The TRUTH About Coffee Pods 

My reusable pod is a Royal PIA to clean out when done

Please be careful using old machines. I became physically ill due to fungus growing inside the tubing which supplies the water through the machine. I took it apart after 6 months of debilitating illness and found the source, my effing coffee machine. Now I use a coffee press and the flavor is 10/10 better. Best wishes and a healthy new year.

I do the same; have never had a problem with the reusable pods. I like the flavor if the fresh ground coffee much better. For some reason, my husband prefers the coffee made by pods.

@@Dobviews Every kitchen machine, utensil, needs cleaning and - as you've pointed out - some machines have hidden parts that must be cleaned out. Even automatic dishwashers should be cleaned beyond cleaning their filters. Yeah, I'm due to run a cleanup cycle in my Keurig.

@@nemo227 When you find your instruction manual let us know where this maintenance is recomended and how easy they have made that cleaning process for the user. Oh, you mean it isn't mentioned at all? You have to break the machine just to get to the parts needing cleaned... hmmm. But, by all means don't let me, common sense or 6 + months of illness stand in your way! 🤷‍♀️

Sounds like a class action lawsuit in the making

@@stickmakerman Except, if you bothered to look, those details would be covered under their EULA. Whether you've read it or not is inconsequential.

@@atheisthumanist1964 it should be illegal to make EULAs anyway. Doing something like that should make someone end up in jail for a very long time.

Well duh, you don't get to watch Netflix if your card expires either. It's $1-6 a month for what normally sells for $20+ a cartridge. Cartridges they send you while on that subscription are chipped to only work while the plan is active. They explain all this when you set it up. I prefer my 10 year old black & white laser printer though.

@@CoasterMan13Official XD Creating an EULA should be illegal, when it's made up of legal jargon. No logic flaw there. XD Might want to think through your assertions a bit more before you offer them up to the world. Better for people to only question your ignorance, rather than you cementing that reality.

Well he said most people don’t notice the price. I do I guess I’m just cheap. I haven’t really found a coffee that was horrible but the more you spend the better the coffee is that’s for sure

Grinding the beans is a morning ritual I never want to give-up! I love the scent of freshly ground coffee!

Keurig coffee is like $100-$200/KG is what I've heard

I spend $8 a month on coffee at home. Small electric percolator.

Starbucks beans or Kirkland Signature? KS House is Starbucks Pike, and KS Espresso is Starbucks Espresso - so definitely don't buy the Starbucks branded bags of those kinds. If you want French or another blend, there isn't a KS equivalent.

You’re confusing software with hardware buddy….

@@KarryKarryKarry No. There are some open source hardware projects out there. Mostly done with the blueprint for 3D printer so people could make it themselves.

Inktank printers are already a thing. You just fill the ink containers with liquid ink when they run out. The printers themselves are more expensive, (reasonably priced) Not some no name company, but popular ones like HP, canon, Epson etc

Printer cartridges are a big part of the printer. They are the ones that shoot out the ink.

Epson exofil has no cartridges

That's the way to go.

I brew one cup at a time using whatever coffee I want, wherever I want - I usually grind enough coffee to make several cups and carry it in a small ziplock; works great, NO messy cleanup, no waste, no pollution ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8sWhkvPsHOI.html

I agree & no chance of breaking the coffee pot! I've been using the Keurig ever since they first came out, I think the coffee tastes way better & it's always fresh cup every time &you don't have to brew a pot of coffee, if you just want only one cup later on in the day. Also, if you want tea, just put the teabag in your cup & don't put a pod in, & just brew a cup of hot water over the tea bag, wella, hot tea! Or the same with hot chocolate, just put into cup & brew hot water over it & stir!

Well said! I agreee!

Yay!

I haven't used an ink based printer since like 2004. I had no idea ink cartridges now have microchips in them

I have a cheap Brother laser printer, and I can buy third-party toner cartridges for it at a very low price, and they work.

Most people should just buy laser printers but they don't know any better and just believe the inkjet marketing

@@Bobrogers99 that's exactly what I use.

@@Bobrogers99 same

How do you bypass it

Interesting…

Depending on the system, assuming HP, it doesn't tell you the ink is too low it just says you're over your limit. It's a subscription model based on number of pages.

@@gibberish5388 I recommend ink tank printers, all the major printer companies sell them, and they use cheap refillable ink tanks.

A similar phenomenon happens in gaming. In the past when you would get stick drift in controller’s analog sticks you did the little “spin the sticks around” trick and suddenly it was gone for awhile. The little program that reset the position was removed and now you’ll be lucky to get 6 months out of a controller before you get drift and go out to buy a new $70 controller. Such a little problem that everyone that plays games knows and complains about but companies don’t try to fix it because that means less controller sales.

100%

Keurig is basically a Juicero but successful

His comment about coffee from a coffee pot not tasting good is news to me. Now, I'm not a massive fan of coffee and so I buy the cheap stuff, but it tastes pretty alright to me, lol. Add some creamer and sugar and I'm good to go. Buying pods for coffee is a bewilderment to me. The machines look nice, especially pictures of people with their home brewing stations, but just seems like a very expensive thing to invest in and always be beholden to buying those pods. And indeed, one can get one of those French presses and make coffee that way, too.

especially if you want more than 4 sips of coffee in the morning lmao

Absolutely agree. I can't understand the popularity of the Keurig system. It seamed to me like a more expensive correction for a problem that didn't exist.

I just make a pour over with chemex while making a phone call and end up with a superior cup of coffee in the process.

My boss brought one of those awful things to our break room, where it sits, taking up space. I have a device that sits on my cup, holds a filter so I can do a pour over, and make real coffee. The wonderful aroma wafts around the room, the taste...ahhh....

I simply couldn't have said it better myself.

The ink cartridges have an expiration date. SAY WHAT? It’s true after that date the dang thing won’t print. So I stopped using my printer! THEY LOSE!

That is such a scam I feel like this shit should be illegal. Why are they allowed to disable your entire machine?

@@mclauren86 It's probably hidden in the fine print of the user agreement people (probably unknowingly) automatically opt into when they start using the thing. Some legalese about how you're leasing the machine from them, or required to do regular software updates or maintenance or something. And if you block/cancel their stuff that means you're opting out and declining any further use of the device. But because it's in the paperwork they give us at setup, it's all nice and legal and there's nothing we can do about it unless we want to stop using the thing or void its warranty by modding/hacking it.🙃

Or.....looks like you are out of cyan you can't print B&W. The fuq?

Don’t print

There is a chip shortage so they can't afford anymore to put a chip in every cartridge.

@@dtibor5903 well it's working for them. It's the only reason I bought an ink jet printer.

Bite the bullet and buy a laser printer. Over the long term is much cheaper than the inkjet - which was clogged everytime I needed it...

Yep. Ive been running the same 20 year old laser b/w printers for the last decade because fuck ink. If they actually make decent ink printers, i might replace these half broken dinosaurs with something small and nice heh. Fuck bad products. Good products are how you get customers.

@@Zonkotron - I'm the same. I've been using b/w laser printers for almost 20 years now - no stupid chip preventing me from using third party laser toners; and the quality is so much better than ink. Sure, it's "nice" to have colour, but most of our printing needs don't require colour. I've literally never needed a colour printer, ever. If I want photos, I order them to be printed on photo-quality paper, which is cheaper than running a colour inkjet printer plus photo quality paper.

Agreed. Only reason why I vape is because while it is much cleaner and less harmful than cigarettes, vaping is literally 20th of the price of cigarette smoking where i live. If i were to use those new pod models instead, the money i saved would be almost same as cigarette smoking. Love my pico.

my Orion Q has lasted me 5+ years and costs $8 in pods a month...at least there's options in that segment

@@TheKurtkapan34 My brother used to vape and died of lung cancer. Autopsy found metal in his lungs. I don't know how that is safer. Me? I stopped smoking in 1997.

I agree that is an issue but I dont think he wants to promote vaping lol

The failures of vaping are associated to politics and politics alone. Vaping is still 95% better for you than smoking according to the Royal Academy of Medicine. It should be promoted as a harm reduction tool, and not promoted to children. Americans (I’m American) are fed a false narrative about vaping because we are country ran on the free money from tobacco. Look up the master settlement agreement of 1998, to find out how much money your state collects tax free from tobacco, our infrastructure depends on cigarettes. It’s not a lifestyle change, it’s a means to an end. People need to educate themselves on vaping, and evaluate the pros and cons to switch to vaping.

How many K Cup Pods do you believe you would have to buy/use in order to make even a .0001% difference in a land fill? Don't be stupid and fall for such Bull Sh#t.

Yeah that or they sell paper biodegradable ones you fill yourself, beats non biodegradable plastic

Too bad printers don't have reusable pods!

@@markallen381 At least with my hp printer (probably 6+ years old at this point) I can easily find cheap refills for it. It came up with some dumb alert that it wasn't "genuine" and I just ignored it.

honestly, the coffee tastes better out of the refillable ones

My Breville pod machine can’t hold a candle to my old Technivorm that has been supplying state of the art coffee for more than 15 years - multiple times a day. I grind the beans fresh each batch. Love my Technivorm. It was very expensive here to purchase initially but hassle free coffee for over 15 years: worth every penny.

Also very popular in Belgium and Netherlands *but* there is a major downside: the coffee really isn’t that good and I’ve heard there‘s additives to make the foam.

Senseo isn't coffee or even tastes like it. Just a filter, beans or ground coffee and just cooked water. That's coffee

@@warjandeviking there are tons of different pads from all sorts of brand by now, maybe there are some good ones? I have a Senseo since forever and I'm happy with it, but then again, I am not that picky so I can't really judge :D

@@hasu4399 i know, my mother try to give me some when is visit. But the taste is so mellow. Even the "darkroast" pad tastes like strong tea🥴

@@warjandeviking hm. The Senseo brand or some other? The taste can also be affected a lot by machine maintenance - descaling needs to be done anyway. But hey, maybe your tastebuds are just better then mine so I won't argue :D It works for me but I did have some rather.. questionable pads in the past too where I would totally agree with you.

This is a great idea! I'm going to try it out. Thanks!

Perfect

good idea for if you already have old pods but still, dont buy those shitty pods in the first place PLEASE

use the refilable ones u can buy. plastic ones.i use them for my own coffee. u get the filter and the container to go inside . much cheaper!

​@@cuetTimmonzit's a health hazard to heat up plastic to high degrees.

I love old school it’s so rewarding!

I'm all for this - except printers. Despite the cost of the cartridge, I still pay less per copy by printing myself. But otherwise, yeah.

I would add you can get refillable ink cartridge's now as well and the ink is dirt cheap to do so. I've used alternatives for many things for many years now and you can save so much money and even time sometimes doing so.

@EvilSanta, yeah, except some newer printers, like mine will stop working if you try refilling them, that pesky little chip tells the printer, someone just screwed with my ink!! That was the first thing I tried!! 😂👵🇺🇸

@@vickireynolds4055 They are official cartridges that have been modded to be refillable typically. They're was a lawsuit a while back over it and the printer companies lost that fight. Or at the very least cartridges made to be compatible with the printer being used and all the fuckery they try to stop you.

Those exist?! What kind of Epson printer is it (model number, name, etc)?

I'm using an Epson L3150 Eco Tank and it's been good for the past 2 years

Are you having any issues cleaning the pads? What model? Even HP has an ink tank version.

After doing my research I bought an Epson Eco Tank too. It cost a bit more than a regular ink jet but the cost of filling up the ink is low. The ink lasts for ages and I've had no issues with it yet. Epson were kind enough to throw in some extra ink for me and give me a discount on the printer so it was all good. Oh and coffee pods are not only expensive and wasteful they taste disgusting. Real coffee for me every time

@@LairdDavidson How long have been using it? Would you Rx it for a low volume home personal printing?

A Rogers Coffee Company Freedom Clip would have let you use those reusable pods no problem.

@@JennyEverywhere I acquired one of those first before finding the reusable pods.

Yep. They aren't expensive and come in multi packs so you can pre fill them for quick coffee in the morning.

@@TrentCantrell Yes, a lot of people don't get that. That's exactly what we do too! I don't like the one that Keurig sells, I like & use the ones you are refering to. Unlike what some people think, they are very easy to clean! I even run them through the dishwasher every so often, as well!( after washing them out.)

I've got the same one too. Works perfectly fine

Glad you felt the weird taste -- I thought I was alone when I felt the same.

someone gave me a 2.0 and i used 1 box of coffee, that taste is real and the black sludge on the bottom of the cup was a real turn off. my drip died after and now i use the french press, i wasnt to keen on it but i couldnt find a drip like my old one so.......i really like the press now

Aeropress is a good option too, it's $30 and zero electronics lol

@@TickleMyResearch aero press works everywhere one can make some hot water.I have 2 of them.

Vinegar's a good choice. It's also a good anti-septic that can remove any buildup of bacteria, mold or other bio hazards that could ruin your morning brew.

@@Seriously_Unserious Keurig sells a 2 tablespoon pod for $20 or more that is exactly that - white vinegar and nothing more.

@@petenielsen6683 OMG, what a rip-off!

Is it a bulky black thing with no screen and a half moon shaped water tank on the back? We've got one, and yeah turns out when you distill the device down to the tech it actually *needs* and no more, it's a great product. As soon as you start adding DRM to the fucking coffee, that's when you're getting scammed.

Smart choice using the reusable K cups & your own coffee medium grind is said to work the best in the K cups

#2 mellita filter on top of your cup with any quality beans or ground coffee is way better than any Keurig pod. Costco java club beans are my every day go to bean

@Mark Stewger hey I love waking up to the smell of coffee

@@ATM180 do you notice a burnt taste if your coffee sits in the pot for too long? I feel like I have to pour the coffee the moment the last drop drips or else the coffee takes on a burnt taste. I haven't noticed the taste since I've started pouring the moment its done brewing.

@@Ammut6 my coffee only stays on the heater for 15 mins max, not an awful lot of time to let it get burned. I used to work at a coffee shop and we never used pots that were on a burner because it DOES burn the coffee. If the taste is a major issue for you I suggest a chemex, or the less expensive option, pour over. It takes longer and is more involved but you will get fresh coffee directly into your cup.

I use a "coffee maker" that's literally 40 years old and all it does is heat water and send it down to a vessel or a vessel with a basket that holds the coffee. It has a hot plate on which one's pot or one's cup sits, and a clock, timer and auto-shut off that used to work but doesn't anymore and I don't care one iota. It works fine and produces perfectly good coffee (no matter what coffee snobs say about the water temp). All it requires for maintenance is sending through a vinegar solution every couple years. The daily clean up is terribly complicated. One has to dump the grounds and rinse out the basket (oh, horror). Friends and family who've felt compelled to buy the latest and greatest have ended up replacing their expensive, sophisticated but broken and worn out machines every couple of years.

I brew one cup at a time using whatever coffee I want, wherever I want - I usually grind enough coffee to make several cups and carry it in a small ziplock; works great, NO messy cleanup, no waste, no pollution ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8sWhkvPsHOI.html

I have a pod brewer and a coffee pot brewer. I use the pot daily. I use the pod brewer if I want just a cup later on in the day. Usually, two to three times a week I will turn on the pod brewer.

It's perfect for people who don't drink a lot of coffee. Easier to clean and if it breaks just buy a new machine.

Consistency and ease of use, time saver, many reasons to use them. Yes its more expensive tho.

It’s really simple, convenience.

Exactly my thoughts.

@@TheBladesCut more like its simple, people are dumb, just like the fools who pay for the printer ink subs lol.

A pour over system is also a good alternative.

Get the technivorm or ratio 6.

An electronic percolator is quite nice.

Exactly what we just discussed with my girlfriend, should we just buy a nice, fresh ground drip coffee maker and then 2kg bag from costco coffee beans and fresh grind them?? Yes, 100%!

Drip coffee is KING ..yum ..you can tailor the taste and give yourself exactly what strength/flavor you want for the time/day/weather

Yeah, I agree. Especially for cartridge printers. More economical and efficient to buy a printer with a continuous ink system.

I used to work in an office supply store and in the clearance section, if anyone saw a printer, they bought it immediately but never ever returned to buy ink for it. So I suspect they did ebay the printer after it ran out of ink. Now one printer that was kind of worth keeping was the old HP 990 series printers. Those used massive black cartridges. They cost around $30 (black and $39 color) but the price per mL was CHEAP compared to the competition. The black ink held 42 mL of ink while the nearest rival Canon, had a similar printer with 4 cartridges. The largest black cartridge was the PGI250XL. It cost $27.99 and put out enough for 500 pages. So if we do simple first grade math $29.99 / 980 pages = 3.0 cents per page (HP) vs $27.99 / 500 pages = 5.59 cents per page (Canon) Might not sound like much but let's keep these for two years and assume we use one cartridge every two months so we wind up replacing 12 black cartridges in each HP: 980 x 12 = 11,760 pages Canon: 500 x 12 = 6,000 pages Already the HP prints nearly TWICE as many as the Canon and the cost? 11,760 x 3 cents = $352.80 6,000 x 5.59 cents = $330 (since it's FAR fewer, we'll calculate the same page printout at 11,760 = $646.80!! And remember, we are ONLY talking about the black cartridges. The color inks were about 50% more than the black even if they were individual tanks. What's worse is the printer companies have spent the last 11-13 years slooooowwwwllly shrinking down the cartridges so I bet NONE of the big brands can get even a measly 450 pages from one black cartridge. Canon's top printer is the Pixma TR4520, which uses a PGI280 black cartridge. The large version is $27.99 on Amazon and puts out only 400 pages. so $27.99 / 400 = 6.9 cents per page, still twice as expensive as the old HP and 25% MORE expensive than the older Canon. This is why I think inkjet printers will have to either get cheaper to maintain or the brands will stop making them altogether.

exactly - I was doing this in the 1990s

Mine are free.

@@ratske ... as long as they still make your battery that is ...went through this with Beta vs VCR Cassette ...

But why to use some pods at all when you can have full automatic machine and you can just insert raw coffee to that? It doesn't make sense to me.

@@Pidalin That would be ideal, but tbe single-serve version of those machines don't exist cheaply on the mass market. Plus, you can bring your own pods to work with you

@@specialopsdave I have "full auto" machine with integrated coffee grinder for cca 480 eur, I know it's not so cheap, but when you count with price of coffee or pods, I think it's not so expensive. When you buy big 1 or 2 kg coffee bags, it can be very cheap. But if you have some reusable pod, it's probably ok.

@@Pidalin Yeah, that's more than $400 USD, not worth it to me. I just got an $80 coffee maker and I buy preground coffee, since it's actually cheaper where I live

@@specialopsdave but you can't watch like coffee is going down while grinding in coffee reservoir :-)

I'll second this. My favourite way to have coffee, don't care how snobby or trendy some people deem it. What really gets me about these K-cup coffees is the very specific, metallic, acidic taste any coffee brewed from them uniformly tastes like. But people seem only to care about the convenience of it all.

Yep, I have went through the percolator period, the first soft drip machines using of the shelf grinds then grind your own beans to my first Kurieg with pods and other then the sealed pods giving you fresher ground beans the expense and last a year units just put me back into grind my own drip pots again 😁 Grinding fresh bean is as close as you can get to decent true columbian coffee brewed in Columbia lol.

I use an electric burr mill to grind my 8 o’clock Columbian beans every morning. A handful in an enameled pot full of boiling water and I’m good. Water and fresh ground coffee. No plastic or filter waste, and the grinds can go in the garden or compost pile.

My daughters gave me a Keurig a few holidays ago. I used it for a while, but then realized I !liked Mr Coffee much better; the one I had used for many years.

@@mahler151 When you work 40 plus hours a week and spend hours per week commuting, sometimes a k cup is more convenient. I make coffee in my coffee pot when I am at home, but I am out a lot, so a k cup machine at work is convenient.

Thank you! I don't ever buy the pods and I put excellent coffee from wherever I want in the reusable pods and it tastes great! Is this a secret or something?

Just buy drip coffee maker and all you produce is compost.

They make bio degradable paper filters for the reusables, make the cups easier to clean. Pretty cheap too.

With reuseable means you have to clean it after every use. i do no time time for that

I discovered Aeropress and conical coffee grinders. Now, the only thing that I use my Kerrigan for is the hot water.

And he also made sure the patent had a loophole so he could build his own company to make compatible pods without breaching the patent. This is that precise loophole that allowed anyone to make alternate and reusable pods.

If that's the Nespresso guy this is what I thought. Nespresso blows the doors off Kuerig and out sells it in Europe.

@@TheMaskedheel Never even heard of keurig (which is indeed a Dutch word meaning neat) I only know the pods from my nespresso machine (which I never use, as I make all my coffee with an old senseo machine) but you have to keep the coffee pads in an airtight container, but for the best coffee you need a machine that grinds coffee beans just in time for brewing. A machine like the JURA , its too expensive for the few cups I drink though.

Yet another reason to hate Nestlé.

@@martindejong3974 it's funny, in the US it's all about Keurig and they barely have Nespresso, the opposite of Europe.

My Keurig just broke! Could use any pod but now on to look for another way to brew coffee.

Me too. I’m quite confused by this cuz I have no issues using off brand k cups

I still have an old 1.0 generation that doesn't check the pods that I've been cleaning regularly with vinegar. It was gifted to me so I didn't really choose it and the same person gifts me the pods. haha

@@michaelconnolly7499 a regular coffee pot

Yes! I agree!

Same. Got one for around 15 buck and I can use what ever coffee I want

Everyone has thier own tastes! I think Mr Coffee makes terrible coffee! To each thier own! I've been using the Keurig & the reusable coffee pods ,every since it first came out! It makes way better coffee than the MR Coffee ever could! The coffee from Mr Coffee tastes terrible! This is my opinion, so if you like it good for you! Like I said, everyone has thier own tastes & entitled to thier own opinion!

@@latachia_2981 ur wrong. Plain and simple.

I agree with this. Kuerig coffee taste like hot plastic. You should try a nespresso pod machine. It taste like fancy hot Starbucks or IHOP style coffee. It makes generic Walmart coffee taste good.

I got one of those for my office that thing is just great.

Try buying a water filter pitcher and use that for your coffee water ;)

We have that too-I like the option of being able to make a pot or brew single.

@@Ammut6 Zero water should be the only pitcher anyone should buy. Also. There sre ways to maintain the coffee maker over time so it doesn't get ruined. It doesn't take much effort.

@@Delta9Brian after using tap water for my coffee for so long the sudden change from tap to filtered was great! We use the Brita brand.

Exactly! Super easy and barely an inconvenience.👍 Good for off grid coffee making as well.

I bought my mom one of the most expensive Keurigs and she still using a French press.

Easy to clean?… French press is so annoying to clean. A little cone pour over on the other hand 👍

Nothing will ever make these people self aware about their waste, and they literally don't have the brain capacity for this kind of critical thinking. I can't believe you have enough patience to be gentle with them, while they kill our planet so happily, for the sake of their convenience. I'm glad someone does... But the people who need to hear you, will never listen. It will be way too late before those personality types start to care, for the wrong reasons.

@Delphine, the worst Blade ever agreed. The people who use them can even acknowledge that they're wasteful, but they'll follow up with some shtick about how their schedule is 'simply too busy' to brew their own coffee any other way. It's just one step above buying coffee at a shop every day.

you can beat 50 cents a coffee, a regular machine and a can of folgers would be much cheaper

Spending fifty cents a cup for homemade coffee? To use an old adage, you're penny-wise and pound-foolish.

Cost 30 cent per pod in Europe ...here is a scam to sell 75 cent /pod

And they include a postage paid bag to collect and recycle the used pods.

Yeah, that statement in the video saying that all coffee pod brands sell you bad tasting coffee is a bad generalization. Nespresso does not apply to that.

@@Crateron1 Nespresso is equally as bad coffee, it's bitter and isn't worth what they charge. The only benefit from the original Nespresso machine is that there is 3rd party coffee brands you can use.

@@rojgorritxa1082 I don't know, I don't feel it tastes bitter (or rather, more bitter than it should), and I imagine it also depends on which ones you are comparing. Bitterness in Nespresso's coffee lines increases with intensity, but that is also the case with regular coffee beans. Fortunately, where I live the pods are not as pricey.

It is quite handy. My boyfriend uses my mother's to make ramen in the cups when he's over here. Personally I bought an electric kettle for like $20, it boils water so fast, especially if you just put like one cup of water in it

surely a kettle would be a much cheaper and simpler option?

@@KarrierBag exactly what I'm thinking, has no one here heard of a kettle??

This is exactly what I use mine for most of the time. So much easier and faster than using a kettle.

@@a-bird-lover Keurig is faster 🤷‍♀️

Don't worry some whale in the Pacific ocean probably ate them😉

@@fukushimadaiichi9622 whales are lame anyways

The nespresso casings are aluminum so they are recyclable. The store even prefers you to bring them back to them so they ensure the recycling happens.

Nespresso spends 7 bucks on their mail in pod red bags. Hence I spend a fortune on their coffee. But then again I dont buy crap in a drive through.

Recycling is a scam, most of what you put in the recycling bins end up in a landfill or the ocean anyway.

Making one cup of coffee via a pod machine actually has a massive energy saving because it heating water is energy-intensive. Instead of boiling an entire jug of water, it’s just a single cup.

Ooo! I got an electric kettle a while ago and I line it for this reason!

I’ve made instant mashed potatoes, ramen, oatmeal, etc 😅

It’s called a kettle elsewhere in the world.

@@good2golden803 of course it is, but that's one extra device and requires more actions.

That's so smart, there's definitely ways around the 2.0 as well but what a pain! Thanks for sharing, Heather 🔥

You can put your coffee grounds in your compost if you have one ☝🏾 I do that

@@rasqueen1 If you can fine a good use Keurig K55 K-Cup Classic Coffee Brewing System buy it

@The Forest Djinn yep that’s so true!!

@@FutureProofTV it’s absolutely NOT a pain to use reusable pods. It takes one scoop of coffee, filled from the canister next to the machine. Then afterwards you dump out the used grounds, give it a good rinse and put it on the draining board to dry. Nothing easier.

Keurig sell a reusable addon themselves so it's not like they don't want you to use it this way.

This is exactly what I thought too

@@antikommunistischaktion true!

@@rheamcrae Yep, and imo using a Keurig with a reusable pod or the official reusable addon from Keurig is much less wasteful. If I don't think 1 cup of coffee is enough I can always reload the pod and make another cup, I can't unmake extra coffee left over in the carafe though.

@@antikommunistischaktion yes exactly! And I’m too tired in the morning to wait for a bigger pot to brew 😂

I bought two Keurig K55 K-Cup Classic Coffee Brewing System in Dec 2016 and one is still in the box five years later and I use reusable pod so I'm good to go. Works every morning

Same here. I'm on my 2nd one and have one for a backup in the event my current one lays down. I have no desire to own anything else

My sister sent me a Keurig she had never used so that brought me into the world of coffee pods. I bought refillable pods and the little paper filters to help with cleanup. The coffee is good and so convenient and I'm not getting into the pod waste so I'm pretty happy.

@@sherryhoskins8771 Same here, we also have a spare!

Um....it doesn't cost $0.65 to $0.90 per cup to brew your own from beans as compared to pod cost.

@@mjs28s but if you drink 1 cup it is very convenient.

I brew one cup at a time using whatever coffee I want, wherever I want - I usually grind enough coffee to make several cups and carry it in a small ziplock; works great, NO messy cleanup, no waste, no pollution ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8sWhkvPsHOI.html

You are still causing waste. Ground coffee, a cup of water and you have a nice cup of coffee. So very easy. And consider that it costs no more than $.10 per cup. You pods cost a whole lot more and produces far more waste.

@@bondgabebond4907 -- plus the wasted fuel/electricity, equipment and materials it costs to manufacture the pods and package and transport them. Just get the coffee ...

Yeah, drip machines are simple and still the best way to make coffee, Keurig just plain sucks. Its gas station coffee.

You can just throw your grounds and filter on top of potted plants instead of binning them.

What specific grinder and drip machine do you use?

@@KVN_9 The OXO conical burr grinder and OXO 8 cup coffee maker. Only paid 110 for both (got the grinder on sale and the coffee maker used). They're worth it even at full price though, great machines.

Buying moka pot changed my life. Doesn't even need filters. Just wash and reuse.

@@phs125 I just got an expresso machine, other than needing to occasionally clean it with the cleaning tablets it's fine

OK, it's been 7 years already, time to get them a new gift! Take that stupid Kurig out of the house, and let 'em find a nice beautiful stainless steel percolator all wrapped up for Christmas! (I have experience with my own parents. If you want them to use the new gift, you or one of your siblings *must* remove the item to be replaced. Otherwise, your new gift will sit quietly collecting dust while they continue using the old thing!)

K Cups were never intended to replace pots of coffee, why would anyone use 3 or 4 pods at a time? I drink maybe 3 cups of coffee a week, the pods are perfect for me. And, they contain the exact same coffee grounds found in bulk, so I don’t know why he thinks they taste bad?

@@alphagt62 pods are supposed to add convenience. If you're only making coffee 3-4 times a week, why can't you make it the normal way? And even in heavy usage situation, I don't understand why people would choose pods. They're so damn expensive you can go out have a proper cup of coffee and it would be cheaper. 1 single pod of coffee costs 4 times as much as regular coffee, and twice as much as good quality coffee here. Doesn't make sense at all.

I agree that making the amount you want is the best solution. I live alone and use a French press. I have a thrifted, average size one but I just figured out how much water and coffee I need to make one mug. I’ve also seen smaller ones.

I find that wasting coffee is only a problem when brewing a pot, other methods you can adjust the water and ground based on how much you want to brew, but these methods also involve more effort than both pot brewing and keurig brewing, so it has that as a detractor

idk how much you've actually drank coffee. Coffee waste is not an issue.

@@matt05024 You can brew a pot with any amount of water and coffee

@@jhoughjr1 For sure not with every machine. The smaller ones that I have / had can make one mug or couple of them but the bigger machines start with 3 to be able to brew. Besides of course the bigger paperfilters they got. So you have to make a choice in the machine for the size you want and at least here, the smaller machines are a lot more expensive (40 Eur plus) then bigger ones (around 10-15 Euro's). That's why I have multiple... and also french press, moka-pot (both elektric and on gas), aeropress. For filling the thermos I use the bigger one and when at home and want some extra I use one of the others. For people that work here, most of them only drink Senseo - single servings too but less expensive and less wasteful. I don't like the taste...

For anyone who wants to figure out how much water they need to brew 1 or 2 cups of coffee, an easy way to do that is just use the mug you're going to drink out of to measure how much water's needed to fill it once or twice, and measure out how many coffee grounds you need to get the right strength per cup. Simple. For anyone reading this guy's comment, that's a way you get get to where he got to easily.

You pay for convenience you'll always get a lesser result. Put the time and the work in and you'll have a better experience. Glad you made the shift. Screw Keurigs.

BUT YOU RE STUCK WITH THE SAME COFFEE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH

@@philipperostin ? you can buy different kinds of coffee lol

@@brutus3631 right, then 20 $ x 6 sorts = 120 $ what did you solve ?

I'll be checking out Ollie's thank you very much for that tip. I drink a lot of coffee........A Lot.

@@Dominic-ul9xw I used to drink 2 pots of coffee a day. My wife and I and a friend we shared a house with for years, would go through a 1 lb can every day. We bought it by the case. Now I'm 2-4 cups a day.

I know the topic was about Printers and ink cartridges, but since you mentioned coffee? Ollie’s coffee is some of the best tasting coffee I’ve had in years!!!!

Had no idea Ollie's has K cups. Definitely going to be checking that out.

@@lavenderpants8695 I can't guarantee all Ollie's will carry coffee pods but I wish you luck.

Now I'm just searching for proof that chihuahua are indeed killers...

Reality translation: Keurig = Coup-Rig _"We have assumed control. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."_

@@Gabriel-of-RU-vid Not funny, but a chihuahua took on an attacking pit bull---He got killed, but you have to admire the fierceness of such a little beast to protect his people

"Keurig" is actually a noun meaning, "Idiot who can't make proper coffee or espresso."

Your erroneous information is also including continuous ink printers and passing them as cartridge printers.

What brand is that? I’m in the market for a new coffee machine and i have three boxes of k cups left. Thank you.

To me nothing beats a french press for regular coffee.

If you want to be a friend of the environment and use a Keurig coffee maker, don't depend on the municipal recycling program to bail you out. Take the 5 to a recycling center

I don't have to worry about that, brcause I use the reusable pods, with my own coffee in them! then just rinse them out in the sink & put them in thedishwasher every so often!

i think he's referring more to Elon Musk's recent objection to the US build back better bill, where they would fund the building of more chargers but the rebate won't apply to tesla brand chargers due to the union caveat and so Elon is against it. I'm not sure exactly how charging speeds on a tesla charger compare between tesla vs. non-tesla cars, but I have heard of tesla customers having their fast charging capabilities limited for superficial reasons (I.e. getting a third-party service for the car or replacing a part without paying the tesla upcharge)

@@matt05024 thanks for the civil reaction first of all. Hard to find on RU-vid comments. I won't defend Tesla because they are a for profit company and in a capitalist world, they of course want to make profit too. And sadly, many brands of products behave like this...other car brands force you to only go to their Dealerships in order to keep the manufacturer's warranty also. The Printer example provided in the video was perfect because they go the extra mile to hurt you, and honestly I didn't think that Tesla is at that level, specially with their manufacturing restrictions. But I thought that the video implied that Teslas are only able to charge at their Super Chargers by using the Tesla connector or so. At least that's how I understood it and that isn't correct; they can be charged anywhere with adapters that aren't too expensive. I think Tesla includes an adapter themselves. I love Levi's videos though, no hate.

There's a difference in charging ports between EU tesla models and NA teslas. In NA tesla uses proprietary chargers that's what he is referring to.

@@0nNiz when Tesla started making cars nobody took EVs seriously...North America didn't have a standard charging port. The port they chose was what they considered it was best for the battery tech they had back then. Even then, they didn't restrict their cars by putting chips in their chargers to accept charge from your home outlet or any other charger in the world. Again, adapters are cheap online and Tesla doesn't care where or how you charge their cars (except if a Tesla was crashed and fixed by yourself...because they are afraid of battery fire at their charging station. That's their argument, not mine, not saying that I agree with it). If I am not mistaken, Tesla actually offered free super charging for many years, and today they charge a bit for the charge but the Super Chargers are, still today, operated at a loss. So again, I don't think it's out of greed and evilness.

This is all great, if you are rich and can afford a Tesla.

I dump dumpsters in the landfill almost daily, ad a couple times a month I see literal semi loads of k cups dumped… insane

Trust me, there is NO ONE working at a waste facility ANYWHERE in the world that is sorting used coffee pods into recyclable and non-recyclable piles. That recycle logo is there just to make YOU feel good about it.

But then he wouldn't be able to make a one-sided video that ignores all of the pros that coffee pods have.

I used to work at a retail shipping store that people would drop off bags of used Nestle pods to send back to be recycled or whatever. Even putting aside how shipping your trash across the country to be reused probably negates any ecological benefit from reusing them, if the bag leaks at any point in the shipping process, it gets tossed. If you gave it to me and it was leaking, I'd put it in the trash. If the carrier driver found it leaking, trash. If it leaked at the hub, trash. Not worth any more effort. I heard of other stores and drivers that just put them in the trash preemptively, but at least the customer got their Good Place points.

This video was stupid, he kept talking about plastic Keurig pods while showing a video of aluminum Nespresso pods. He clearly did absolutely no research before making this.

I mean compared to what we could produce from a v60, it does taste way worse

@@Bobbylim323 I agree I've had amazing coffees when at a Cafe or at friends houses before that a pod machine cannot produce, even the centrifugal ones. But I've also had very average ones which were far worse than the average pod machine. And these cafe ones still cost their premium price irrelevant of the quality. The reason why I use pods is because of the cost, speed, ease of use, consistency, accessibility and quality. A few now use recycled materials for their pods such as aluminium. I still like to get a good coffee from a favourite Cafe once a week.

Reusable pods

I get my favorite Starbucks coffee in k-cups and it tastes just as good as the restaurant. I don't think they sell it in bags.

@@3DJapan I'm pretty sure Starbucks sells whole beans. But I understand why the Kcup would work for you, because those are calibrated to produce a brew similar to what you would get at the shop.

10 years? Ink dries out.

@@VanionLOT Apparently toner doesn't, because it's fine.

AH! The old 4050N. The workhorse of the office. Always good, rarely fails. I got something similar. Bought a color HP Laser printer in 2013. The toner that came with the printer was replaced in 2015 and is still going today 2022. The black is low now and probably needs to be replaced this year but I think I got my money's worth out of those toners.

@@VanionLOT inside a sealed unit? Ok

@@VanionLOT buy a bic pen, place it in a cool dark place like a cupboard for 10 years and let me know if its dried up.

You can use a medium drip grind off the shelf too. Two scoops and you can build pressure for a great extraction.

Speaking as a dane: Keurig doesn't mean anything in Danish. Levi fell for the classic Dutch-Danish mix-up ;)

@@FreeHugsAndPeeps And he even lived in the Netherlands at some point 👀 GoodHousekeeping says on their website that it's picked out of a Danish-English dictionary. So they're probably Levi's source on this

And hopefully you clean yours regularly, or the cost for cups is going to be the least of your concerns. Ingesting mold, mildew, and bacterial growth every time you make a cup. Mmmmm. French press is "technically" even better for the environment. No machine to break down and need replacing, no filters to throw away and coffee grounds can be composted. 0 waste.

@@atheisthumanist1964 obviously

it tastes horrible. Very very watered down and diluted

sure If u enjoy coffee grounds in ur coffee

@@alyssahamlett Are you high?! There’s a filter inside the pods so there’s no coffee grounds.

It's not that it's snobby, it just takes a lot of time and attention. I have to boil the water separately on the stove, I have to handwash the carafe every time, I have to slowly pour the water over and sit there the whole time, all while I need to be getting ready for work. Now I'm not saying it's a bad way to make coffee. My point is that different people with different lives all have different needs in the way they brew coffee. Some people aren't that picky and just want the caffeine in the morning. Some people like to slow down and really savor their coffee. Arguing over which is best is pathetic.

When I'm barely awake in the morning, I don't want to bother with making accurate measurements to brew coffee, nor do I care for the cleanup required afterwards. The pods are an exchange of convenience for price, like many things in life

Definitely not easier to clean or more convenient. Maybe the initial purchase is cheaper but it's not any cheaper going forward since I use a reusable k cup.

@@Andrew-it7fb In what world is grinding beans, measuring them out, pouring the grounds into a filter, slowly pouring hot water over them and waiting for it to drip through any easier than popping in a kcup and pressing a button?

@@kynmasters8670 It's not and I didn't say it was.

I feel worse for those who cannot afford to drink coffee but pay for everyone else’s sins with the environmental and social problems multination giants cause.

@@DR-nh6oo oof

Gary Butler oof oof

Check out a moka pot! It's right up your alley

Moka pot or aeropress would be good. And they’re pretty decently priced

We totally agree! Thanks so much for the support, Evan 👍

Coffee pods are so convenient I can't stop using them. I feel bad about it. Coffee is a drug and drugs make you do evil things or I am just lazy.

@@scottt988 Honestly, it's not that much work placing a filter into a regular coffee maker, filling it with a scoop of ground coffee and turning it on.

@@scottt988 a good grinder and a good coffee maker will make a world of a difference in quality with little extra labor :) try some black coffees at boutique coffee shops (the ones your hipster college students are going to that do light/medium roasts) and you’ll wonder what you’ve been missing all these years…then realize you can do it at home too

@@classicrockonly 9

What is wrong with metal spoon?

@@conanobrien1 I'm not sure why you're asking this, I didn't say anything about metal spoons being bad.The company is not providing them though. They essentially moved to a "bring your own coffee supplies" stance and said that it was in the name of benefiting the environment, but then they move to using a coffee maker that only accepts plastic pouches to brew coffee.

News flash Mr. Naive: it's not about the environment, it's about saving the company money. Always.

@@kynmasters8670 *gasp* My pearls...I must clutch them now. How dare you spoil my virgin ears. I will never be the same now.

@@clovermite Oh I don't know, maybe bring your own metal spoon to work and use it... While you're at it, bring your own ceramic mug, jar of instant coffee and make almost zero waste.

I feel your pain. I have a wife who also likes to spend money on useless junk which gets used a few times.

Don't worry, she will selve you soon too. Nothing personal, it's the female way. Heck she's probably been thinking of someone else since your 3rd date. Relax and enjoy a cup of coffee.

That would be a deal breaker for me. I hate (plastic and electronic) waste and clutter makes me irrationally angry.

Should sell off the 2nd machine, keep the less used one.

@@DanielA23 ooo I’ve never heard of Tchibo before but I like it!! I may just pick up one of those machines, my Keurig is making weird noises and I’m afraid it may finally die any day now. The water pump really struggles.

You can buy a "coffee press" in the size of a coffeycup. That way you waste no coffey and it is alot better for enviroment and human/animal/fauna life for now and into eternity. It is also good coffey AND fast to do. And you do not need a waterboiler, you can cook water in a pot the old fashion way. Not that electricity is good for enviroment either, but you can make a fire and put a pot on that. Think and there are always alternatives that is BETTER than the EASY ones. Cause add up all the waste of your coffey, razorblades, your ink cartridges and everything else that have the same system, and you yourself is making tons of garbage every year that can be avoided if thinking smart. Add also you are ONE of 8 billion humans. That is 8 billion tons of "potential" garbage EVERY YEAR, that can be avoided if you find alternatives like a "Coffey press". Not that everyone buys those things, but 1 million humans doing it is still a large amount of un-needed garbage that can be avoided. Last thing you can buy regular coffey machines that supports one cup also.We had those in the early 80's and i have seen better options today. Those machines have washable filters so you do not need filters either. Put one coffee measure of coffey and one cup of water into the washable filter and voila only one cup of coffey with REAL grinded coffey beans. This is ment as a tip not as anything else. I am just stating facts.

@@toms9651 Just about any method is better than Keurig.

Cope more, no one wants to read that wall text.

I enjoyed reading that

Using punctuation is a must. Makes it easier to read in short, digestible bursts.

Bitch, please. Starbucks is the exclusive haunt of Basic Becky and her Uggs. Close Starbucks and Millenials everywhere would die a thousand deaths, documented with duckface selfies on Instagram and play by plays on Twitter.

I agree, making your own is much better, not tried the French press though.

@@keithmarlowe5569 i do but only because i was gifted a bunch of giftcards for it because i love coffee 😭 i despise starbucks but why not use free money lmao I agree starbucks coffee is so shitty, i mean its like 1 pump extremely burnt, un concentrated coffee into a fourth of the cup of sugar.

@@keithmarlowe5569 yes where i live starbucks is bought by 90% of the city and all the time people get plain black coffee. My mother in law being one of them. I'm not saying starbucks coffee is the greatest but its definitely better than Tim hortons, McDonald's, or the gas stations around town I have as other options.

french press rules👌!

I use a dripper too most mornings, it's way more economical. Even buying the really nice, fresh coffee from local roaster is cheaper per gram than anything from a pod. A good grinder, and a good dripper are all you need for great daily coffee. Plus you can control your ratios. If you like stronger coffee, use less water (or more coffee).

Agreed, nothing can beat my aeropress for me

@@dhananjayrana6222 I love my aeropress. I keep it n my desk at work with a hand grinder.

Then you, sir, need to purchase a quality espresso machine and learn how to use it. Life's too short to drink crap!

found that super automatic espresso machines are the shit, though they are expensive up front. but you get to use whatever whole beans you want and its as easy to use as a Keurig

My boy won't even have 6 pods for guests but be blaming Keurig.

I buy my nespresso pods off Amazon. They have next day delivery. Box of 30 for $30. Target carries Starbucks nespresso now also.

And then there’s the Nespresso Vertuo…even more pricer pod’s…but delicious with it’s fake froth! Lol And the pod’s are so hard to find. There’s definitely ways around that pod problem as well.