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Keurig's new K-Rounds coffee pods are plastic-free and could finally make single-serve coffee-making sustainable (www.techradar.com)

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This is quite exciting in that it removes plastic waste. I see no reason why different companies can't make different shape ones to maintain their lock-in. I expect a knock-off market to pop-up, but that exists with plastic pods too. It's a step in the right direction at least.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Team Aeropress here.

Good to see Keurig try to cut down on plastic waste, but if they really wanted to make an impact, they could open-source the design of the pods so all the alt-cup manufacturers could switch as well. It may be counter-intuitive, but the more options customers have, the more machine sales and goodwill Keurig will create.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you use a new paper filter every time or do you use some reusable filter for your aeropress?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Unbleached, round paper filters. Come in 300 packs. Goes into compost bin along with grounds.

Had metal, reusable ones, but accidentally tossed them out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How did the metal ones compare? Mind you, the paper rounds are really small and compossible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Same size as paper ones. Thin, perforated metal. Came in two gradations. Taste-wise, couldn't tell the difference. When opening to clean, it slid off so you could wash it, then compost the coffee as usual.

Pretty handy. But somehow, I managed to dump them away. Went back to paper.