Are Keurig's "sanitary"?

LOL

I opened a few hundred to remove the limescale build up. 

I've always wondered if keurig people have taste buds.

Columbian tastes like dirt. 

French roast tastes burnt. 

Paging Peglet and the traveling Keurig...

It's like sawdust and coffee dust mixed with water.

Keurigs are for people that bowl with bumpers in the lanes and Creed fans.

sipping one right now- office

the starbucks french roast ain't bad

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I've never tried Keurig because all the packaging seems incredibly wasteful.

Mikee, I was just typing that.  I admit having tried them when staying at hotels, but it seemed, in my opinion, to be rather wasteful.

We use a refillable k cup, cheap grounds and tap water. 

I grind beans as needed and use a Melitta funnel with a reusable filter, or a French press.

I will partake in a K-cup if waiting at the bank or tire shop, although I loathe the hydrogenated powder 'creamer" krap.  The "Green Mountain" stuff tastes rather coffee-like.

At home it's always ground beans through an electric espresso machine. I have other devices, but the Krups Il Primo makes one nice cup of coffee at a time.

Right now it's a blend of Sumatra and "Eight O' Clock" beans.

I never wash the Carafe that came with my maker. Just a little warm water rinse. It has that nice black residue. 

My folks have one. I like the Italian over the French Roast.

And, I prefer Jars of Clay over Creed :)

Germany has banned Kuerigs in all public buildings and are talking about banning them country wide due to the overwhelming amount of plastic going into the waste stream.....we just got the Ninja Coffee bar for Xmas and it makes a pretty good cup of coffee - NO filters required and the girls like the Ice coffee feature, they say it makes an Ice coffee as good as any they can get in any store.

Those darn Germans just want to sell us more Krups espresso machines. But, they work pretty darn well.

I've got a few different Krups, some with pumps, and a fancy Italian one with a pump and built-in grinder.

However, IL Primo is the 'everyday' machine. It is an efficient little bastard.

I have one. And use it.

It brews a mediocre cup coffee but the convenience is significant, which is the trade off. 

>>>>I have one. And use it.

Bad Hippie.  Those things are terrible for the environment.

>>>>> but the convenience is significant

How hard is heating water?

I dunno how much electricity those K-Cup machines require, but the 'IL Primo' draws like 1200 watts.

Discovered this many years ago at a Big music festival. I had an inverter (AC from 12V car battery) and the Krups. But it tripped the Breaker every time. 800 watts was the max.

So I still bring IL Primo to tourist locations, but have to scout available AC outlets.

I never drink coffee.

Bad Hippie.  Those things are terrible for the environment.<<<

I know. If only K cups would go away, we'd really be able to turn things around.

yeah, why bother

yeah, why bother<<

I dump used motor oil and paint down the storm drain for the significant convenience.

Now if you'll excuse me I have some trash to burn.

My gig has a couple of Flavia rigs.  They supposedly recycle the coffee/tea packets (it doesn't use "pods" or cups; it's more like a ketchup packet with a nozzle on one end).  They do get their own trash can, so mebbe . . .

I don't drink coffee, so I can't rate it.  But more than a few co-workers go out for Dunkin' or Starbucks; I guess that says something.

The English Breakfast is OK, the Lemon is meh, and the Cranberry just sucks, tea-wise.

They're wasteful.

I'm sort of fascinated by Mr. Hoover's technique of dumping used Paint into the drains.

Once it has been used, must you scrape it off, or use a Heat-Gun, or  some chemical?  Why a storm-drain,  when you could just throw it in the trash?

I'm guessing OP doesn't eat asshole 

Less waste than buying to go from Charbucks, DD, McD's.  Like the Dakota pipeline, lesser of 2 evils but yes still evil.