Community Chat

[Bellabutterfly]

I like many of you, own a "Keurig Type" of coffee maker.  

I am guilty,  I placed my "Regular Coffee Maker", back on the storage self...And yes, it is collecting dust just sitting there.

 So, why do we use a Keurig Machine?  For me it is really convenient.  My husband leaves for work with a fresh cup of coffee and I get up a little later and also have a fresh cup of coffee.  Yes, Keurig is very convenient...If I were to bet, I would say this is why you too use one?  Is it not?  Yes, those little convenient K-Cups...For me it is a "Love / Hate" relationship.   You ask me why?  Well, this is what I will tell you...

What I do not like about Keurig "Green Mountain"...

Yes...you got it..."K-CUP  WASTE"!!!  Yes, that thin plastic exterior and the foil top. 

Keurig says, "They are very interested in enveronmental waste". However, "Keurig Green Mountain" have done nothing to make their products Green / Bio-Degradable.  Nothing!

Keurig Green Mountain company "Monopolize" the "K-CUP Industry". These little K-Cups have become a huge environmental problem, growing by BILLIONS...Yes, BILLIONS!!!  To estamate just how many K-Cups are in landfills. Since 2012, "Green Mountain" sold 11 BILLION Plastic K-Cups. That number has more than tripled since then.

Since 2012, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks along with numerious other companies have and are jumping in on the K-Cup bandwagon.  Filling up our landfills one K-CUP at a time.

So, I ask  you "Keurig Green Mountain" please tell me what you are doing about this concern / major problem?  How are you going to improve our landfill and our environment?  What are you doing to improve our "Childrens lives our Grandchildrens lives"?  How are you going to clean up our environment from

K-Cup waste?  

I know there are other methods available...Why then is "Keurig Green Mountain", not using them?  

If "San Francisco Bay Coffee Company" can make and produce a 97% Bio-Degradable K-Cup why can't "Keurig Green Mountain" do the same?  Why???  Yes, like I stated yearlier, you Monopolize the Coffee Industry.  I would think this would be your number #1 priority.   

Yes, I know we can all use the little plastic reuseable K-Cup we can all fill with our own brand of coffee...But really, how many of you are using this method?    

I personally,  will only brew my coffee using "San Francisco Bay Coffee Company" K-Cups because they are 97% Bio-Degradable. Yes, that is a "BIG" thing in my book.  A Company who has concerns about our "World and our Environment".  

And no, I do not work for San Francisco Bay Coffee Company nor do any of my family or friends...I am just doing the right thing. 

I will continue to brew my "Tea", the "Old Fashion Way" 1 biodegradable tea bag at a time.  If I want "Apple Cider", I buy a jug of "100 % Pure Apple Cider" yes, the "Old Fashion Way".      

[HappyDaze]

I purchased two and both clunked out pretty quickly. Never again. I do NOT like the taste of the coffee it makes (terrible!) and I don't like the waste of k-cups in the landfills. I used the my k-cup reusable instead but again, the coffee is just awful. I guess I am kind of a coffee snob. I enjoy a realy good cup of dark roasted joe (no cream, no sugar) and the Keurig could not produce.

Never again. What a piece of (expensive) junk.

[DoneTryin]

I've had one for about 5 years & really not all that impressed.  I'd say it's just OK.  Once I used up the k-cups that came with the machine but have not used them any more because of the wastefulness.  I've preferred using my own freshly-ground coffees in the my k-cup.  However, sometimes I do want to make a full pot, so I just ordered a Hamilton Beach dual coffee maker.  It has a 12-cup glass carafe & can also brew single servings in cups or travel mugs.  Though it can take coffee pods, I will continue using fresh ground coffee.

[circles]

I like the convenience.....I am the only one here and I usually only drink one cup of coffee a day....I would never go back to a regualar coffee maker....

If company drops over its so easy to pop a k-cup in and have a fresh cup of coffee in minutes...

[Moonchilde]

I enjoy my Keurig for convenience and variety. I do not like weak coffee, and I have found plenty of K-cups to suit me. The newer machines also have a "strong" setting that brews slightly slower. I've been using a Keurig for 6-7 years.

I use SF Bay K-cups primarily because I prefer the taste of their coffee, but as one person who uses one K-cup per day, I'm not overly concerned with the biodegradable issue when I occasionally use other K-cups. I have rarely used "official" K-cups simply because I enjoy the taste of their competitors' coffee (SF BY, Peet's, Coffee Bean, etc.) more.

[nagrom]

I have a personal small Keurig as the only one in our household that drinks coffee or tea.   It is very convenient and in my opinion the coffee is never bitter like the store bought coffee.   My personal taste is for mild coffees.  Also my preference is for decaffeinated coffee whenever possible.  This works out well for me.   One cup in the morning and a sleepy time tea in the evening.  My Keurig is a couple years old and in the event that it breaks I would buy another.

[Desertdi]

I have used a Corningware stovetop coffee pot for 45 years

[Ms Virgo]

I agree with you I had 3 ALL 3 died after 1 1/2 years or 2 years. I did everything correct, water filter, filter water, and descaled it with White vinegar. To me the coffee is not good in these machine they are weak and watery. I tried different sizes and brew settings, and coffee strength and it's still not good. Went back to a Regular coffee maker Hamilition and Beach, coffee taste better and it's cheaper than the K-cups. Never again! And I got all 3 from the Q. And yes I am a coffee snob! lol

[Mary Bailey]

I was part of the testing for the mini-Keurig.  My test model is still working. I did buy a spare a couple of years ago. 

I love the ease of it.  I only drink one cup per day. Sometimes I use my own coffee, sometimes I get on a Kcup kick.

[PINKdogWOOD]

This is kind of funny - saving the environment from Kcups.  Here's a thought, STOP buying these Keurig coffee makers that break down after a short period of time which leads to STOP clogging up the landfills with plastic Kcups.  Just saying.

Just how many Keurigs can one have anyway?