The Off Topic Topic

[derspiess]

After trying so many different methods of making coffee, I've settled back into using a drip coffee maker.  I've been splurging on some decent beans though and grinding them as needed. 

[Tamas]

1940 radio news, American ones: https://archive.org/details/1940RadioNews/1940-08-16-CBS-Battle-Of-Britain.mp3

Link leads you directly to my favourite bit so far - it is almost surreal to hear all the familiar European cities and nations in the context of viciously fighting each other.

[Caliga]

After trying so many different methods of making coffee, I've settled back into using a drip coffee maker.  I've been splurging on some decent beans though and grinding them as needed.

I use a Nespresso Vertuoline.  When it breaks I'm planning on converting to an 'original' (i.e. can only do espresso), since I only ever drink espresso and those units do it better.

[Tamas]

After trying so many different methods of making coffee, I've settled back into using a drip coffee maker.  I've been splurging on some decent beans though and grinding them as needed.

I use a Nespresso Vertuoline.  When it breaks I'm planning on converting to an 'original' (i.e. can only do espresso), since I only ever drink espresso and those units do it better.

Is it really worth it wasting money on coffee pods? Filling up the holder with a scoop of ground coffee is a matter of seconds and I can buy a bag of decent ground coffee for 3-5 pounds.

[Maladict]

Is it really worth it wasting money on coffee pods?

No. They're horribly overpriced and generally not very good.

[Tamas]

BTW I find it telling of our general hipocricy as a species that we are tearing our hair out over plastic this and that, but somehow has so far avoided the topic of coffee pods and their environmental impact.

[Oexmelin]

Not really? I have heard the environmental criticism about coffee pods for years now, which forced Nestle to set up a recycling program.

[Tamas]

Not really? I have heard the environmental criticism about coffee pods for years now, which forced Nestle to set up a recycling program.

Ah, ok then. I've just never seen it on the mainstream.

[derspiess]

I've heard grumbling about it, but not as much as I would've thought.  So I kind of see where Tamas is coming from.

Honestly I never really liked the way coffee tasted out of k-pods.  Never tasted like fresh brewed coffee.

[dps]

I do have a nice Krups espresso machine, complete with the nozzle to make cappuccino; but ever since I've come back from Colombia I've found that I only drink American style coffee.  My cheap-o Mr. Coffee coffee maker works fine for that (though I do grind my own beans.)

My mom's machine was a Krups.  Very nice machine.

Of course, no matter how you make coffee, the quality of the beans matters a lot.  So does the quality of the water, for that matter--a couple of places where I've lived, the local water was so bad, we took to using bottled water to make coffee with.

[celedhring]

There's a movement to ban one-use pods over here, it's getting some traction and IIRC some Spanish regions have passed or are considering laws to that effect.

[Admiral Yi]

What's so special about pods?  There's billions of other plastic package thingys out there.

[celedhring]

What's so special about pods?  There's billions of other plastic package thingys out there.

A lot of one-use plastic packaging and tools (i.e. plastic dishes, forks, straws) are getting banned in Europe.

[Admiral Yi]

Are you banning the spork??

[Valmy]

What's so special about pods?  There's billions of other plastic package thingys out there.

A lot of one-use plastic packaging and tools (i.e. plastic dishes, forks, straws) are getting banned in Europe.

I hope that impacts how things are packaged over here. It is crazy how much packaging junk you have to deal with.