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Around the Internet => Antimustachian Wall of Shame and Comedy => Topic started by: texscrooge on June 01, 2013, 06:53:30 AM
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My co-worker had a case of "bargain" K-cups that he'd gotten a great deal on at Sam's, only "about 40 bucks". Reading the side of the box, I realized he had just paid "about 40 bucks" for less than 2 lbs. of coffee. Unable to restrain myself, I burst out laughing, then apologized, saying, "sorry I'm kinda of a cheapskate". He admits he is too, he "uses the K cups twice".
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My co-worker had a case of "bargain" K-cups that he'd gotten a great deal on at Sam's, only "about 40 bucks". Reading the side of the box, I realized he had just paid "about 40 bucks" for less than 2 lbs. of coffee. Unable to restrain myself, I burst out laughing, then apologized, saying, "sorry I'm kinda of a cheapskate". He admits he is too, he "uses the K cups twice".
I just bought .75 pounds of coffee beans yesterday for $11/pound. I could see $20/pound being worth it for really good coffee. But I only drink really good coffee once or twice a week, so 20 pounds of the good stuff would last me months.
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It's not the weight that matters, it's the number of cups you can get out of it. That's $0.50/cup. You can get Sam's house brand for $0.40/cup. Doubling up gives you $0.20-$0.25/cup. Not as cheap as drip, but not terrible, especially if you're only making one or two cups each morning.
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I guess it's not the worst thing I've ever heard - but these Keurig coffee things are just too much for me seems like a fret way to charge three prices. This was not good coffee btw.
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I buy some of the best coffees in the world for $5-8 per pound, roast them myself, so I always have it as fresh as possible. I typically buy coffee once or twice per year.
End cost is $0.10-0.15 per cup.
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K-cups are all about convenience. In a context where convenience has no value, k-cups will practically always fare poorly in comparisons.
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I bought one of these k-cup machines for my grandmother, who loves coffee but lives alone. Yes, it's more expensive than brewing a pot for several people to share, but it's less expensive than making a small pot and throwing half of it away. For a single person, these k-cups may be a sensible option.
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I bought one of these k-cup machines for my grandmother, who loves coffee but lives alone. Yes, it's more expensive than brewing a pot for several people to share, but it's less expensive than making a small pot and throwing half of it away. For a single person, these k-cups may be a sensible option.
In hindsight, I maybe "idiocy" was inappropriate, I id didn't mean to come across as so judgmental. That being said, I beg to differ, at $20 a pound, it WOULD be cheaper to throw half a pot away.
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Where I used to work, we bought a Keurig machine because my boss was a complete and utter pig. She insisted on having the old coffee pot in her office, but then never cleaned it out. No coffee for the rest of us, I guess.
Then she was incapable of taking out her used k-cup or adding water to the machine, but at least there wasn't a mold issue.
Considering I was let go from that job, I hope the machine has broken and they are back to moldy coffee.
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The joke to me is that so many people drink coffee.