Keurig tricks or tips

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I do is run 2 k cups into one cup on the small cup setting makes it plenty strong. (yes I waste that much plastic) the also go in the recycling bin.

Yep, this is what I do too. It was DH's idea to get that damn Keurig and I hate it. So, even though it makes him cringe, I use two of those little shitty cups for each normal cup of coffee. I brew it on the smallest cup size to increase the strength. It's expensive and a waste but I can't stand the thought of having two coffee makers on the counter. Also, I generally make coffee in a regular coffee maker at work so I only use them on the weekends. It kinda makes the Sunday coffee thing suck though.

That is no way to go through life. You should get a little french press or stovetop espresso maker.

[Anonymous]

Keurig - just stick it out on the curb already and be done with it.

[Anonymous]

Haven't read the whole thread but has anyone mentioned the new Kuerig? You can adjust the strength- I *think* it's called Vue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

You do waste--plastic!!! What a joke that people buy this wasteful crap.

Ok, Judgy Mcjudger.

HA! Funny how freedom means you have to do what I do. LOL.

[Anonymous]

Jet Fuel is quite strong as well. It's my Dad's favorite:

http://www.keurig.com/coffee/jet-fuel-extra-bold-coffee-k-cup-coffee-people?cm_mmc=cse-_-google-_-coffee-_-jetfuelextraboldcoffee&gclid=CP_Cx9yqlrYCFdGd4AodBlwAAQ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I do is run 2 k cups into one cup on the small cup setting makes it plenty strong. (yes I waste that much plastic) the also go in the recycling bin.

Yep, this is what I do too. It was DH's idea to get that damn Keurig and I hate it. So, even though it makes him cringe, I use two of those little shitty cups for each normal cup of coffee. I brew it on the smallest cup size to increase the strength. It's expensive and a waste but I can't stand the thought of having two coffee makers on the counter. Also, I generally make coffee in a regular coffee maker at work so I only use them on the weekends. It kinda makes the Sunday coffee thing suck though.

That is no way to go through life. You should get a little french press or stovetop espresso maker.

+1 on the french press!

We must fight for our strong coffee!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, is it even socially acceptable to create that much waste? Unbelievable that people buy these things. Do you buy juice boxes of orange juice for yourself, too?

I really hope that if you are going to bitch about a plastic kcup container that you always bring your own cup to coffee stores, never put any children of yours in disposable diapers, recycle each piece of trash that crosses your path, and that you go out of your way to repurpose and freecycle all of your unwanted items.

If you do not do all of the above please 'shut it'.

[Anonymous]

I didn't want one but I got one for a gift. I roast and grind my own gourmet coffee in small batches and the trick is to use the re-usable refillable cup but not the gold mesh one from Kuereg. You need to get the product that uses paper filters $12.99 at brewmasters.com. The next step is to use more coffee to get a stronger cup.This fixes the original problem and the only waste is a small paper filter (no plastic) I use mine to test different variatal beans and the degree of roasting by the cup

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok crazy pp, i will go back to my dunkin donuts styrofoam large cups two or.three times a day.

This cracks me up. My dad does this. The rest of us go to Starbucks. Coffeetime takes hours at my parents' house.

I would buy him Keurig and lots of pods, but he actually likes to drive down to Dunkin Donuts twice a day.

Does he know there are Dunk Kcups?

[Anonymous]

Buy finer ground coffee (espresso) grind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:San Francisco Coffee French roast. Yum!!

http://www.amazon.com/San-Francisco-Bay-Coffee-12-Count/dp/B005ZBZLSU

Also carried by Costco.

This -- this is the only coffee I can stand with a Keurig. The rest taste like gas station coffee to me. They also don't have plastic covering them so they are less wasteful. But I've never seen it at Costco. Which Costco?

[Anonymous]

I like my coffee on the milder side! I have a drawerful of the stronger ones that I will never use (I also hate starbucks). I guess I should be coffee buddies with someone and we can get the variety pack.

[Anonymous]

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Which jurisdiction recycles them? They are a paper plastic mix, so I know MoCo won't recycle them. I'm a big Keurig user too. So I'm not judging.

But honestly,when you look at the entire life cycle of getting coffee in your hand, it's horribly environmentally unfriendly, and most of that is how coffee is grown. It wipes out whole forests. So NO coffee drinker should be sitting in judgment. Buy fair trade, rain forest certified, and to some extent organic, if you "truly" care about the environmental impact of drinking coffee. What happens to k cups is the least of the planet's problems.

NP here. I buy fair-trade organic coffee from a food coop. It's packaged in paper, which I recycle. I transport it to my home in reusable bags. I grind it myself in a 15 year old grinder and make it in either a 20 year old press pot or a 10 year old drip machine with a reusable filter. I compost the grinds.

So, yes, SOME coffee drinkers can sit in judgment, if we wanted to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You do waste--plastic!!! What a joke that people buy this wasteful crap.

Ok, Judgy Mcjudger.

It is okay to judge morally reprehensible behavior. That is why we have, for example, criminal laws. I find wasting and consuming plastic with reckless abandon to be morally reprehensible. I judge littering, too. See, it's ok to judge when the activity really is bad!!

I hope you're also refusing to purchase any items surrounded in layers of plastic and/or bubble wrap and/or syrofoam. Reprehensible when people order from Amazon and other mail order places, buy plastic wrapped items from the drugstore, or buy grocery items in plastic that's not easily recyclable (# 4 and 5).

[Anonymous]

Tully's french roast and italian roast are great for those who prefer a stronger brew.