[sugarpimpdorsey]

Gourmet high-end Keurig pods are like $0.50 each. Make your own coffee.

[0_____0]

If you go through coffee regularly, it's actually quite a nice thing to invest in. There are a really amazing number of craft roasters throughout the country, and simply having a quality grinder is enough. And you don't need a crazy espresso setup to enjoy it. My setup consists of a motorized flat burr grinder, a 20$ kettle from target, and a pour over funnel. The quality is so much higher than anything you can get from a pod that's been sitting around with pre ground coffee, and it only takes a couple minutes while you're waiting for Claude to rewrite your codebase in Rust or whatever it is "Hackers" do these days

[sugarpimpdorsey]

I want a cup of coffee not a science project.

[skylurk]

There's some really good hand grinders these days too, minimal effort and only takes a minute.

[drivebyhooting]

I wonder if the gourmet high end plastic ends up in the brew.

[wffurr]

It pairs wonderfully with all the plastic in your water.

[sugarpimpdorsey]

As opposed to the plastic pipes your water runs through, the plastic water filter, plastic coffee maker, and plastic travel mug you pour it into?

[0xffff2]

Not a 1-1 comparison. For my daily double shot espresso, actual gourmet locally roasted coffee costs me just over $2. My coffee equipment cost enough that factoring in some kind of depreciation for it seems necessary, which would put my costs somewhere in the ballpark of $3 all in with a 5 year full depreciation. Paying someone else $4 for a them to make a coffee doesn't actually sounds that crazy if it's good coffee.

[loloquwowndueo]

lol gourmet (coffee) and keurig pods don’t go together in the same sentence.

[jimbokun]

If you want to save money get a Moka pot instead of that Keurig garbage.

Even cheaper, tastes better, and takes only slightly longer to make.

[mikkupikku]

You can solve this problem even better by drinking instant coffee. Bonus points for it making yuppies cringe.