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The grams of waste per teaspoon of ketchup seems high.

What else has a super high packaging waste per consumable volume?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Coffee grounds is also bio degradable.
I don't really understand the need for the pods. Coffee is best fresh roasted and freshly grinded, which the ones in pods are absolutely not. Once i saw an ad where they sold "vintage coffee" nice rebranding to sell old ass pods, this isn't wine.
Then they made these coffee balls that fit in a new machine, what are you doing?? Instead ob buying beans and grind them in your machine that can grind all the coffee, people rather buy some pre-ground weird ass coffee balls?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Some people don't care about the flavor of their coffee, only how much of a buzz it can give them and how quickly. Either that or they've been conditioned by Starbucks marketing to think that stale, burned coffee actually tastes good.

[–] AA5B 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have the wrong comparison: k-cups == convenience

-- compared to instant coffee, k-cups make much, MUCH better coffee

— if you’re going to fresh grind, yeah I don’t know why you would use that machine. Probably just the inconvenience of having more than one.

— My compromise is a Keurig for when I want convenience or variety, and a French Press for when I want something nicer

[–] snausagesinablanket 1 points 1 year ago

I have a Kcup adapter to put in fresh coffee. No waste at all.