Comments on: Make your own coffee pods – Perfect Pod Maker http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/10/make-your-own-coffee-pods-perfect-pod-maker/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sun, 27 May 2012 00:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: fireman54 http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/10/make-your-own-coffee-pods-perfect-pod-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-46492 fireman54 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:47:59 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=23236#comment-46492 Why do people think pods are a good idea? Okay, the machines are cheaper than a good automatic coffee machine. But once you grind the beans, you should use it or it will skunk. Now, if you are really a coffee freak, try a real coffee machine like a Saeco. It can make espresso, cappucino and cafe americano. Yes, it's expensive. But, the versatility and the great coffee can't be beat. Why do people think pods are a good idea? Okay, the machines are cheaper than a good automatic coffee machine. But once you grind the beans, you should use it or it will skunk.
Now, if you are really a coffee freak, try a real coffee machine like a Saeco. It can make espresso, cappucino and cafe americano. Yes, it’s expensive. But, the versatility and the great coffee can’t be beat.

]]> By: greg http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/10/make-your-own-coffee-pods-perfect-pod-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-46335 greg Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:45:38 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=23236#comment-46335 No, Don, I think the pod concept is totally insane as well. Why would I want to pay 28 times the amount for stale, pre-ground coffee left oxidizing for weeks in trucks and on store shelves after roasting. And no, we can forget about the "vacuum-sealed freshness" marketing pitch about them: cheap cans of Sanka and Maxwell House have been doing just that with their pre-ground coffee since the 1980s. That is far from "innovative". At least with ghetto pods you can use your own fresh beans. But talk about a senseless, expensive hack made to make a bad idea workable. The only thing innovative about these things is the convenience, which is facilitated by maximizing the amount of environmental waste that comes with individual serving packaging, the extraction of those additional materials, and their manufacturing. If the likes of Philips and Nestle had product design meetings where the goal was "How can we maximize the amount of materials use, manufacturing, and waste with every cup of coffee a person drinks?", they would have come up with these same pod systems. No, Don, I think the pod concept is totally insane as well. Why would I want to pay 28 times the amount for stale, pre-ground coffee left oxidizing for weeks in trucks and on store shelves after roasting. And no, we can forget about the “vacuum-sealed freshness” marketing pitch about them: cheap cans of Sanka and Maxwell House have been doing just that with their pre-ground coffee since the 1980s. That is far from “innovative”.

At least with ghetto pods you can use your own fresh beans. But talk about a senseless, expensive hack made to make a bad idea workable.

The only thing innovative about these things is the convenience, which is facilitated by maximizing the amount of environmental waste that comes with individual serving packaging, the extraction of those additional materials, and their manufacturing. If the likes of Philips and Nestle had product design meetings where the goal was “How can we maximize the amount of materials use, manufacturing, and waste with every cup of coffee a person drinks?”, they would have come up with these same pod systems.

]]> By: Donald Schoengold http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/10/make-your-own-coffee-pods-perfect-pod-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-46292 Donald Schoengold Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:37:24 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=23236#comment-46292 The whole pod concept is totally idiotic and this gadget to make your own pods is just icing on the cake. Lets compare the cost of making coffee with pods with the cost of making it with my Melitta filter coffee maker. We will just count the cost of supplies as the cost of the coffee is a wash. The PODs which you have to fill yourself cost 15 cents per cup. If you amortize the $40 pod filler over 500 cups, this works out to 4 cents per cup. I usually make 6 cups of coffee at a time. This makes the cost of supplies to be $1.14 for the supplies to make my 6 cups. With my Melitta, I can buy 480 filters for $20 or 4 cents per filter. There are no other costs and I can brew as many as 8 cups of coffee with my 4 cent filter. The POD concept costs 28 times the cost of my Melitta. This ignores the necessity to prefill PODs before I can use them. Am I not the the only person who finds the while POD concept totally insane? DON The whole pod concept is totally idiotic and this gadget to make your own pods is just icing on the cake. Lets compare the cost of making coffee with pods with the cost of making it with my Melitta filter coffee maker. We will just count the cost of supplies as the cost of the coffee is a wash.

The PODs which you have to fill yourself cost 15 cents per cup. If you amortize the $40 pod filler over 500 cups, this works out to 4 cents per cup. I usually make 6 cups of coffee at a time. This makes the cost of supplies to be $1.14 for the supplies to make my 6 cups.

With my Melitta, I can buy 480 filters for $20 or 4 cents per filter. There are no other costs and I can brew as many as 8 cups of coffee with my 4 cent filter.

The POD concept costs 28 times the cost of my Melitta. This ignores the necessity to prefill PODs before I can use them.

Am I not the the only person who finds the while POD concept totally insane?

DON

]]> By: Valcon http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/10/make-your-own-coffee-pods-perfect-pod-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-46203 Valcon Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:13:00 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=23236#comment-46203 @greg: note entirely true. The Philips Senseo is a worldwide success, despite the presence of "ghetto pods". Because Philips doesn't sell coffee, it doesn't care about OEM-pods. I used a Senseo for several years, but two years ago I switched to a fully automatic espresso machine (with build-in grinder). Depending on the choice of beans, I can make a freshly grinded espresso or coffee (with REAL crema, no look-alike foamy substance) for a measly 4-10 Euro-cents (about 5-13 dollar cents). Okay, it costs a small fortune (good machines start at 300 Euro) but it pays of after several years. Not to mention the better coffee quality! @greg: note entirely true. The Philips Senseo is a worldwide success, despite the presence of “ghetto pods”. Because Philips doesn’t sell coffee, it doesn’t care about OEM-pods.

I used a Senseo for several years, but two years ago I switched to a fully automatic espresso machine (with build-in grinder). Depending on the choice of beans, I can make a freshly grinded espresso or coffee (with REAL crema, no look-alike foamy substance) for a measly 4-10 Euro-cents (about 5-13 dollar cents). Okay, it costs a small fortune (good machines start at 300 Euro) but it pays of after several years. Not to mention the better coffee quality!

]]> By: greg http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/10/make-your-own-coffee-pods-perfect-pod-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-46131 greg Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:29:21 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=23236#comment-46131 Any coffee format that requires the creation of "ghetto pods", lifting a page out of the ink jet printer cartridge playbook, is doomed to failure. Any coffee format that requires the creation of “ghetto pods”, lifting a page out of the ink jet printer cartridge playbook, is doomed to failure.

]]> By: James Branch http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/10/make-your-own-coffee-pods-perfect-pod-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-46115 James Branch Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:09:48 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=23236#comment-46115 Ah, great idea!! I own a Kenco machine that uses these pods and they cost £5 for 10 pods, hence I never buy them very often so the machine doesn't get much use! I'd buy one these, even if it is $40.... I think it would pay for itself quite quickly! Ah, great idea!! I own a Kenco machine that uses these pods and they cost £5 for 10 pods, hence I never buy them very often so the machine doesn’t get much use!

I’d buy one these, even if it is $40…. I think it would pay for itself quite quickly!

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