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The Racket of Single Serve Coffee Pods | mcgvr
- hapless 15y agoI suspect the reason single-serve "pod" machines are successful is convenience. It's a single serving, piping hot, exactly when you need it. This is not impossible to achieve with a regular grind-and-brew machine, it just has high up-front costs. Inexpensive grind-and-brew single-serve machines typically make really, really wretched coffee. The good single-serve machines (e.g. Jura Capresso) start out around $500.
- bjmcgeever 15y agoConvenience is key when it comes to single-serve. No matter what, you can't make great coffee that fast. You may actually be surprised about the front-end costs. Dear Coffe I Love You put together nice graphic comparing the front-end and per-cup costs of entry-level single-serve brewers and entry-level manual brewers (specifically the Aeropress.) Check it out: http://www.dearcoffeeiloveyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/singlecup_cost1.jpg http://www.dearcoffeeiloveyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03...