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| I “won” this Keurig Elite from the HSC Charity Auction last fall. |
Like millions of other Americans, we have become Keurig customers. It’s like a revolution in coffee…Keurigs give you a “perfect” cup of coffee with very little work. The American dream, right?
We got our first Keurig, a “Mini“, just before we moved from Nebraska to Florida in fall 2010. After the movers took our regular coffee pot, it was a nice way to keep having our coffee in the morning. It’s small and we didn’t have to keep coffee grounds on hand, just a box (or two) of K-Cups and some disposable coffee cups. That one ended up in Dave’s office. We like how it turns itself off after the cup of coffee brews. We get a bit paranoid about coffee pots being left on.
This past fall we got one for the home. It’s been great. When you register your machine with Keurig, you get coupons for free K-Cups. BOGO for 2 boxes of 48 K-Cups. This was a great deal after Christmas when the Starbucks K-Cups became available online.
K-Cup-brewed coffee is delicious and perfect every time. No doubt there.
My conundrum: K-Cups are very wasteful and are expensive. After all, traditional coffee pots brew through compostable coffee filters and then you can go on to compost the spent coffee grounds.