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French press...french press! And the garden loves the grounds!
 
French press is all Cheryl and I have used for 25+ years. Currently a SS Bodum, and a Breville adjustable grinder. Grounds go into the gardens, same as Semper...
 
Rayvin56 said:
Just what this planet of ours needs, another piece of plastic trash for every cup of coffee you make. Use a french press for a real cup of coffee and throw out the Keurig idea. Be kind to your mother--don't sacrifice her for your conveniences...
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I use the reusable cartridge in my Keurig at home and the ones at work... no plastic cup, no paper filter. Spent grounds go in the garden.
 
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I was hesitant to go Keurig but the for the most part love it. As Waq stated the insert is a pain to clean sometimes but I get to drink my Kona by having it. Its definitely a needed accessory

Hot java each time...not lukewarm. Remember, when reading reviews often they are written by idiots.
 
Connecticut no longer landfills municipal solid waste (I.e. garbage). It is incinerated and converted into energy, which is sold back to the power companies.
 
My grandmother's coffee was an amazing thing. Every Sunday she made a fresh pot of coffee in a stove top percolater for Sunday dinner. That pot remained on the stove for the rest of the week with more water and more grounds added as more coffee was needed to drink. Her coffee was strong enough to stand a spoon in or so it seemed. Her coffee was never acidic or bitter because she also added egg shells to grounds. I still think back to that coffee as the best I ever had. When I got married my wife was stunned by how strong my liked its coffee. It all started with dad's mom.
 
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FWIW, if your preferences run to more conventional machines, we like our Cuisinart DCC-2600 Brew Central 14-Cup.
The machine works well and has good controls.We grind beans daily.

We know within a cup what we will drink. Any usable leftover usually gets 'fridgerated and used for cold drink later.
 
Buy one!!!! They are so versatile. You do not have to brew just coffee. You can brew/heat up hot cocoa, hot tea, hot apple cider, lemonade(some folks swear the lemonade is off the hook. I have not tried it yet.) Plus the biggest benefit to me, is not dealing with left over coffee and coffee grounds that slip through the filter. With K-Cup you get a perfect cup of coffee at the right temp. I hate waiting 5-10 minutes before my coffee is cooled off to the point where I could drink it. By then, 9 times out of 10, I would have forgot about the coffee. Not with Keurig. I get my cup of coffee at the right temp and can sip it right off the bat. No need to wait 5-10 minutes before the coffee is cooled off and no wasted coffee or dealing with coffee grounds that slipped through the filter. The Keurig is a great investment.
 
nan linds said:
Plastic K-cups can be used to start a seed or two.
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I hadn't thought of that. A great idea. Today I started some Thai peppers in expended K cups. Thanks Nan.

As for environmental impact - much ado about nothing. Here in CT K cups are recycled. Even if they weren't, a collapsed K cup sans organic product occupies < 0.6 c inches. Water bottles, soft drink bottles, grocery bags and now K cups circumventing the earth. We're all doomed!
 
do you add cream or sugar to the cup when using the k-cups/Keurig?

I have a B-45 Elite that's been sitting in the box for over a year and hopefully I'll be testing it this morning
 
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UConnChapette said:
Wonder why no one has thought to replace the plastic cups with a paper filter type cup?
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There are such. The brand I tried was too Starbucksy strong for my taste. I still have some of them from 2 years ago!

Both a dripper and a Keurig sit on our counter and more often I fire up the tripper, since I like to drink lots of early AM coffee, I find the Keurig doesn't get to the temp I like, and unless you are use to spending a fortune on your coffee beans, the per cup Keurig cost is pretty steep.
 
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watanabe said:
http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/04/news/k-cups-keurig-inventor-regrets/
http://www.fool.com/investing/gener...r-of-keurig-k-cups-shares-his-biggest-re.aspx

Stay away from this product if you have any compassion for the environment. Otherwise, what the heck. you only live once.
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Reminds me of the time when soda ( and beer) removable pop tops first came out. They were everywhere, ecological nightmare. They quickly came out with a pop top that stays attached to the bottle/can.

Yes, the keurig generates garbage, but its a drop in the bucket compared to empty plastic water bottles. ( pun intended.)
 
vtcwbuff said:
I hadn't thought of that. A great idea. Today I started some Thai peppers in expended K cups. Thanks Nan.

As for environmental impact - much ado about nothing. Here in CT K cups are recycled. Even if they weren't, a collapsed K cup sans organic product occupies < 0.6 c inches. Water bottles, soft drink bottles, grocery bags and now K cups circumventing the earth. We're all doomed!
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Don't worry about the environment. The earth is here to serve us. Once we use up all the resources, the space program will be our savior. We'll just blast off to another planet and find another pristine array of resources to serve our needs and proliferate our species. Besides, eventually, through orbit decay, earth will be sucked into the sun and incinerated. So, no worries, pollute to you're heart's content. It's all temporary.
 
watanabe said:
http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/04/news/k-cups-keurig-inventor-regrets/
http://www.fool.com/investing/gener...r-of-keurig-k-cups-shares-his-biggest-re.aspx

Stay away from this product if you have any compassion for the environment. Otherwise, what the heck. you only live once.
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They make reusable K-Cups that you can fill with whatever coffee you want. Ekobrew makes them if you want to spend $10. or go to Ocean State Job Lot where they are 3 for $1.00.

Bestiarius said:
Don't worry about the environment. The earth is here to serve us. Once we use up all the resources, the space program will be our savior. We'll just blast off to another planet and find another pristine array of resources to serve our needs and proliferate our species. Besides, eventually, through orbit decay, earth will be sucked into the sun and incinerated. So, no worries, pollute to you're heart's content. It's all temporary.
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Their new machine 2.0, needs to "see" a silver or tan 1/4 inch edge around the top of the Kcup for it to work correctly. If it does not it will give you a warning, and if you leave a K cup out, it will only heat 6 oz of water at a time, can't choose 8 or 10 oz. I hollowed a used one out to make hot water :)

They gave me vouchers for 6 orders of coffee to cover my older K cups which would not work... I have the reusable cups but haven't tried them yet, probably will have to paint the top silver....;) to use them...
 
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Husky25 said:
Connecticut no longer landfills municipal solid waste (I.e. garbage). It is incinerated and converted into energy, which is sold back to the power companies.
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Geesh, nothing's for free in CT... Next we'll be buying air...
 
ktuck911 said:
Geesh, nothing's for free in CT... Next we'll be buying air...
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What are you talking about? Why do you expect a company to provide a product or service for free?
 
I buy these which they claim to be 97% biodegradable.

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Every order they include this little device so that they can be used in a 2.0. I don't have a 2.0 so I don't need them but if you do you need one of these little thingys.
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Biff said:
I buy these which they claim to be 97% biodegradable.

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Every order they include this little device so that they can be used in a 2.0. I don't have a 2.0 so I don't need them but if you do you need one of these little thingys.
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Ah, I read a pretty heated attack on Keurig about this a week or two ago. It also said you needed a modification in order to use Keurig's own Loose Ground Roast Coffee Receptacle. Article suggested it was a demonstration of how heinously profitable the cups were that Keurig risked alienating a very large customer base to force cup buying.
 
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RadyLady said:
I side with this post. The K-cups are made of plastic, and that is never good. Problem is, folks like convenience. They don't want to measure out water, measure out coffee, but for me, it's worth it. I use a french press every morning. It makes perfect coffee, two cups, and the grounds can be used in a garden.

Foks, think of your environment before you purchase one of these...
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Use the insert for ground coffee, then you won't need Kcups.
 
Bestiarius said:
Don't worry about the environment. The earth is here to serve us. Once we use up all the resources, the space program will be our savior. We'll just blast off to another planet and find another pristine array of resources to serve our needs and proliferate our species. Besides, eventually, through orbit decay, earth will be sucked into the sun and incinerated. So, no worries, pollute to you're heart's content. It's all temporary.
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Well I hope UCONN gets up there as one of the first so they can get (start) a good conference. Might be our only way out of the AAC. :cool:
 
Bestiarius said:
Don't worry about the environment. The earth is here to serve us. Once we use up all the resources, the space program will be our savior. We'll just blast off to another planet and find another pristine array of resources to serve our needs and proliferate our species. Besides, eventually, through orbit decay, earth will be sucked into the sun and incinerated. So, no worries, pollute to you're heart's content. It's all temporary.
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I feel much better now, but I'm stickin' with my 14 cup Cuisinart dripper ...paper filters and all ;).
 
I just love my Melitta cone manual filter - takes surprisingly little time, is infinitely adjustable for strength and volume of coffee, and makes what I consider the best tasting coffee without grounds in the cup. And clean-up is swift. I've actually started traveling with a cone and paper filters so I can get good coffee wherever I go.
 
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