world country where the crop can feasibly grow and they hurl human suffering at the problem until profit comes out
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surely all the coffee bean harvest is damaging the ecosystem and making coffee more difficult to produce.

I got one for free and it's nice to have. The cups aren't too expensive if you shop around. It's also much quicker to brew when you only need 1 cup, like 2 minutes. Plus it does more than coffee, I have a variety of teas for the winter and seen ciders or cocoa.

I drink one cup of coffee in the morning. I don't want a whole pot. I don't want to grind my own beans and there are no pre-ground coffees that keep me awake that are cheap in the stores. San Francisco Bay "Organic Rainforest Blend" k-cups are around 40/50 cents a piece in bulk and are the best k-cup I've found for the price and the only coffee that even starts to wake me up. The k-cups themself are home-compostable, and the plastic packaging the cups come in is industrially compostable.

Fuck making a whole pot of coffee

I don't drink coffee so I was never interested in getting one. When I was cleaning out my mom's apartment I found a new one, so I guess I own one now since she doesn't need it where she is now (and apparently didn't realize she had one). She drinks less coffee then me so I have no idea why she had one.
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For variety of flavor
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I can't remember if I read it here or somewhere else, or if it's even true, but I thought I saw somebody recently saying that even the inventor of Keurigs admitted they're dumb and wasteful

Chewster posted...

I can't remember if I read it here or somewhere else, or if it's even true, but I thought I saw somebody recently saying that even the inventor of Keurigs admitted they're dumb and wasteful

https://money.cnn.com/2015/03/04/news/k-cups-keurig-inventor-regrets/index.html
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Solid Sonic posted...

DrCidd posted...

Not to mention all the plastic.

It's so wasteful.

This is a problem they want to address but apparently they won't be dealing with it until 2020.

Can't be recycled?
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zebatov posted...

Solid Sonic posted...

DrCidd posted...

Not to mention all the plastic.

It's so wasteful.

This is a problem they want to address but apparently they won't be dealing with it until 2020.

Can't be recycled?

The tops of them are aluminum but the cups are plastic. There isnt a straight path to recycle them.
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Because I make one cup of coffee in the morning and making an entire pot just to throw most of it away is far more wasteful
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BADoglick posted...

Because I make one cup of coffee in the morning and making an entire pot just to throw most of it away is far more wasteful

Quantitatively speaking, sure, it's "more", but you're only throwing out paper, coffee grounds and water instead of plastic. Guess which type of waste is worse for the environment

All these "I don't want to make a whole pot of coffee" people need to learn math.

Solid Sonic posted...

The tops of them are aluminum but the cups are plastic. There isnt a straight path to recycle them.

You can't peel the top off?
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zebatov posted...

Solid Sonic posted...

The tops of them are aluminum but the cups are plastic. There isnt a straight path to recycle them.

You can't peel the top off?

You can but the average consumer is either to lazy or have an aversion to peeling off the aluminum, throwing out the grounds, digging out the filter and rinsing out the plastic cup so that everything can be properly recycled.
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You can use one of the K-filter things. Its just like a K-cup, but re-useable. So, it still makes only one cup, but you would still use coffee ground like in a drip pot...
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DrCidd posted...

Not to mention all the plastic.

depends which kind you get, McDonalds, and others, are 100% compostable.
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LinkPizza posted...

You can use one of the K-filter things. Its just like a K-cup, but re-useable. So, it still makes only one cup, but you would still use coffee ground like in a drip pot...

Only a certain number of consumers are willing to put in the work to be responsible. As long as the "easy way out" is available, people will take it.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

You can but the average consumer is either to lazy or have an aversion to peeling off the aluminum, throwing out the grounds, digging out the filter and rinsing out the plastic cup so that everything can be properly recycled.

I don't drink coffee but my OCD would force me to clean out the grounds to keep the bin from getting gross. Also, they have people that separate that stuff where I'm from, so you don't even need to peel it apart. Just rinse it.

Chewster posted...

BADoglick posted...

Because I make one cup of coffee in the morning and making an entire pot just to throw most of it away is far more wasteful

Quantitatively speaking, sure, it's "more", but you're only throwing out paper, coffee grounds and water instead of plastic. Guess which type of waste is worse for the environment

Also, he's probably the only one doing it.
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