In article >,
"Brian Colwell" > wrote:
> "Lloyd Parsons" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Brian Colwell" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >
> >> > "Lloyd Parsons" > wrote in message
> >> >>> Russell Patterson > wrote in
> >> >>> :
> >> >>>
> >> >>> > , 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¢?
> >> >>
> >> >> 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.
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >
> > A couple of things about the Tassimo. Go to the website and see what
> > the disks have in them, as I remember it, it is more than just coffee.
> >
> > And most of the cups produced are of the much smaller 'european' style.
> > One of the discs was called something 'petit' and I jokingly said that
> > meant 1/2 a cup of coffee... 
> >
> > And many of their discs are nearly a dollar each...
>
> Here in BC their 100% Columbian ? :-)) a pack of 14 pods go for $4.99Can.
>
> bmc
Here the Starbucks Columbian is $10.99 for 12 disks
The Nabob Columbian is $7.99 for 14 disks
That's the only 2 Columbians they list. Seems like a big disparity in
pricing between us and north of the border, huh?