Keurig - Bringing DRM to Coffee
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 by Island Dog | Discussion: Life, the Universe and Everything
I have a Keurig machine, and I use the refillable K-cups which I fill with whatever coffee I decide to buy at the grocery store. It's much cheaper than the packaged K-cups, and in my opinion, tastes about the same.
It seems Keurig is tired of 3rd party coffee brands using their system.
"Green Mountain has announced a new anticompetitive plan to maintain its monopoly by redesigning its brewers to lock out competitors’ products. Such lock-out technology cannot be justified based on any purported consumer benefit, and Green Mountain itself has admitted that the lock-out technology is not essential for the new brewers’ function. Like its exclusionary agreements, this lock-out technology is intended to serve anticompetitive and unlawful ends."
Source: TechDirt
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Reply #42 Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:49 AM
The reason I got the Keurig was so every cup would be fresh. I hate coffee that has been sitting on a hot plate for hours. It's burned, too strong and bitter. Gotta be freshly made for me to drink it!
Reply #43 Wednesday, February 4, 2015 7:38 AM
I used to like my coffee a certain way till I was drafted and got my coffee out of a vat which cooked the coffee and had egg shells in it to keep the coffee grounds at the bottom. That's also how I learned to drink it black. Most of the time there wasn't any sugar or cream.
Reply #45 Wednesday, February 4, 2015 3:27 PM
The reason I got the Keurig was so every cup would be fresh. I hate coffee that has been sitting on a hot plate for hours. It's burned, too strong and bitter. Gotta be freshly made for me to drink it!
Pour a cup - place in fridge, and nuke when ready, eliminates the bitter, been warming too long taste.
Reply #46 Wednesday, February 4, 2015 4:29 PM
While I like and use the Keurig at times, the coffee it makes always tastes 'slightly scalded' to me, for lack of a better description, even with my own selected grounds. Was less noticeable with the 1.0 brewers as you could lower the brewing temp but the new 2.0 machines don't give you any control over temperature. So far (at least) the most mellow coffee (to my taste) is brewed with a French press with water at a temp of ~175-180 degrees.
Reply #47 Wednesday, February 4, 2015 5:38 PM
[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="44" id="3520794"]
^ Can only be answered with -
What an old clip! I used to love Monty Python, but I don't remember Marty Feldman being with them. He's been gone a long time now.
Reply #48 Wednesday, February 4, 2015 6:47 PM
That DRM only applies to the"NEW" Keurig 2.0 machines. I have one of the "Old" machines and I use my own coffee in an adapted cup just fine. Also look online for instructions on defeating the DRM.
Reply #49 Thursday, February 5, 2015 6:44 PM
I was pleasantly surprised today when I saw that Rogers Family Company put a free clip in each of the boxes of coffee that I ordered from them.
My clip finally showed up today with three free coffee pods. So I am all set in case I ever have to get a new machine 
Reply #50 Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:27 AM
I hate to be an ass but Keurig Coffee is terrible, it's not only expensive but tastes like chalk. If anything this is a good motivation for people to press their own coffee and enjoy a higher quality beverage.
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Reply #41 Friday, January 30, 2015 8:16 AM
WOM hates instant coffee, that's rot gut.