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A couple of weeks ago I was in a coffee store where they sells all kinds of brewers, coffeemakers, supplies, coffee, etc. Afterwards I started getting ads on Instagram from the store. One of them was to purchase at least $75 in Mars Flavia single serve coffee packs and get a free brewer valued at $179. I had never heard of either. Then this week on Tues. I got the ad again. I already have a Cuisinart single serve machine but I needed more coffee anyway so I decided to buy these new coffee packs and get the free brewer. It arrived today. There are packs available for all types of coffee as well as tea, soup, hot chocolate, latte, espresso and cappucino. Each pack has a nozzle on top where the water enters, the coffee in the pack and a filter. The pack is inserted upright in the chamber, the door is closed and then the beverage is brewed. I haven't tried it yet but will give it a go tomorrow morning.

Does anyone use this system or has heard of it?

Gary


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They were used at a company I worked at >15 years ago--it seemed like they did the "free hot water; pay for drinks" thing better than Keurig (though I think of single-serve coffee with the same contempt I do for bottled water...only ever use it in hotels). I did have a Senseo which I picked up about 13 years ago for a little while...it had the filter pods with just filterpaper (not all the plastic/foil/…).
 
I'm skeptical about pods being recycled at all.  A huge amount of recycled material ends up in landfill because it's not clean.  Who is going to scoop out the residue in the pod before it goes to the recycling facility, which only handles clean recyclables?  My guess is nobody, but the lip service makes the consumer feel better.
 
Cool Gary,

Keurig cups are also recyclable. I discovered that when removing the grounds and paper filter, some have a strainer in the bottom, and some do not. For example, the Dunkin' donuts ones do, blue box donut shop, and the McCafe' don't, or visa versa.
 
I had 2 cups of coffee this morning, using 2 different brands. They were both very good and the coffee was hot like I prefer instead of lukewarm from many k-cup brewers. The brewer heats up fast, is very quiet compared to a Keurig or my current Cuisinart. One down side is that there is not room for a real large cup size even with the overflow plate removed. The 3 standard cup sizes are very small compared to other brewers however it has the capability to increase the default for each cup size by 10, 20 or 30 %. Each cup is almost twice the cost of a k-cup.

Gary
 
Interesting since the patent has worn off on Keurig last

Question, do you have the Tassimo system in the US?

Always wondered.
 
Yes we have Tassimo

 

<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">I've picked up a few of them over the years at Estate Sales.  We used to be able to get the discs at Bed Bath and Beyond in stock.  Now it looks like you can get them but they have to be shipped to our store here in Little Rock.  I didn't hate them but I did hate the fact that I had to use their own discs.  I've given mine away.  A guy I work with loves them and wanted to have spares in case his died so off they went to him.</span>
 
besides the fact that they generate...

a huge amount of trash - billons of cups/yr - maybe it's me but I've never had a decent cup of coffee out of any single serve machine. We got a Cook's Illustrated recommended Bonavita drip machine and it was a revelation as it brews at the proper temps, 197 to 205, which very few machines actually do. Grinding good quality recently roasted beans fresh each time also helps immensely, imho... yymv.
 
I have a feeling that Tassimo is not going to be around in a year or two. THe shelf space allotted to their discs is getting really small. Sort of like what happened with the Nescafe Dolce Gusto pods I had ,and that Nestle recently discontinued in N.America. It was the top rated single serve in Consumer Reports. They were giving away free machines about a year before the announcement. I still have mine unboxed Shame because the Dolce Gusto machines and coffee's were great.
 
I'll second that ....

I have never had a decent cup of coffee from any single cup machine. Tried different machines and many different flavor selections. A bad cup from any restaurant exceeds the quality of a single cup machine. At least to my palate.
 
I’ll Third That!

I think that Kerig and all the rest of these single cup coffee brewers are only good if you like very weak coffee, or are willing to brew and drink small cups of coffee, no more than 8oz.  They just don’t hold enough coffee to give a good, strong cup a joe.  

 

If you want to brew one cup at a time, use a Melitta 1 cup pour over and you can use enough coffee to make it as strong as you want it to be.  And its a whole lot less expensive.  

 

Granted it doesn’t provide the cache of having yet another appliance on your counter, but the trade off is space on your counter for other things that really do what they are supposed to do.

 

And there is less non biodegradable crap going into the landfill so you won’t be contributing more to climate change. The paper Melitta filters are biodegradable.

 

Eddie
 
I've never owned a single cup brewer that uses pods, but have enjoyed decent coffee from them.  They sure do beat the alternative of a big urn that's been cooking the brew for hours if you happen to be in a waiting room or are having complimentary breakfast at a hotel, etc.

 

I bought a Bonavita automatic drip machine a few years ago at one of the last remaining Sears stores in my area.  They had the best price.  I cruised ebay and found a never-used Chemex 6-cup carafe with glass handle (so it can go in the dishwasher) plus a box of 100 filters and ditched the Bonavita's filter basket and carafe.  It's a lot easier to remove and toss the Chemex filter cone than deal with the filter basket, and the Chemex makes a superior, smoother cup of coffee.  Or, in my case, two mugs full of coffee.  I highly recommend this system for those who buy beans and grind them each morning.  I have a '60s vintage KA grinder next to the Bonavita and use freshly ground beans from a local independent roaster.  This system is far cheaper than a Chemex Otto, and a lot less clunky and complicated than a more expensive Technivorm.
 
We use the Breville Barista Express Espresso Maker and get great coffee, + there are no pods. To be honest, I can’t even remember I was drinking coffee made in brewer somewhere. Therefore, I can’t compare, but I like very strong coffee, I don’t know how this machine can handle this
 

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