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[โ€“] 44 points 1 year ago (17 children)

K-Cups. They might save you a grand total of a minute over loose grounds and a disposable paper filter, but they're more costly per cup and create more waste.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I use the k cups and brewer with a reusable washable pod. You put little paper filters in them.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    At that point you're already putting in more work than a standard drop coffee maker would take! You literally put a filter in, pour grounds in and hit brew.

    Optionally you can get a reusable filter and rinse it after each pot of coffee

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  • [โ€“] -2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    They're great for single people who want 1 cup before leaving for work though.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You can do the same with a manual coffee brewer though- just use less coffee and water

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Can I leave it to pour a single measure whilst I throw on my shoes and jacket?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago

    You can fine tune your process but the most basic is a funnel (I.e. V60, chemex, kalita) with a paper filter on top with grounds on it that you just pour hot water on top and wait for it to filter down. Coffee machines do all this but they generally produce worse coffee outside of shops because no one cleans them as often as they should

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    Just to illustrate for anyone reading this that brewing coffee can be very easy and quick: I use one of these to very easily brew exactly one cup of coffee every morning in about 2-3 minutes - https://kalitausa.com/products/kalita-style-102-ceramic-coffee-dripper-white (mine is in the beautiful brown color, but I linked the white one because it's much cheaper and has many more reviews)

    It says 2-4 cups but I think it's really only for 1-2 cups. It takes #2 filters that you can find at any grocery store. If you want to be even more environment-friendly, you can buy reusable cloth #2 filters online.

    Procedure:

    • Measure one cup of filtered water, transfer it to a pan or kettle, and start to boil it
    • Set up the cone and filter on top of the cup and put one heaping tablespoon of coffee grounds in the filter
    • Pour the boiling water in the filter (with a small open pan on the stove top, it takes me about 1-2 minutes to boil one cup of water)
    • Optionally, flavor the coffee to taste

    When I first decided that I wanted to start drinking coffee I way overthought it, spending all kinds of time and energy researching all kinds of different brewing methods, grinders, etc. It's easy to get lost in the wilderness when it comes to coffee. But I ended up choosing the easiest option available and have been happy with it for years. Hot, fresh, easy, just about any variety and strength of coffee, and no added microplastics from sending boiling water through plastics.

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  • [+] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • Used coffee grounds have many more uses than the plastic k-cups. Recycling the cups is difficult and usually doesn't happen. They do make eco-friendly cups but they still contain dyes for the labels and require more energy to mass produce than simple paper filters and a bag of grounds (or beans if you grind your own).

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