Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
> On 2014-05-30 09:13:34 +0000, Ophelia said:
>
>> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 29 May 2014 22:45:28 -1000, dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/29/2014 4:07 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 29 May 2014 12:30:17 -0400, "Steve Freides"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> K Cups are "pods," those things that a lot of coffee machines
>>>>>> now accept or use exclusively.
>>>>>
>>>>> Damn. You had me very interested there, with that subject heading.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think he's talking about a Keurig product called "My K-Cup" or
>>>> something similar to that. The Keurig product is refillable and
>>>> reusable. It won't work in all Keurig coffee makers because you
>>>> need one with a removable cup holder. I never could get my "My
>>>> K-Cup" coffee filter to work. The mesh filter was also hard to
>>>> clean. It's pretty much a fail.
>>>
>>> Yup. I was just being facetious
>>> I'd never use those pod things in a million years. They just don't
>>> have any advantages for me, only disadvantages.
>>
>> I nearly bought one. The saleswoman was soooo persuasive that I took
>> one from her (we were in the wholesalers) and I came to my senses
>> before I reached the check out <g> I just parked it on a shelf.
>> When we reached the check out I saw her heading in our direction and
>> felt really guilty LOL not sure what I was thinking she might do)
>
> Last time I was at Sur le Table here in Portland, a lady tried to sell
> me BOTH a Keurig and a Soda Stream. I told her that I don't drink
> soda and that I don't like plastic flavored coffee, and she actually
> frowned at me and bustled away. What a silly bint.

The Soda Stream is a gadget we own. No adult here drinks soda but my
wife likes carbonated water, and she find this very convenient. The
kids have been known to make soda with it, however, but we don't buy
prepackaged syrups.

-S-