So…I’m trying to help my mom find a way to keep her from killing my dad. He drinks a lot of coffee, and is very careless about disposing of the used coffee grounds. She’s sick of coffee grounds in the sink and on the wall behind the trashcan.
I’m sure there has to be a way to make his coffee making less messy, but:
the method has to be very easy, since he’s not going to put effort into it. just not happening.
it has to involve maxwell house coffee. I’ve bought him other brands to try, and he just won’t drink them.
he drinks 3 cups of coffee a morning, at least, before work so single serve solutions are less than ideal considering the time it’d take to brew 3 servings. Plus the fact that these single serve things would cost a fortune compared to what he pays now when you consider that he’d be using 3 of them a day.
Due to reasons 2 & 3, my idea for **K-Cups **was shot down.
Do they sell anything like a disposable bag made out of the paper the filters use that can be filled with your own coffee? I know I’ve seen a few similar “pods” in stores, but they are all already filled with coffee he wouldn’t drink. And if they did, would you need a specific coffee maker to use them? I’m not against buying him a new coffee maker, and I’m sure she’d rather fill pouches or something (if they exist) than clean up coffee grounds.
A damp paper towel takes seconds to clear off coffee grounds from a counter. More careful aim should fix the wall behind the trashcan. We have coffee ground issues in our house but these simple steps keep them pretty low-level.
I have a base-level Senseo. The Senseo brand pods are kind of expensive but there are cheaper pods available on Amazon that fit. I know I’ve seen traditional brand coffee in pods in the store but I’m not sure if they were Maxwell House or something else. If not, I think I’ve seen a “make your own pod” thing on Amazon. The brew time is quick; it takes maybe a minute for the water to heat up and then 15-20 seconds to produce a cup of coffee. Wait time between cups is maybe another 10 seconds. It comes with a single or double pod holder so you have the ability to put two pods in at once for either stronger coffee or twice as much coffee.
What if you kept an empty can in the cuppboard next to the full can of grounds.
When he’s done with the gounds and filters for the day, he dumps them right into the empty can.
Every two weeks or so, throw out the can full of grounds and filters. You can also use these grounds and filters in your garden to protect & feed plants like Clematis.
What kind of coffee maker is he using today? I’m having a hard time understanding how he could miss a garbage can with his grounds, based on my own experiences with coffee machines.
Those are coffee singles. Per point #3 of the OP, they wouldn’t work as her dad drinks three cups of joe in the morning and brewing three single cups would take too much time. Also, the customer reviews say the coffee is too weak and if her dad is anything like me, he’d have to brew two bags at once to get a decent cup. He would go through a box in about three days and it would get too expensive.
Yeah…we asked him to save coffee grounds for the garden this summer. So over the summer he managed to get the grounds all over the tablecloth instead of in the sink or by the trash can. Honestly, I think he’s having some problems with his vision. I hope it’s addressed at his next physical.
You put paper filters in it and it makes 4 to 6 cups? I don’t drink coffee at all, so I’m not very familar with how many kinds of coffee makers there might be.
Sounds like it might be more feasible to contain the mess instead of preventing it. Maybe find a large tray, or even a baking sheet, and place on it the maker, filters, Maxwell House can, fixings, and compost/slop container. It’s easier to clean one small self-contained mess than the one strewn all over the kitchen.
Oh, well. I thought the thread was looking for something like this:
All coffee messes must comply with the following standards:
a. Each mess will be located in an area that can be easily cleaned and must be maintained in a clean sanitary condition at all times. Coffee messes will not be located in certain critical areas such as patient treatment rooms, heads, and food preparation spaces;
b. Adequate facilities at the site of the coffee mess or located conveniently nearby must be provided for washing all coffee mess equipment and utensils.
c. Bulk sugar, coffee, and nondairy creamer will be stored in containers with tight fitting covers. Sugar must be served in single-service packages or from sanitary, pour-type dispensers;
d. Coffee may be served in individually used cups provided facilities are available to wash the cups, otherwise single-service cups must be used. The use of common cups is prohibited;
e. Adequate refrigeration must be provided if milk or cream is used. Opened cans of evaporated milk will be refrigerated between serving periods and must not be held unrefrigerated for periods of time exceeding 4 hours
f. The use of a common stirring spoon is prohibited. Single-service stirrers must be used;
g. With the exception of warming individual lunches in microwave ovens, personnel will not prepare or cook food in any coffee mess. Refuse must be kept in tightly covered containers and the coffee mess must be protected from flies and other insects and rodents.
This is what I feared. If the guy can’t get a paper filter full of grounds into a garbage can, the problem is not the coffee maker. Well, the problem IS the coffee maker, it’s just not a problem with the device used to prepare coffee.
The only advice I have is to take the job away from your dad, because getting a paper filter of coffee grounds into a garbage can is the kind of job a 5 year old can do reliably.
I like the start where you say your mom is trying not to kill your dad. Tell her there are three rings in a marriage: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and the suffering.
The tray idea is good, and those press-pouches are fascinating—I’m wondering what all could be made out of them.
