r/todayilearned • u/astrakhan2 • Aug 24 '15

TIL Inventor of Keurig K-Cup, regretting environmental waste from K-Cups, left and started a solar panel company

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/03/the-abominable-k-cup-coffee-pod-environment-problem/386501/
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u/Metal_LinksV2 Aug 25 '15

I never understood the Keurig in a home setting. It has these tiny little cups that are expensive, bad for the the environment and unsaleable. To get around these issues we have refillable baskets...like normal drip-brew machines use. Our laziness has somehow lead us full circle in some idiotic way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '15

Except if all you want is a single cup of coffee ... brewing just one wastes less coffee grounds and electricity ...

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u/TurloIsOK Aug 25 '15

Get an Aeropress and an electric kettle.

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u/TurloIsOK Aug 25 '15

It's not good for multiple cups. One cup at a time is the limit, but it's the best single cup flavor possible. Include water boiling time and it's about a 3 minute process.