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This is good advice. I hate nickle-and-dimey stuff too, so yeah, good point. You know what else I hate? Fucking Keurig. I hate the packaging, I hate the shi

This is good advice. I hate nickle-and-dimey stuff too, so yeah, good point. You know what else I hate? Fucking Keurig. I hate the packaging, I hate the shitty brewing machines that don't brew hot enough or saturate the pods, and I hate the racketeering company. Nevertheless, one of the most consistent compliments I get in reviews is about this dinky little coffee and tea station we have set up on a bread rack. Nothing fancy, just a Keurig and another normal coffee machine and some boxes of tea and cocoa and stuff. To me it looks kind of chintzy, but a lot of guests are super charmed by complimentary coffee pods and variety packs of tea. So I grit my teeth and keep the little drawer stocked with pods. Toilet paper again: at some point I intend to install bidets in the bathrooms. Toto makes one that reviews well. Then I'll put up some signs with cute bears and bunnies and a maybe a folksy limerick about conserving and some encouragement to wash before wiping. If people used them it would cut way back on our paper consumption.

novok 8y ago
There are many k-cups that are not from keurig, and they are %100 industrially compostable. You can also put a small compost bucket beside the pods so they would actually be composted. That plus sweetener in paper packets and you have a %100 compostable system. Maybe there are powder creamers out there that come in paper packets too. I use these guys myself, and they are 0.30 a cup from Costco: https://www.sanfranciscobaycoffee.com/index.php/onecup-for-keurig-coffee-machines/ https://www.sanfranciscobaycoffee.com/index.php/onecup-for-k... I like the rainforest blend the best, but you will probably want a variety pack to see what guests like the best. Also bidets don't really reduce tp usage for me, since you need it to dry up.
- nate_meurer 8y ago
  Yes I buy Kirkland as well. You're right much cheaper, but same horrendously wasteful packaging. So, talk to me about the bidet. I've always though that if I hosed myself off real good, then I could consistently use just one wipe with the tp to dry off, instead of needing an unpredictable number of wipings to the same without water. Is this realistic? Do you find it's consistently just one tp wipe per job? Because that right there would be a huge improvement in my material costs. Edit: Wait, did you say compostable k-cups? I've never heard of that, BRB... Edit2: I'll be darned. That's great. They're a little more expensive than Kirkland, but I think it's worth it. Very cool, thanks for the tip.
  - cbsks 8y ago
    I have a cheap bidet similar to this https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-180-Non-Electric/dp/B00A0RMQ1E https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-180-Non-Electric/dp/B0... and I LOVE IT! It takes about 10 seconds to clean, and only takes 1 wipe to dry. There are fancier models that have a built-in blow dryer so you wouldn't even need to dry at all, but they require an outlet near the toilet.
    - nate_meurer 8y ago
      That's what I want to hear, thanks.
    - kalleboo 8y ago
      I've used ones with blow-dryers here in Japan and they've universally been too weak to actually fully dry you in a reasonable amount of time. Similar to a really weak hand dryer.
  - novok 8y ago
    I use really thin 1 ply scott tp that come with 1000 sheets per roll. It actually works pretty good, but I guess for drying from bidets, it gets saturated quickly compared to more luxury tp, so you have to use more. Maybe if I used the good stuff it would not take a lot. Also TP is a compostable and renewable resource, so I wouldn't worry that much about it's usage.
    - nate_meurer 8y ago
      Good point. I don't know why it bothers me so much.
RankingMember 8y ago
I was actually going to mention maybe trying one of those cheap bidet add-ons, but then I thought about all the guests who won't know what to do with it and might spray the wall if they touch the control while not sitting down. Agreed 100% re: Keurig. :)

novok 8y ago

There are many k-cups that are not from keurig, and they are %100 industrially compostable. You can also put a small compost bucket beside the pods so they would actually be composted. That plus sweetener in paper packets and you have a %100 compostable system. Maybe there are powder creamers out there that come in paper packets too. I use these guys myself, and they are 0.30 a cup from Costco: https://www.sanfranciscobaycoffee.com/index.php/onecup-for-keurig-coffee-machines/ https://www.sanfranciscobaycoffee.com/index.php/onecup-for-k... I like the rainforest blend the best, but you will probably want a variety pack to see what guests like the best. Also bidets don't really reduce tp usage for me, since you need it to dry up.

nate_meurer 8y ago
Yes I buy Kirkland as well. You're right much cheaper, but same horrendously wasteful packaging. So, talk to me about the bidet. I've always though that if I hosed myself off real good, then I could consistently use just one wipe with the tp to dry off, instead of needing an unpredictable number of wipings to the same without water. Is this realistic? Do you find it's consistently just one tp wipe per job? Because that right there would be a huge improvement in my material costs. Edit: Wait, did you say compostable k-cups? I've never heard of that, BRB... Edit2: I'll be darned. That's great. They're a little more expensive than Kirkland, but I think it's worth it. Very cool, thanks for the tip.
- cbsks 8y ago
  I have a cheap bidet similar to this https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-180-Non-Electric/dp/B00A0RMQ1E https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-180-Non-Electric/dp/B0... and I LOVE IT! It takes about 10 seconds to clean, and only takes 1 wipe to dry. There are fancier models that have a built-in blow dryer so you wouldn't even need to dry at all, but they require an outlet near the toilet.
  - nate_meurer 8y ago
    That's what I want to hear, thanks.
  - kalleboo 8y ago
    I've used ones with blow-dryers here in Japan and they've universally been too weak to actually fully dry you in a reasonable amount of time. Similar to a really weak hand dryer.
- novok 8y ago
  I use really thin 1 ply scott tp that come with 1000 sheets per roll. It actually works pretty good, but I guess for drying from bidets, it gets saturated quickly compared to more luxury tp, so you have to use more. Maybe if I used the good stuff it would not take a lot. Also TP is a compostable and renewable resource, so I wouldn't worry that much about it's usage.
  - nate_meurer 8y ago
    Good point. I don't know why it bothers me so much.

RankingMember 8y ago

I was actually going to mention maybe trying one of those cheap bidet add-ons, but then I thought about all the guests who won't know what to do with it and might spray the wall if they touch the control while not sitting down. Agreed 100% re: Keurig. :)