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Default Keurig one-cup coffee brewers


"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "Lloyd Parsons" > wrote in message
>>> Russell Patterson > wrote in
>>> :
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>>> > , the cost per cup is at
>>> > or under 50 cents a cup.
>>> >
>>>
>>> you call that reasonable?
>>>
>>> I could understand it if home brewing resulting in under 20¢ a cup, but
>>> 50¢?

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>> Actually it isn't too bad if you think about it. If you like drip
>> coffee, I suspect that each cup costs more than you think if you
>> consider that you throw out a fair amount of each pot pretty often.

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> For the price of an 18 pack of Keurig you can get a lot of good ground
> coffee.
>
> Three cups a day in our house would be $45 a month with Keurig. My wife
> buys a bag of coffee at BJ's for $15.99 and gets a couple of months from
> it. Let's see, $90 versus $16. I'm thinking, just as you suggested.
> 90 - 16= 74 x6 = 444 per year more for the Keurig + the cost of machine =
> $600 additional outlay the first year. . I'm thinking, I'm thinking.
>

Have you looked at the Tassimo ? Both the pods and the unit appear to be
cheaper. Not sure there would be much difference in the end product !

bmc