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Honest question: If you don't care about the coffee taste, why not drink a glass of water and pop a caffeine pill?
Or Coke (and a caffeine pill), or whatever you prefer. Bad coffee is a perplexing choice.
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This. Plus I have yet to see any non-pod-style coffee machine that can competently make one cup at a time.
I have a manual grinder and an Aeropress. Making one cup at a time is easy, and the taste is superior to pod-style coffee in my opinion. The time I spend grinding the coffee is part of the enjoyment.
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I have a manual grinder and an Aeropress. Making one cup at a time is easy, and the taste is superior to pod-style coffee in my opinion. The time I spend grinding the coffee is part of the enjoyment.
Really? http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/bbbb918e28fa404b836... I much prefer that machine to the crappy k-cup machines.
This case doesn't have anything to do with DRM as the title suggest. It's more clear in the article: "the java-bean equivalent of DRM". As far as I can tell it's actually just allegations of patent abuse and anti-competitive vertical integration. Keurig had a patent on the technology for both machine and pod. That patent expired in 2012, allowing third-party vendors to start making pods. Treehouse Foods argues (among…
If the patent is expired, one wonders if some company may reverse engineer the Keurig 1.0 design, and continue their manufacture (along with all the factories that are already tooled for the 1.0 cups.)
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I waste 7 pounds of petroleum driving to work, and .01 lbs from my morning k-cup. My time has value, and I am not going to waste it greenwashing.
How is using a good old coffee maker with beans a waste of time? You're getting better coffee and you're only spending a minute on brewing.
Craft beers are superior to generic domestic lite beers, right? No, it's strictly subjective to every individual's preference.
I've known some people that prefer cheap or generic coffee, made in a clunky old coffee pot, slightly burnt. Is their taste wrong / worse / inferior? It can't be, it's their taste.
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Really? http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/bbbb918e28fa404b836... I much prefer that machine to the crappy k-cup machines.
Hard to tell what machine that is from just a tiny photo.
Basically it's a machine with 3 compartments:
Coffee, Decaf Hot Chocolate
And you can push a button, it grinds, and outputs your cup.
I prefer it vastly to the k-cups.
This case doesn't have anything to do with DRM as the title suggest. It's more clear in the article: "the java-bean equivalent of DRM". As far as I can tell it's actually just allegations of patent abuse and anti-competitive vertical integration. Keurig had a patent on the technology for both machine and pod. That patent expired in 2012, allowing third-party vendors to start making pods. Treehouse Foods argues (among…
"While we're still not willing to discuss specifics about the platform for competitive reasons, we are confident it delivers game-changing performance. To ensure the system delivers on the promise of excellent quality beverages produced simply and consistently every brew every time, we use interactive technology to help us perfectly brew all Keurig brew packs. Because of this the system will not brew unlicensed packs."
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How is using a good old coffee maker with beans a waste of time? You're getting better coffee and you're only spending a minute on brewing.
Well part of the problem is the claim about better. Craft beers are superior to generic domestic lite beers, right? No, it's strictly subjective to every individual's preference. I've known some people that prefer cheap or generic coffee, made in a clunky old coffee pot, slightly burnt. Is their taste wrong / worse / inferior? It can't be, it's their taste.
I actively try to dissuade people from buying Keurig machines, or any "coffee pod" machine and this is just another reason why. Aside from the fact that the coffee is watery, the pods just add such an unnecessary amount of garbage to something that doesn't need to generate any waste. I think the concept is cool but re-usable pods are the way to go. This is stupid of Keurig.
The coffee is pretty good -- better than most coffee shops, but not as good as a great one. Apparently they are actually used by a lot of restaurants when you order a coffee.