rampant consumerism question of the day

[rmd]

so, aside from being wasteful because single serving extra packaging etc, any opinions on k-cup type keurig coffee pod systems? someone i know who lives alone and has started drinking more coffee is potentially interested. and the single-servingness appeals, as does the variety of available flavors and such.

also, where are k-cup pods available for retail purchase? or is it all mail-order?

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[unclebooboo.livejournal.com]

There are about as many single serving coffee formats as there are flash card formats for digital cameras.

I prefer espresso/capucino, so I've got an espresso maker that can take loose coffee or ESE (easy serving espresso) standard pods. It uses high pressure (15 bars) steam to make the espresso. I use the pods since I don't make enough coffee to keep fresh ground coffee around. I'm very happy with this approach.

Sue doesn't like espresso- she prefers brewed coffee. She thought that she might like the coffee made by a Senseo pod coffee maker, so I bought her one. These machines use steam pressure, but not as much as real espresso requires. I find the taste acceptable, but Sue decided that "it's too fancy for me", and went back to brewing pots of coffee. I'll probably run through the Senseo pods and then sell the machine at a garage sale.

From what I've heard, the k-cup system produces similar results.