Keurig’s next generation of coffee machines will have DRM lockdown

[haele]

17. Keurig's over-rated. We use a Kalita "wave" pour-over system.

Even though they suggest using their filters, you can still get a good cup with other brand's filters, so long as they have the ridging.

Sure, you actually have to stand there pour the water in the cup over your coffee cup, but you never get a "burned" cup of coffee, and there are electric water kettles that bring the water up to the proper heat (not yet boiling) for that perfect cup to cut down on the time it takes to make the cup.

So - Keurig - $99 minimum for the cheapest mini-cup dispenser, and you will now have to pay $10 or so for the box of accepted "pods"with the chip imbedded in the plastic or wherever they put the DRM marker in. And you have to buy their brands of coffee.

Kalita Wave drip cup - $37; buy your accordian sided single-serving drip filters anywhere for $2.50 to $5 for a hundred or so.
Variable Temperature Electric water kettle - $39 to $80
Whatever brand coffee you like - $??? (we buy Hawaiian Gardens Kona Sunrise at the commissary; $5.00 for 16 oz will last us a month)


It's much better than a perculator; that wonderful coffee smell you got in the old perculators was the flavor escaping in the steam. (Ahh, the good old days - coffee that always smelled so much better than the slightly bitter woody hot water taste one got when one was actually served the coffee...)

I get the convenience of the pods, but how much more effort does it take to just make up a bunch of re-usable ziplock baggies with 2 tablespoons of coffee for when you want your cup?

Haele