With general coffee consumption in my household down since we found out about the pregnancy, my guilt over using a Keurig brewer (and their not very eco-friendly K-Cups) kinda got swept under the rug. Now that I have decaf K-Cups, I still use the Keurig on weekends, and my husband still uses it daily. I love the fact that he’s able to use it without much mess or fuss (unlike my old Senseo).

However, those K-Cups … disposable, non-recyclable. Of course, I can just keep using the My K-Cup with ground coffee, but the point of switching to a single serve machine is ease of use. Dropping a regular K-Cup in the machine is waaaay simpler than popping out the regular K-Cup holder on the machine, filling a small filter basket with ground coffee, dropping that into the holder, screwing on the lid, then dropping the whole thing into the brewer. I have been seriously considering going back to coffee pods since they’re a bit more eco-friendly, and with the recent release of the Cuisinart SS1 Cup-O-Matic single serve brewer, I’ve had to fight the urge to whip out my credit card. Thankfully, I’ve managed to stay away. I did, however, make one small purchase as consolation: the Perfect Pod Holster. This device will let me use any coffee pod with my Keurig brewer, so there’s no need to buy an entirely new machine! I managed to find two decaf pods in my pantry to give it a whirl. The first cup … had some coffee grounds in it. Bleh. The second time around, after making sure the pod is tightly packed in, resulted in a cleaner cup of coffee.

I can’t see my husband fiddling about and stuffing a pod in the Holster at 6am, so I may have to pre-pack it for him the night before so all he has to do is push a button. Otherwise, I’m back to buying coffee pods once our stash of K-Cups are gone.

Filed by Maria in coffee