Are Keurigs Worth It?

[Anonymous No.10821401]

Pros
>near instant hot-coffee
>wide selection of flavours from yoir favourite coffee shop
>cheaper than buying coffee from Starbucks, Tim Hortons, etc

Cons
>more expensive than regular drip coffee
>expensive to buy the keurig machine
>environmentally suspect

[Anonymous No.10821410]

buy an espresso machine or a french press you fucking pleb

[Anonymous No.10821421]

>>10821401
No.
Get a water boiler with an analog adjustable temperature setting and an aeropress, pair it with a thermos.

[Anonymous No.10821426]

>>10821401
enjoy the tiny molten plastic particles all lumping together into a tumor

[Anonymous No.10821429]

It's trash coffee for the most part but it does the trick. Good for office settings or if you don't have time for >>10821410 these types of hot caffeinated beverages

overall: worth it

[Anonymous No.10821450]

>>10821401
Switch to cold brew. Hot coffee is for boomers

[Anonymous No.10821462]

>>10821401
The convenience is not worth the extra cost.

[Anonymous No.10821475]

>>10821401
Instant coffee is crap. Its just flavored water. It will never be as aromatic as actual fresh coffee. Why do you need instant gratification even with your coffee? Are you so impatient that you cant wait 5 whole minutes? Thats nigger mentality there how can you expect to make it with any other form of investing, you have no hope.

[Anonymous No.10821498]

just get a regular fucking coffee dripper wtf is your guys problem niggers?

[Anonymous No.10821509]

>>10821410
french press is fucking nasty, every time i do it even with coarse grind it ends up all muddy and particles in the coffee and shit, taste like fucking mud NASTY. it only works when you put the coffee in those tea bag things and then brew it

[Anonymous No.10821526]

>>10821475
Time is money you little bitch

[Anonymous No.10821558]

I used to have pic related, you pour whole coffee beans in there and it grinds them and makes fresh coffee.

Gotta say though, the coffee very often tasted bland or 'off', with often a shitty aftertaste that lasted hours, even when making coffee the "right" way (i.e. making an espresso and then adding hot water, instead of letting the hot water run through the grind for a full cup).
It also gets filthy in there.

I now have a Nescafe "Oblo" machine that uses cups pretty much like Keurig cups, and I have to say it's an improvement in every way (except maybe price).
Much easier and quicker, and the coffee tastes better and has a wonderful aftertaste for hours.

I'm just going to assume that the Philips machine I had (see pic) was just shitty.

[Anonymous No.10821574]

>>10821475

actually all coffee is flavored water. There is no much difference with instant coffee, as long it doesn't contain any additional flavor, some of them even taste better as from expensive machines (most of them are overhyped anyway).

[Anonymous No.10821575]

>>10821558
Obvious Nescafe shill thread

[Anonymous No.10821578]

>>10821509
Aeropress or any coffee maker with a filter to catch those pesky particles will prevent mud coffee

[None !Q5taavazbM No.10821590]

>>10821475

French Press is for muddy coffee.

You want an expresso and you can use self-serve K-Cups to save even more money/time/environment.

There's a few flavors I like but I prefer gridning my own beans and using the refillable K-Cups.

[Anonymous No.10821611]

>>10821558
>>10821575
Unironically dolce gusto masterrace

It works out around 20p a cup and the machine itself around £30, very reasonable

[Anonymous No.10821616]

No it's not worth it. The taste is horrible.

The market for Keurigs is for offices/dealerships/shops where they need a fast alternative and a bridge to "serving" coffee. Enter Keurig. Fast solution but tastes like shit.

Not worth it for a regular guy who has alternatives.

[Anonymous No.10821619]

This is the only /biz/ approved coffee maker

>$50
>built like a tank
>programmable to brew whenever you want
>uses filters for crisp clean taste
>can also do single servings for your snowflake ass on the go
>requires no cleaning except running some vinegar through it once in a while

why are you guys so extra?

[Anonymous No.10821622]

>>10821401
have fun cleaning that piece of shit. french press or cold brew is the only way to go

[Anonymous No.10821632]

>>10821526
the number one indicator of financial success is the ability to delay gratification. time is money to you because you don't make any

[Anonymous No.10821647]

>>10821575
I'm just sour the espresso machine that uses whole beans turned out to be such a disappointment.

I didn't even buy the nescafe machine, I got it for free and had it in the basement for a year. I only broke it out this summer because I had a bunch of people over and needed a lot of coffees quick.
Who fucking knew it was gonna be such an improvement.

I really wanted to like the espresso machine, but the coffee literally tastes like bland shit compared to the nescafe.
I'm sure the nespresso machines are the same.

[Anonymous No.10821663]

>>10821619
I very rarely need a "pot" of coffee.
I have one in the morning, one after lunch, and one after dinner.

How do the single servings work?

[Anonymous No.10821688]

>>10821622
>have fun cleaning that piece of shit
No idea how Keurig works, but the nescafe cups have a spout thingy on the bottom of the cup itself, so the coffee never touches or goes through any part of the machine.

[Anonymous No.10821714]

>>10821509

What else would you expect from filthy frenchies?

[Anonymous No.10821730]

>>10821647
>I'm sure the nespresso machines are the same.
... as the nescafe machines I mean, since they also use cups.

[Anonymous No.10821751]

>>10821509
If you're getting particles, you have a piece of shit press, and you're probably using it wrong.

[Anonymous No.10821756]

>>10821663
you put two scoops of coffee in the side cap with the resuable filter, add water and switch to single serv button, and bam done

[Anonymous No.10821767]

>>10821401
you spelled it out for yourself, fucking retard

[Anonymous No.10821782]

>>10821756
>two scoops
RRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU????

[Anonymous No.10821788]

>>10821751
no, this is a meme. you will get particles no matter what. I dont care how expert you are, there will be a layer of particles at the bottom of your cup no matter what. and if you grind too coarse you will get not the full flavor

[Anonymous No.10821802]

>>10821782
two tablespoons* per cup, plus one cup water. then press the button. its not science bro

[Anonymous No.10821804]

>>10821401

>he doesn't prepare his coffee with a french press

not gonna make it

[Anonymous No.10821829]

>>10821802
DRRRRROOOOOOOO GRROOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBSS???????

[Anonymous No.10821831]

Not worth it at all, youre pissing away money on a drug addiction essentially. Get enough sleep and use caffeine pills in the rare situations you would actually need it

[Anonymous No.10821851]

>>10821401
Cute list, now let's do a real one:

Pros
-Trendy - all your faggot friends will be impressed
- Good for the profits of pod companies.
- Easy enough to use that even mongs like you all can't fuck it up (but some of you will)

Cons:
- None of them heat the water hot enough
- None of them brew the coffee long enough
- The water reservoirs are mold factories
- The fucking things break within a year
- Everything about them is overpriced as fuck

Fuck Keurigs. They make better coffee than Starbucks? Pretty low fucking bar to reach there - 7-11 has better coffee than Starfucks.

Kettle. Good, fresh beans. French press or gravity filter. Good coffee. It's not fucking rocket science.

You pussies probably pour a shit ton of powered fake milk and sugar into it anyway, or drink some faggoty flavored coffee, so it doesn't matter anyway, you just drink swill in the first place.

[Anonymous No.10821884]

>>10821401
Depends, I got this machine+100 pods for $150 during some promotion and I'm pretty satisfied. I'll say that I don't know a whole lot about coffee and I probably only have it every few days. If you usually get coffee from somewhere like Starbucks I think one these are definitely a worthwhile investment.

[Anonymous No.10821897]

>falling for the caffeinated Jew

I gave up caffeine a week ago, fuck I feel GREAT.

>more energy
>sleep better
>brain fog gone
>more focus
>mind just feels clean - hard to explain it

Give it a try... honestly the best thing I have ever done

[Anonymous No.10821921]

Bunn or bust niggas

[Anonymous No.10821933]

i have an aeropress lads but i can't be arsed using the hario coffee mill thing, whats a small electric one thats ok to grind with if you get my drift

[Anonymous No.10821936]

>>10821788
You get them in a Keurig too, you fucking spastic. But if you use shit right, they're so small you can't see them. What do you fucking think makes coffee brown? Magic? Get your prissy little snowflake ass out of here, vaginaboy.

"Ew, particles!"

[Anonymous No.10821953]

>>10821475
This guy gets it. Although desu coffee is for blue collar wage slaves. True hustlers drink high quality earl gray tea brewed @ 2-3x strength and then iced. The l-theanine in tea makes focus easier.

[Anonymous No.10821955]

>>10821933
I switched from a hand grinder back to electric with my aeropress. I didn't notice a difference but your mileage may vary

[Anonymous No.10821958]

>>10821688
fuck your shitty coffee machine, shill. near boiling water going through plastic parts and into my beverage. there does not have to be a product for every situation. this is not a problem, cold brew or french press are the only methods worth using

[Anonymous No.10822017]

>>10821851
I like this guy

[Anonymous No.10822030]

>>10821936
Fucking lmao he's at it again. I'm dying

[Anonymous No.10822042]

>>10821401
just get a mocca pot or a chemex and drink real coffee fagget

[Anonymous No.10822052]

>>10821421
>>10821578
>>10821955
>Aeropress
uhh that shit is plastic, is there a glass version? trying to avoid plastic, it causes soiboi syndrome

[Anonymous No.10822057]

>>10822030
Oh, look, it's "pretend I'm not sobbing into my keyboard like a woman" guy.

[Anonymous No.10822060]

>>10821450
True patricians enjoy both.

[Anonymous No.10822087]

>>10821401
>more expensive than regular drip coffee
>environmentally suspect
you buy pic related and your cons are negated

[Anonymous No.10822100]

>>10822087
forgot pic lol

[Anonymous No.10822157]

Get a good electric grinder (Baratza), a scale and an aeropress. You can make great coffee in one minute with an aeropress. Follow instructions online (Bluebottle) to ensure you brew it correctly.

Use Zephyr or Volvic water to brew the coffee. Coffee is over 98% water and in order to extract flavor oils, you need the proper amount of minerals.

For the guy using the French Press, you need to grind coarse or it will taste muddy.

For the guy using the brewer with thermos attached, those machines do not brew hot enough. You need to make sure your automatic brewer brews at the correct temperature (Technivorm are good).

To the guy with the automatic machine, most automatic machines produce garbage coffee because they cannot grind fine enough, do not brew at the correct temperature and the plastic brew chamber inside does not have enough pressure.

V1 Keurig machines do not brew hot enough and brew too fast, so coffee is weak and under-extracted. Additionally, it's not healthy to drink hot plastic (you want bitch tits?).

To the guys promoting nestle single-serve and instant... no, life is too short to drink garbage like this.

Cold brew is amazing if done right, but it takes more beans to brew so it costs more per cup.

[Anonymous No.10822212]

If you're worried about drinking out of plastic, use a glass French Press. Just be sure to empty the press into another container after brewing to prevent over-extraction (bitterness).

[Anonymous No.10822237]

>>10821897
You're such a fag. Literally nothing has changed since I started drinking coffee in the morning except I get to take a wicked shit and feel awesome after.

[Anonymous No.10822383]

>>10822057
I am legitimately laughing because you are hilarious and I agree with you

[Anonymous No.10822455]

>>10822157
Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.10822712]

>>10821475
Just an FYI. K-Cups are not instant coffee in the traditional sense. The coffee used is ground by specialized industrial grinders to make it super fine (the finest grind of any coffee type I believe) for quicker and more efficient processing through the machine.

Fun fact: K-Cup roasts are optimized for 5.5 oz. Per brew. If you use just one K-Cup for anything beyond that 5.5, you're doing it wrong and the coffee will be watered down.

Source: ex employee

[Anonymous No.10822726]

>>10822712
Interdasting

[Anonymous No.10823433]

>>10822712
which factory?

[Anonymous No.10823548]

>>10821401
Negative, buy a mokapot or french press.

[Anonymous No.10823696]

>>10822157
>grinder
like this? https://www.bol.com/nl/p/bonenmaler-koffiemolen-encore-ba485-baratza/9200000038545751/?country=BE&Referrer=ADVNLGOO002021-G-47960901346-S-375884977561-9200000038545751&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9NT1wOSG3QIVzb3tCh2xZw-aEAQYASABEgKZBvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

>aeropress
like this? https://www.bol.com/nl/p/aerobie-aeropress-coffee-maker-met-filters-zwart/9200000058789105/?country=BE&Referrer=ADVNLGOO002032-G-57394245064-S-376982324377-9200000058789105&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImbKIueSG3QIVLbXtCh3h6QTSEAQYAyABEgLVlfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Anonymous No.10823773]

>>10822157
Also, what do you use for heating the water?

[Anonymous No.10823882]

>>10821426
fuck i always forget about this but the keurig at work is so convenient

[Anonymous No.10823979]

>>10823696
That grinder is okay, virtuoso is better.

Aeropress is correct, but do not brew by their included instructions, go to bluebottle site.

You can use any kettle to boil the water but the quality of water is important.

Don't forget a small scale... brew ratio is very important. If you underextract it will be tea like and/or sour, overextract and it will be heavy and bitter, get it right and it will taste sweet and fruity.

[Anonymous No.10825080]

>>10821401
its the second most expensive way to drink coffee outside of buying starcucks

[Anonymous No.10825261]

>>10821619
So how do you like living in Toronto?

[Anonymous No.10825340]

Nespresso is the gentlmens choice.

[Anonymous No.10825443]

>>10822157
>he doesn't know how to reply to posts

[Anonymous No.10825837]

>>10822060
True patricians enjoy hot coffee only by heating cold-brewed coffee.

[Anonymous No.10825955]

>>10821782
>>10821829
kek

[Anonymous No.10825978]

>>10821897
Now that I think about it I was drinking coffee for like 3 years and the past two I take caffeine supplements, which is much quicker, easier, less acid reflux and way more intense, but I haven't gone a day in like 3 years without it since I have chronic shitty migraines that will absolutely trigger upon caffeine withdrawl. And they're the hardcore bitch kind, not the regular ones so i haven't even bothered quitting

[Anonymous No.10826020]

>>10821509
Don't plunge the press all the way down, just below the surface slightly so you avoid disturbing the sediments. Also don't pour it out completely, mud and all. The only drawback of french press is that the coffee gets colder even after a 4 minute brew, which requires pre-warmed cups to maintain the heat after pouring.

[Anonymous No.10826062]

nespresso capsules are the best

they're the only really instant solution that can compare to italian coffee

[Anonymous No.10826180]

>>10821401
Keurig coffee tastes like absolute shit. I rather drink a mcshit coffee. Get an aeropress, pretty damn good coffee

[Anonymous No.10826211]

>>10821851
>7-11 coffee better than starbucks
I hate starbucks, but that's a fucking lie.

[Anonymous No.10826221]

>>10823979
I'm looking into buying an aeropress because of this thread and your good explanation. What's a cheaper way to grind my beans without buying a 200 dollar grinder but still getting acceptable results?

[Anonymous No.10826270]

I drink matcha

[Anonymous No.10826276]

>>10826270
Fucking weeaboo

[Anonymous No.10826280]

>>10821401
They break easily. My 30 dollar mr coffee has lasted for three years. I dump a decent amount of undrank coffee, but it is still cheaper than kike cups. Keurigs are shit.

[Anonymous No.10826300]

>>10826276

[Anonymous No.10826527]

>>10826221
hario mini mill grinder, or lido 3 if you can afford it.

[Anonymous No.10826561]

>>10826270
Matcha is gross, loose leaf or go home.

[Anonymous No.10826575]

>time is money
>Not getting instant caffeine

Never gonna make it

[Anonymous No.10826602]

I use pic related when i ocassionaly make coffee at home. I use an electric grinder to grind tescos finest beans.
At wagecucking we have a real nice machine using beans.