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Originally Posted by mjohnson
We chipped in and got a refurb Jura at work back when I worked with detonators. 5 years and 20k shots later it's going strong. Only one refurb at 16k for ~$300. Cheapish coffee put us at $0.20/shot and we charged $0.25. Raked in the profits to be spent on prime rib and turkey for the thanksgiving and xmas potlucks.
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This is exactly how I got into the SuperAutomatics. I brought in a semi-auto for a bunch of Romanians, so they would have some decent coffee. We got 10 people to put up $60 and we bought the super. When I tested it at home, I said I had to get one!
My dad loved my machine, so we bought him one when he moved to Houston.
On my machine, since Spring of 2007, we've 10364 shots/cups of coffee without any problems (knocking on wood).
Not counting coffee, we're down to under 6 cents per cup. The coffee we use is $4.50 for 13oz. I bet we get 25-30 cups per bag. Call it 15 cents per cup for the coffee itself.
Checking Amazon, the K-cups run at least 50 cents each. The machine runs $150. On the Super Automatic, $599 for the machine, and $.15 per coffee. Break even on the SuperAutomatic is 1283 cups/shots vs the Kcup machines.
ESE pods are a little cheaper, but the coffee isn't as good.