<story><title>Keurig Will Use DRM In New Coffee Maker</title><url>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140227/06521826371/keurig-will-use-drm-new-coffee-maker-to-lock-out-refill-market.shtml</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jcampbell1</author><text>I waste 7 pounds of petroleum driving to work, and .01 lbs from my morning k-cup.  My time has value, and I am not going to waste it greenwashing.</text></item><item><author>mikegioia</author><text>I actively try to dissuade people from buying Keurig machines, or any &amp;quot;coffee pod&amp;quot; machine and this is just another reason why. Aside from the fact that the coffee is watery, the pods just add such an unnecessary amount of garbage to something that doesn&amp;#x27;t need to generate any waste.&lt;p&gt;I think the concept is cool but re-usable pods are the way to go. This is stupid of Keurig.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ssharp</author><text>I have a Breville machine that allows you to pour in a heap of coffee beans, and it grinds and automatically fills the filter with your desired strength based on how much water you put in the machine. I believe they also make one that has a water reservoir that you periodically fill and you can just dial in a cup amount and it does everything else for you.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been pretty happy with it since I get fresh ground coffee and don&amp;#x27;t need to measure it. You still have to clean the filter after every use, but really it takes me less than 60 seconds to clean out the filter and fill the machine with water. Grinding the coffee and measuring it out manually was the biggest bottleneck in my daily coffee routine, so the Breville has at least eliminated that step.&lt;p&gt;Now if I could only plumb water directly to it...</text></comment>
<story><title>Keurig Will Use DRM In New Coffee Maker</title><url>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140227/06521826371/keurig-will-use-drm-new-coffee-maker-to-lock-out-refill-market.shtml</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jcampbell1</author><text>I waste 7 pounds of petroleum driving to work, and .01 lbs from my morning k-cup.  My time has value, and I am not going to waste it greenwashing.</text></item><item><author>mikegioia</author><text>I actively try to dissuade people from buying Keurig machines, or any &amp;quot;coffee pod&amp;quot; machine and this is just another reason why. Aside from the fact that the coffee is watery, the pods just add such an unnecessary amount of garbage to something that doesn&amp;#x27;t need to generate any waste.&lt;p&gt;I think the concept is cool but re-usable pods are the way to go. This is stupid of Keurig.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nsmnsf</author><text>&amp;gt; I waste 7 pounds of petroleum driving to work&lt;p&gt;Yes... that is also a problem.</text></comment>