Your Favorite K-Cup

[Selah7]

3 hours ago, Dennis1209 said:

Mrs. Olsen is more appealing and motherly than Juan Valdez, with his scruffy, unshaven face, and stubborn donkey George Clooney.

But coffee is not always about taste and comfort; it is a multipurpose beverage. Take, for instance, Uncle Sam’s Army coffee. It is filling, and you do not drink it; you eat it. Want hair in places you thought impossible; one to two cups should do.

It is part of the Armies camouflage combat face paint, permanently staining your teeth black, not to be given away and discovered during nighttime operations. There is no need for cream and sugar, as it cannot be stirred, and it has a lifetime shelf life and does not evaporate; it is unnecessary to dehydrate and condense.

The Army calls it a cup of Joe. Is “Joe” really in Army coffee? 😊

 Tooo funny!

[Selah7]

2 hours ago, Neighbor said:

They would stash  opened containers of grounds in the freezers, along with bags of broken up Lord's Supper wafers. Yuck and double yuck.

A penny saved..., and all that, ya know. 

Lord’s Supper wafers?  ermm…

[Marathoner]

2 hours ago, Starise said:

I've been following this to see if real coffee drinkers use K-cups 

Back about 10 years ago I thought K-cups were the coolest thing ever and had to have the K-cup brewer. I seen my first K-cup in a gift shop where they offered a free cup at a little coffee area they had set up. I was mesmerized by the thing.

I bought the machine and went on a quest to find the perfect K-cup. After an innumerable amount of K-cups ( I would buy like a box of 48 of them discounted) and experiment with the more serious blends, flavored, different roast etc. I'm a medium roast kinda guy and I realized the ones with added flavorings did nothing for me.

About that time my K-cup machine went kaput. I began to read all of the guilt trips for how environmentally bad the K-cups were with millions of them going into landfills. Also some of the potential health issues with the small amounts of aluminum and 'stuff' that can come from some of the plastics in some of the K-cups, so I went back to an automatic filter brewer.

The only problem with filter brewers is it can be difficult to determine how much to make. I finally dialed mine in to about 3 cups, which when brewed  fills my large coffee cup, so my one 'cup' is really 3 cups. I will often nurse that over an hour. I add a little sugar free french vanilla and I'm good to go.

This is a little more trouble than popping in a K-cup but not by much and I can usually get my coffee for less.

I have been recently tempted to go back to the K-cup brewer though. 

Making our own k-cups is the way to go, brother. It brews the perfect cup of coffee every time which is why I prefer this method over others. The portion is just right. 

Perfect for those mornings when a Coffee Brewing Incident is just waiting to happen. 

Not that I've had one of those happen in a long time... 

Less muss, no fuss: 

Exactly what you need, when you need it;

No pot of coffee sitting on the burner for hours;

Making our own k-cups guarantees fresh roast (I've always wondered about the actual age of ground coffee in store-bought k-cups );

Not to mention how frugal such an enterprise proves to be. $$$ is saved.

Just make sure to position the coffee cup under the business end of the k-cup brewer. That helps! 

[Selah7]

2 hours ago, Starise said:

I am borderline diabetic, but have managed so far to stay off meds and keep myself within range. I go for the sugarless peanut butter and really like it.

Me too, brother.  Waiting for heaven, we can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens us—we really can! 

 

[Selah7]

8 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

Just make sure to position the coffee cup under the business end of the k-cup brewer. That helps! 

Ah! …brilliant!

[Starise]

16 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

Making our own k-cups is the way to go, brother. It brews the perfect cup of coffee every time which is why I prefer this method over others. The portion is just right. 

Perfect for those mornings when a Coffee Brewing Incident is just waiting to happen. 

Not that I've had one of those happen in a long time... 

Less muss, no fuss: 

Exactly what you need, when you need it;

No pot of coffee sitting on the burner for hours;

Making our own k-cups guarantees fresh roast (I've always wondered about the actual age of ground coffee in store-bought k-cups );

Not to mention how frugal such an enterprise proves to be. $$$ is saved.

Just make sure to position the coffee cup under the business end of the k-cup brewer. That helps! 

lol. I hate to admit I forgot to put the cup under mine a few times or I forgot to put water in. 

For awhile Keurig went nuts and came out with another K-cup design. I had one of those machines too. I think the idea was to prevent others from copying the K-cups. That idea backfired and they went back to the old style. I have seen a few dual brew machines too where they allow either full pot or K-cups on one machine.

I originally built a dedicated coffee tea bar for when company comes over. That was a flop since when I asked who wanted coffee or tea out of a 15 person group, only maybe one wanted anything. I don't get it. The demand just is never there, so maybe I'll just go back to single brew and be done with it. Right now I'm the only one using the bar and most of the tea is now old.

[Marathoner]

2 hours ago, Starise said:

lol. I hate to admit I forgot to put the cup under mine a few times or I forgot to put water in. 

For awhile Keurig went nuts and came out with another K-cup design. I had one of those machines too. I think the idea was to prevent others from copying the K-cups. That idea backfired and they went back to the old style. I have seen a few dual brew machines too where they allow either full pot or K-cups on one machine.

I originally built a dedicated coffee tea bar for when company comes over. That was a flop since when I asked who wanted coffee or tea out of a 15 person group, only maybe one wanted anything. I don't get it. The demand just is never there, so maybe I'll just go back to single brew and be done with it. Right now I'm the only one using the bar and most of the tea is now old.

Tea? 

You are forgiven for that. 

I noticed tea k cups in the grocery store. Fascinating. 

Edited March 24, 2023 by Marathoner

[Marathoner]

After I transitioned to using a k cup brewer, I entered into what I call the Coffee Brewing Incident phase. It went something like this:

Step 1: Get up in the morning...

Step 2: Plug a k cup in the brewer... neat, all I have to do is press the button!

Step 3: Sit down at my desk and consider the clean and empty coffee cup perched next to my laptop...

Step 4: Oh my! 

Step 5: Ruefully consider the coffee all over the countertop... sigh. 

Step 6: Look on the bright side. Clean that countertop to a high shine! 

Step 7: Break myself of the habit of leaving my clean coffee cup at my desk before I go to bed.  

[Selah7]

2 hours ago, Starise said:

lol. I hate to admit I forgot to put the cup under mine a few times or I forgot to put water in. 

For awhile Keurig went nuts and came out with another K-cup design. I had one of those machines too. I think the idea was to prevent others from copying the K-cups. That idea backfired and they went back to the old style. I have seen a few dual brew machines too where they allow either full pot or K-cups on one machine.

I originally built a dedicated coffee tea bar for when company comes over. That was a flop since when I asked who wanted coffee or tea out of a 15 person group, only maybe one wanted anything. I don't get it. The demand just is never there, so maybe I'll just go back to single brew and be done with it. Right now I'm the only one using the bar and most of the tea is now old.

Awww … not fair… I would’ve said, “Oh, that’d be lovely!”  I never turn down a cuppa coffee!  I’m fixing to make me one now—it’s 2:00—coffee time!  

[Marathoner]

Work calls, so it's time to stuff a k cup full of Death Wish dark roast. 

A little while ago, I discovered that Death Wish dark roast breaks the rule of less caffeine content for dark-roasted beans...

8 ounces of brewed Death Wish dark roast = 472 mg of caffeine. 

That dwarfs the 300mg of caffeine in their horrific instant coffee! 

So, a revision is in order, folks. The caffeine content of any particular roast of coffee depends upon the bean roasted. 

Redeemed from sissy-hood! 

Just kidding! 

Have a blessed day, my fellow coffee-quaffing brothers and sisters.