How do you make your coffee?
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I don't think anyone is saying Keurig's are the best financial option, but often in life you pay for convenience. First off, I'm the only coffee drinker in my home. I don't need a pot of coffee, I need a cup for two of coffee. Second, I am often drinking a cup of coffee on my way out the door as I go to work. It literally takes me thirty seconds to put some grind in the cup and hit the button. No mess, no wasted time, good coffee.
You act as though Keurig is the only thing people spend money on where there is a more economical option. Why buy a Porsche when a Chevy will get you there just as well? Why drink Templeton when Old Crow gets you just as drunk?
I never thought of that while camping. We use one of these. It tastes great but takes a long time, especially over a fire.
K-Cups aren't very high-quality, either; the price differential is solely for the convenience, not because you get better coffee from a Keurig machine.
Coffee snobbery is one thing I won't ever get. My one and only criteria is whether it has copious amounts of caffeine.
I teach elementary and bathroom breaks during the day are a minimum. I try to get as much caffeine in the least amount of liquid as possible. I usually will make my own espresso at home out of stuff I grind myself. I do have a Keurig for the mornings when I am either running late or too lazy to take the time.
Short answer, by the gallon. I've actually cut back to about half a pot a day but I could (and usually do) drink it all day long.
This. We haven't purchased K-cups in over a year. The convenience of a single cup is tough to beat. At work, I use traditional drip.
Blasphemy. Once you go black, you won't go back.
This. We haven't purchased K-cups in over a year. The convenience of a single cup is tough to beat. At work, I use traditional drip.
Blasphemy. Once you go black, you won't go back.
Not instant. It's a single cup, drip.
Side note: I actually don't think instant is too bad.
The starbucks instant is pretty tasty, but it will blow up your colon about 30% of the time.
keurig, Caribou Blend is the way to go. I used to get Gevalia coffee for my drip brewer and that was ok but it made a mess and I got grounds in my coffee half the time, which is a deal breaker for me, yuck. Plus I only need a cup, if its the weekend and I am going to be at home I will break out the old brewer and drink 3-4 cups.
I always thought coffee tasted like crap out of a moderately priced drip maker. And since I only drink one cup a day on the weekends (free Seattle's Best at work during the week), I use a Keurig. I like the taste of bold K-cups. I did use one of those Bialetti espresso pots for a while and I liked the taste, but the Keurig eliminates the cleanup, bean grinding, etc.
I also grind locally roasted beans every morning. I find the beans from Zanzibar in Des Moines to be the best locally roasted beans. They actually are roasting them in front of you in their coffee shop.
As I only drink one cup each day, I use a plastic cone with filter which sits on top of the mug. I then pour hot water into the cone/filter. I like this better than the French press as the concentration does not change and you don't get any residue as you do with a French press. I have a collapsible cone which I take on trips with me (along with ground coffee and filters), as I hate hotel coffee.
Drip pot. Folgers in the morning until noon. Anything but black coffee is disgusting and you all should be ashamed of yourselves if you doctor yours. One day you will have to answer for your crimes.
