Ditching the Keurig

My wife brought a Keurig with her when she moved in, I switched out a kitchen faucet shutoff valve for a double dishwasher stop valve and plumbed a line through the lower kitchen cabinets with a shutoff valve and a flex line into the reservoir to make refilling a snap, and we use the refillable plastic k-cups. We grind beans with our Ninja spice grinder and keep them in an airtight jar next to the thing. Pretty much always ready to go. I hated the hassle of refilling the reservoir until I plumbed that line now it's no problem at all.
 
Have been using a $9.99 electric kettle and a couple Bodum presses (one was lost in transit, replaced, and promptly found 🙄) for years... started with ground, went whole bean, and finally found something in the "pretty good" category ground.
Even my Mom (diehard K-cupper) has ditched it in favor of a press... and found 4sq/ft of countertop the whole deal (k-Cup and mini-filing cabinet for various cups)!
 
shawn said:
Spray hoses are great for this, too. Pull the faucet out, fill the coffee maker,
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Or adding it to the kids’ chore list. Make sure the dog has water, make sure the Keurig has water. When they mix the two up, after a couple times you really don’t even taste the Purina slobber anymore.
 
thats the one thing I miss about the keurig is filling the resevoirup like 2x a week. Instead of every nnight before bed.
That and dumping the grounds our and cleaning the reusable filter.

But waking up at 4:#0 and the coffee already being ready is worht it..
 
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