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Keurig's new K-Rounds coffee pods are plastic-free and could finally make single-serve coffee-making sustainable (www.techradar.com)

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This is quite exciting in that it removes plastic waste. I see no reason why different companies can't make different shape ones to maintain their lock-in. I expect a knock-off market to pop-up, but that exists with plastic pods too. It's a step in the right direction at least.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Team Aeropress here.

Good to see Keurig try to cut down on plastic waste, but if they really wanted to make an impact, they could open-source the design of the pods so all the alt-cup manufacturers could switch as well. It may be counter-intuitive, but the more options customers have, the more machine sales and goodwill Keurig will create.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Aeropress for the fucking win. It's so beautifully simple and making coffee with it is so easy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you use a new paper filter every time or do you use some reusable filter for your aeropress?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unbleached, round paper filters. Come in 300 packs. Goes into compost bin along with grounds.

Had metal, reusable ones, but accidentally tossed them out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How did the metal ones compare? Mind you, the paper rounds are really small and compossible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Same size as paper ones. Thin, perforated metal. Came in two gradations. Taste-wise, couldn't tell the difference. When opening to clean, it slid off so you could wash it, then compost the coffee as usual.

Pretty handy. But somehow, I managed to dump them away. Went back to paper.