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Sympthsical

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29. I do get it

Wed Jul 19, 2023, 05:10 PM

Jul 2023

Every morning I make a 16 oz yeti thermos of coffee I sip from at my desk all day. I have a french press, aeropress, and some kind of tiny metal pot with detachable water and mesh cup thing you put on the stove that looks like we found it in a Victorian yard sale. We have tea infusers and a Dutch East Indies pirate ship in the garage for some reason. I have no idea why we have what we have.

I just can't be hassled that early in the morning. My partner's best friend has some kind of Starbucks addiction. He physically goes to a shop two to three times a day. He called here the other day at 8:40p to let us know his free breakfast coupon was about to expire that day and did we want to go pick it up.

I mean, of course I went.

But the Keurig cups and things and overly complicated machinations. Drip, 25 cents a day, lazy.

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Anybody seen a good idea what can be done with used K cups? [View all] TreasonousBastard Jul 2023 OP

First, stop using non reusable. Secon: Poke holes in bottoms MerryBlooms Jul 2023 #1

miracle gro... ShepKat Jul 2023 #8

What's a K cup? canetoad Jul 2023 #2

I'm imagining it's WAY bigger than a C or D FailureToCommunicate Jul 2023 #6

Pfffft. Good one. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #31

I bow to your better knowledge on this subject. FailureToCommunicate Jul 2023 #35

Indeed ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #50

Ah, I see you're a person of culture as well. sakabatou Jul 2023 #37

The coffee pod for Keurig one-cup-at-a-time coffee makers. JHB Jul 2023 #9

Ah, those things canetoad Jul 2023 #34

Some crazy thing "the West" came up with. No FailureToCommunicate Jul 2023 #36

I find them washed up canetoad Jul 2023 #38

Ewww. Sorry your beach-combing finds that junk. FailureToCommunicate Jul 2023 #42

I believe some of it is canetoad Jul 2023 #46

Amazon NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #3

switched to refillable k cups before my latest machine died dembotoz Jul 2023 #4

I get the grounds out to add to the compost Kaleva Jul 2023 #5

I put them in recycling jimfields33 Jul 2023 #7

And many (most?) places that goes into the garbage. edisdead Jul 2023 #11

That's weird for one of the most progressive states. jimfields33 Jul 2023 #12

Has nothing to do with voters edisdead Jul 2023 #33

It's not weird. former9thward Jul 2023 #44

They have coffee grounds in them, not recyclable unless you empty them. we can do it Jul 2023 #15

It will depend where you live too FreeState Jul 2023 #27

True. I tried the aluminum ones (Nespresso) FailureToCommunicate Jul 2023 #40

Avoid them entirely. Scooping coffee into a filter is not difficult. Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #10

If you use refillable pods Bettie Jul 2023 #14

Do reusable metal filters work, or does it have to be paper? we can do it Jul 2023 #16

I think it has to be paper. But don't quote me. Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #21

Good to know, I have both metal and paper, like paper better. we can do it Jul 2023 #22

Totally blew my mind when I learned about it. I adored my French press. But the Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #23

Love French press, too. And was drinking mostly that and espresso for 3-4 years. we can do it Jul 2023 #25

I love my French Press. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #17

I loved mine too. Till I noticed what it did to my cholesterol. Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #20

Yes, my cholesterol has always been fine, but I am aware of that. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #24

Before I gave up coffee I got a one cup machine that has a metal filter csziggy Jul 2023 #28

I have a Nespresso and use Capmesso foil lids to reuse the pods dozens of times each. TheBlackAdder Jul 2023 #13

Why use them at all? Most expensive cup of coffee outside of Starbucks. sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #18

Surrously Sympthsical Jul 2023 #19

Oh, but you don't understand. We coffee nuts will do anything for our fix. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #26

I do get it Sympthsical Jul 2023 #29

I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of a Keurig owner ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #52

Thanks for the explanations. However, I'll counter with it takes me around 15 sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #53

About 40 cents per cup for K-pods bought at Costco. That's hardly in the Starbucks league. Hekate Jul 2023 #54

I pay around two and a half cents per cup with a drip coffee maker. sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #55

Shot glasses lame54 Jul 2023 #30

Only if you like a wet shirt front. Ms. Toad Jul 2023 #49

1. Costco sells compostable K cups maxsolomon Jul 2023 #32

No idea since I use instant coffee grounds sakabatou Jul 2023 #39

You can buy reusable pods mcar Jul 2023 #41

Feed them to billionaires. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2023 #43

Don't use them is the best idea orthoclad Jul 2023 #45

I use Cameron's brand biodegradable cups NickB79 Jul 2023 #47

We empty ours Deep State Witch Jul 2023 #48

I wondered what became of the little pods ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #51

Toss them out with the trash so they can be buried at the landfill. hunter Jul 2023 #56

Had a minute to do the rough math. hunter Jul 2023 #57

Interesting calculation. Do you know that there is no such thing as a... TreasonousBastard Jul 2023 #58

Would I trade a gallon of gasoline, forty or fifty miles in our family car, for the K cups... hunter Jul 2023 #59