Why I Will Not Buy a Keurig Machine

I  left a you comment on your blog post. Sorry, I have to disagree.

Great post! And I think about the unbridled luxury and convenience of these things, and yet, I'm just too frugal to get into them. Looking at a box of the cups in the store and the price, even at COSTCO seems just too extravagant. I can see why people love them , though. We drink coffee by the pot as well...Fondly, Robin

I agree. We have 2 at work and they get well used. I noticed that when I want tea it ends up tasting like coffee and the coffee is stronger. I asked the service who we lease the machine from about it, if it may need some cleaning and he indicated that it cleans itself. Well he then proceeded to clean something and it helped but a few weeks later, it was back to the same. I use the other machine that doesn't get as much use but I'm not a big coffee drinker, just 1 a day at work and 1 tea, that's plenty for me. My boyfriend loves coffee and it would be way too expensive to buy those little cups.

I also decided against buying one, more for the additional cost and the need we have around here for coffee by the potful, rather than the cupful. A lot of my friends have a Keurig or similar device, and I'm reluctant to throw them under the bus. I know what it's like to be seduced by the siren call of a sexy new appliance!

So I like your reasonable tone in the post and comments. I also like that you get people thinking about some of the little ways to cut back on waste, and acknowledge that if the reusable cup is used, a Keurig is not all that bad.

Great post and good for you for taking what may be an unpopular stand!

yeah!

I'm anti-Keurig too!

It's nice to meet you!

Likeminded, unpopular thinking folks must stick together!

I won't be buying one either. My aunt has one and I indulge myself when I'm there, because...fresh or otherwise...the coffee tastes good and I like it. But I can't justify the waste, both in plastic in the landfills and the cost of the coffee itself - FAR more expensive than buying even the more spendy beans.

I'd have a hard time justifying all that packaging; of course, I buy pound-bags of coffee at the grocery store or from Starbucks so it isn't exactly waste free. And I haven't done a side by side comparison to see how much packaging a pound of Keurig coffee packets would produce. Still, my hunch is it'd be more.

You can grind your own coffee and use the re-usable filter cup! What's worse, that or using your huge coffeemaker to brew just a little bit of coffee? I use both, depending on the occasion.

I can measure coffee and boil water. This makes an awful lot of waste at a big price and the coffee CAN'T be fresh. I buy coffee from a local roaster who roasts in small batches and who researches the farms thoroughly and visits them himself.