I do
not own a Keurig coffeemaker. I've thought about buying one, but
decided against it. My friend, Terry owns a Keurig and loves it.
And honestly it makes a pretty good cup of coffee.
I make
coffee the old-fashioned way: Folger's Instant. I think it tastes pretty good. The entire process
from boiling the water to first sip takes, what, three minutes, tops?
I could put the cup of water in the microwave, but even that really
doesn't save all that much time. And since I don't usually have only
coffee in the morning, and there are always other breakfast things to take care of while the water heats up.
So I
don't see a Keurig as a huge time-saver.
Not to
mention the price. Well okay, let's mention it. The cheapest Keurig
that Walmart sells is $50. The individual “K-Cup” pods are about
$6.00 for 12, making it about fifty cents per cup. Add $0.25 per cup
to cover the cost of the machine and it would take 200 cups to pay it
off. So, $0.75 per cup of coffee that I make at home? I don't think
so! Even fifty cents per cup is a lot when you think about it. Too
much to pay for convenience? Yep.
Like I
said, I buy Folger's Instant. I get about 100 cups or so out of the
container which costs $5.72. About $0.05 per cup. Five cents.
Even
though I live in a house, kitchen counter space is limited. Having a
Keurig would just take up too much space by a device that I would
likely use only once a day, briefly at that. It doesn't make sense.
The incredible popularity of this thing escapes me.
3 comments:
I'm not a coffee drinker so I save even the $0.05. Despite that, I think there is a rather large black market of refilling the K-cups with cheaper stuff on your own.
I’m with you - why would anyone go to all the time and trouble. But then again, I’m a non-coffee drinker, so who I am I to say? But I’m
all in favor of one less item on the kitchen counter.
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