QUICK NOTE: 1. sorry about the ads. i dont get $ from my silly videos, i used a copyrighted song and my hope is that the musicians will get a few bucks, theyre really good. 2. view either left side or right side per viewing. This may take a few views to sort out--and you may need to pause it to make sense of what is going on. Writing, explanations and witty banter are on the right, live action wizardry on the left. I had a lot to squeeze in to sync up with the soundtrack--it's a 4 and 1/2 minute song by: Animals As Leaders, "The Woven Web" off of their album, 'The Joy of Motion'. Extraordinary musicians, flat out phenomenal--it's like 2 guitar players and a drummer. WOW!
NOW LONGER NOTE: , to the brass tacks--this here is my first instructable. I make a lot of gadgets, jigs and things, and try to figure out smarter ways of doing things, especially in my shop, but mostly--it is usually useful in pretty special situations, for only a few fabricator-type-people.
This one is useful for anyone with a k cup machine, and they're everywhere--and their popularity continues to grow. seemed worth putting together a video, to stick it to the man. Plus, the ecological benefits are profound--did you know that people are dumping 6 billion tons of used k-cups into landfills everyday--every single day! that comes to 2,184 billion tons a year!!! Ha. i totally made that up, but it's still probably alot! First, a disclaimer-- I received my keurig machine as a gift. I never, ever would have bought one on my own--I had tried them before at friends and families houses, and the brew was just never strong enough. I am quad-espresso guy. I like it dark, bold and strong with good golden crema, a little sugar and a dash of salt. keurig isn't designed for that level of sophistication. it's for normal people who like normal predictable coffee that has the word "COFFEE" written in all caps on the can, not the name of some island in new guinea or a hidden mountain in the jungles of africa. nonetheless, This is going to help anyone wanting to save a crap-ton of money, pick your own bulk beans or grounded coffee--and it is really simple, once you get it down. Well, you're going to have to do a cost-benefit analysis to decide whether your thrifty side wins out or not, because there is a wee bit of work ahead. I did 2 boxes of k cups. cause I had reached my limit on just how flipping expensive it is, that and, batch operations are always more efficient.
a k cup costs about as much as a basic cup of coffee at a starbucks type place. and it ain't all that decent--it's watery and pathetic. it's like someone took a normal cup of coffee and a tablespoon--filled the tablespoon with the brewed coffee, emptied the cup, put the tablespoon worth of coffee back in the cup then filled it with hotwater. makes me sad just thinking about it. I actually just had to wipe away a tear. i got some pretty exciting results using my new method. of course I used espresso, and ground it down to dust. the commercial cups just aren't very good, and the other methods for cheating the system--the reusable cups, weren't very reliable or worth drinking, at least the ones i have tried. the way I show you how to do it, gets toward some complexity--close-ish to my French press. where the afterbite isn't watery, but has lingering notes that sort of stay awhile.
so anyway, 30 keurig k cups cleaned, recycled and foil sealed in four and one half minutes--awesome. well, that's viewing time, anyway. It looks easy when you're pushing thru at 4x's the speed of normal. :) 4x's the speed of normal! ha--it was, at least, 6x's...
30 k-cups--that's like 657 dollars. Who can afford that in this age of diminishing wages. I am exaggerating--but only slightly. It's straight up drug dealing. Anyway, if you want to end your dependence on this high-priced commodity, you can watch this video. watch it a few times, it's hypnotic. but focus left or right only. I tried myself to do both and it's just not as much fun. my recommendation would be to read the captions first then watch the live action on a 2nd viewing.
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oh one thing I forgot to caption in the video. when wrapping the aluminum foil on the cup, you'll want to use your fingernails, to kind of bind the foil over and under the rib/ rim. and the tighter you make the foil that hangs over the better. if it's too sloppy it won't slide into the machines slot doohickeyjig.
2020 update: there may have been upgrades and various commercial ways of bypassing the method used here. this, in my opinion, is still cheapest--but a little labor intensive. decide for yourself what makes sense for you. i personally broke down and bought an espresso machine. the keurig system just wasnt able to make a strong enough brew for me. and i couldnt stand the grit from french press, and the hassle of mokapot.
-mildlyangryjohnny
