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Originally Posted by mreid
Get a french press. How much petroleum resin and other harmful chemicals do you consume with those plastic single serving inserts? Can't be good.
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Exactly. They're convenient but horribly wasteful from the single-serve cup insert things (which are quite expensive per cup as you might expect) to the "vampire power" consumption of having the heating element more or less warmed up all the time.
They are convenient and clean which explains their appeal for offices and hotel lobbies but yes they're very wasteful (and costly). A good burr grinder and a French press will do you quite well.
If you MUST use a Keurig, they do make an insert thingy that's reusable and you can put your own ground beans into which is nice and cuts down in the wastefulness, but it's not a 100% perfect fit and you do have to clean it and dispose of the grounds. I got a Keurig for my birthday last year and although I really don't like it all that much, the insert that allows me to use home grinds of whatever beans I want without the wastefulness makes it tolerable. I also turn it off - all the way off (not just in sleep/standby mode) which helps and makes it more or less comparable to any other coffee maker.