# What's the appeal of Keurig? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576 "2012-12-19T21:32:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/103 "2012-12-22T03:17:28Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > _snort_ > > Expect all the sample K-cups that come with the Keurig to be GONE in less than two days! > ~VOW In my experience, the green tea ones always seem to last the longest. No one ever wants green tea when they come over to my house! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/104 "2012-12-22T04:19:44Z")
> [@jacobsta811](#): > > You aren’t thinking nearly evil enough. If they do implement this they likely will include some small amount of flash memory and store the IDs of cups that were already “used” in that machine. So no refilling old cups, no taping an RFID tag on. Buy more like a consumer sheep, damn you ! You all scoff mockingly, but what tells you some guy who used to do ink cartridges for HP and DRM for Sony is not right now at the coffeemaker company:p? ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/105 "2012-12-22T20:23:17Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > the unit cost per mini-cup (…stops for a sip from his 12-ounce coffee mug…) is through the roof and you’re locked into buying commercially-made units (or screwing around with a mini-basket that’s a PITA to use)? I think you’re exaggerating the difficulty of using the baskets. It’s not like someone in an infomercial trying to make pasta or anything. I still roast coffee even now that I have a Keurig, and I manage to use the reusable cups. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/106 "2012-12-22T20:49:25Z")
A bunch of people in my office chipped in for one this year. I think it’s great! People bring in their own K-cups so they get the coffee or tea that they want. It’s cheaper than the coffee vending machine in the lunchroom (75 cents/cup), and can be very cheap indeed if you use the machine as a quick source of hot water to dunk a tea bag in :). It’s also easy to clean up your own mess and there is no leftover old coffee or pot to scrub out. It’s fairly ideal for our situation. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/107 "2012-12-22T21:36:25Z")
I’d like to use a re-usable basket at the office. We have the Keurig style that auto-clears the used k-cup into a kind of nasty bin that has to be emptied. Has anyone tried using that? Is it too messy to get the re-usable one out and rinse it off? I’d like to weigh that effort against just bringing my french press to work. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/108 "2012-12-24T08:51:59Z")
I loved one for an office coffee room. No mess, no burnt pots, no " passive agressive notes, and the tea drinkers all felt part of the whole coffee machine ritual too. I tell my husband that I am buying myself one “the next time” I am single. But for us, a coffee pot with a stainless steel thermos style pot works the best. I seriously considered getting one for my parents, however. They mostly drink tea these days, (kettle and a bag on a string) but Mom craves coffee from time to time. This would be perfect, plus they love gagety things and have some ridiculous consumer habits in their retirement days. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/109 "2012-12-24T20:56:00Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I loved one for an office coffee room. No mess, no burnt pots, no " passive agressive notes, and the tea drinkers all felt part of the whole coffee machine ritual too. We have two types of tea drinkers at my office - those who use plain hot water and tea bags, and those who run two or three cups of water through the Keurig to get rid of the coffee remains before using it for tea. Seriously - run a cycle without a k-cup in, and check the quality of the water. The ones at my office are terrible. Doesn’t bother me when I drink my coffee, but I refuse to do tea in it. I like my tea to taste like tea. \*ok..we have a few who do the loose leaf thing. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![eddyg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9e5f3/32.png) [@eddyg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddyg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/110 "2012-12-24T22:20:14Z")
I’ve found Keurig to be fine whenever I’ve had the opportunity to use it at my workplace. The coffee itself doesn’t really seem much better or worse compared to other methods of preparation. ---
**Author:** ![listedmia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@listedmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/listedmia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/111 "2012-12-24T23:17:29Z")
I don’t have one, but I’ve known a few people that have. Their major complaint is if they have company over, everybody has to wait around to get their own individual cup of coffee. One girl received a Keurig as a gift and just bought a cheap regular coffee maker so she could just make a normal size pot to bring out after dinner or if people sleep over and want coffee at breakfast time. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576/112 "2013-01-01T01:41:04Z")
> [@Critical\_Mass](#): > > It’s amazing I haven’t been banned from this place. > > I have a pod type brewing machine (Tassimo) (great for tea, btw). > > I have a 5 bladed razor. > > I have a 4X4 pick up that doesn’t haul horses in the mountains during the winter. > > I have a _gasp_ Harley Davidson. > > And I like all of the above. > > Of course, I have 2 cats I like too. Are they declawed? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-keurig/644576.md?page=5)