Buy-it-for-life (#BIFL) #coffee makers can save money, reduce waste, brew better
That $50 drip coffee maker on your counter? Destined for the landfill after a few years of dispensing mediocre coffee
If you’re using a pod-based system like #Keurig, the effective price of beans is about $30 per pound, two to three times the price of whole beans. By contrast, a $250 machine that lasts 15 years saves about $2,000 over that period, an 800 percent return
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Column | Buy-it-for-life coffee makers can save money, reduce waste, brew better

That new $50 drip coffee maker on your counter? Destined for the landfill after a few years of dispensing mediocre coffee.

The Washington Post

@BenjaminHCCarr

The amount of plastic a pod based machine is producing is mind-boggling.

That alone should be reason enough not to buy one. Especially if people drink more than one cup every few days.

@BenjaminHCCarr Yeah, or just use a glass pour-over with a reusable stainless steel filter. I have been using one everyday for years. Works perfectly fine and cost like $20. And it only takes a couple of minutes to make coffee.
@BenjaminHCCarr This seems like a restatement of the Sam Vimes "Boots" theory of economics.
@BenjaminHCCarr @gvwilson No need to spend that much. My €50 Bialetti moka pot could easily last for hundreds of years.