Article by T. Santini

Refillable Coffee PodsA typical, fairly decent pound of coffee may cost around , and yield around one hundred and thirty cups of coffee, varying on the typical punch or kick of the cup of coffee the drinker prefers, and the region the coffee originated from. The coffee value is always dependant on the quality of the coffee [brand], the flavor/blend and geographic region. A basic home brewed kitchen cup of coffee breaks down to about a nickel per cup. A typical mid-sized box of 100 coffee pods will cost a coffee drinker in the range of -30 depending on the brand, and the coffee flavor, and sometimes the caffine level, meaning the price of decaf compared to higher concentrations of coffee like espresso can vary. For the sake of this guide we will assume per 100 pods. This breaks down to exactly.25 cents per cup, five times as much as buying by the grocery store coffee bag. And a basic blend of coffee in a shop like Starbuck’s or Barnes and Noble will cost about .35.

Clearly buying coffee by the bag is the cheapest way to drink coffee, however, it is the speed and convenience of the coffee pod that becomes very desirable.

.05 per cup [bag coffee].25 per cup [coffee pod] 2.25 per cup [coffee shop]

So what to do? Well, for starters, buying a reusable coffee pod can greatly lessen the pod coffee wallet sting per cup. Secondly, by using a K-cap, your disposable coffee pods become refillable coffee pods, and you are able to squeeze sometimes as much as 10-15 cups of coffee from one pod alone. This can actually make drinking pod coffee as cheap, and if you really squeeze it, cheaper than the grocery store bag coffee. My-Cap for KeurigPersonally, I utilize a Keurig single cup coffee maker and I usually keep one or two boxes of gourmet single cup coffee pods. Alongwith a K-cap to turn the throw-away coffee pods into refillable coffee pods-drastically brining down my price per cup. And also an old school multi-cup coffee makerfor when the rest of the family shows up, as well as friends, neighbors and of course when the in-laws stop by, I drag out the generic bag coffee and hide the gourmet coffee pods. A My kap device is a circular, solid, heat resistant plastic top that pops on and covers the coffee pod top, allowing you to re-use the coffee pod until the paper filter of the pod tears. When the coffee pod filter does happen to tear after about 10 uses, you just toss it in the trash, clean out another pod, (dumping out the old coffee and rinsing it), and slide on the K-Cap and boom-another refillable coffee pod that should last between 3 and up as many as 15 or more cups of coffee. Enjoy!