How Bad Are K-Cups for the Environment? – The Atlantic – Two things I found fascinating: 1) Singapore doesn’t have K-Cups. Huh. Another tick in Singapore’s favour, as far as I’m concerned! 2) Keurig actually argues that their machines are more environmentally efficient because non-Keurig machines waste too much coffee (since rarely to people measure out exactly the proper amount), and coffee uses a lot of water to grow. That would be interesting to try to quantify. I know that the Snook (and I) thinks that the coffee he produces by grinding fresh beans and using an espresso machine at home is far superior to K-Cup taste… but judging by the coffee grinds all over the counter top each day, there’s definitely some wastage and inefficiency. (Not to mention when somebody – *cough cough* – forgets and leaves the machine on all day…)
Important Note
This site features content going all the way back to 2000. The posts you’ll read reflect my views and writing style at the time. While I have gone back to clean up a few of them, I think it’s important not to sanitise too much. This site is a record of who I am and how I’ve grown. Any blog post written years ago may not reflect who I am today, nor how I would write about the same topic today.