K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee pod system (2015)

Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by abfan1127 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @05:32PM (#38550407)

I use a re-usable K cup. Its still very convenient. I grab a clean one, add grounds, install in the machine and get my coffee. When I get multiple coffees in a day, I just dump and re-use the same K-cup. Its still really convenient.

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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by antisthenes on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @05:44PM (#38550518)

That sounds less convenient than putting in a disposable paper filter into a machine and dumping grounds into it, adding water, then brewing 4-6 cups at once.

Maybe you have to wait a little longer, but you don't have to worry about cleaning and adding grounds.

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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by titzer on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @05:48PM (#38550565)

Note also that paper filters are recyclable and compostable.

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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by piva00 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @06:10PM (#38550753)

Or a moka pot: unscrew, fill water up to the valve, fill coffee in the basket, screw it all back, brew your coffee.

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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by 1letterunixname on Thursday December 07, 2023 @12:12AM (#38553088)

Same. Disposability and waste is false convenience with externalities.

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