3 ms·

as a digital nomad I struggle to fit everything into my bag and so the Bialetti is the item that always gets left behind as a "present" to who comes after me. I

as a digital nomad I struggle to fit everything into my bag and so the Bialetti is the item that always gets left behind as a "present" to who comes after me. I've been doing this the past 14 years now and like to think I'm the reason why this post finally made it into your reality / timeline :) I used to feed my addiction via Nespresso capsules and am glad I stopped because it was really expensive but also: > Recent research (PDF) conducted by a UK-based coffee brand found that, of the 39,000 capsules produced worldwide every minute, 29,000 of them end up in landfills -- https://bbia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CAF26_52_SustainablePods-1.pdf https://bbia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CAF26_52_Sust...

throw0101a 5y ago
"K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee pod system": * https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/k-cup-creator-john-sylvan-regrets-inventing-keurig-coffee-pod-system-1.2982660 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/k-cup-creator-john-sylvan-r... * https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35605927 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35605927 Discussed in 2018: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18718039 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18718039
- cylinder714 5y ago
  All true, of course, which is why I strongly recommend reusable cups like those from Solofill, my favorite. One of those charged with, say, Peet's Mocha-Java, makes a fine cup of coffee.