Coffee has been my go-to-drink since I first had my first cup when I was in high school. I drink coffee not just to wake me up in the morning, but also to keep my energy through the day, to complement my food, and even as a pre-workout! I drink coffee too much that my wife thinks coffee is equivalent to my water. I used to drink up to 6 to 8 cups of coffee when I was in University especially during sleepless nights of studying. Recently, I’ve been trying to reduce my coffee intake to 3 cups a day or less.
It’s been my practice to brew my own coffee and bring it with me on a contigo container (or two). Brewing my own coffee saves me a lot of money compared to buying coffee every day from coffee shops. I understand love for coffee, but I don’t get how people can spend so much just from buying coffee from Tim Horton’s or Starbucks! Brewed coffee on the other hand is great for sharing and is a lot less expensive than asking other people to make pour you a cup.
My wife and I got one of the best gifts ever a few years ago – a Keurig k 700 hot brewer. Using a Keurig coffee maker is an easier and faster way to make coffee. It’s very useful on days I’m rushed, or when I just want to indulge myself in a single serving of a special flavoured k-cup.
K-cups are of course costlier than ground coffee, but it’s worth the indulgence. What I actually don’t like about the Keurig pods is that they can be wasteful – imagine how many used pods go to the garbage each day! I love coffee, but I also love to keep our mother earth alive. The solution to this dilemma is to use Reusable Keurig Cups. There are many types out there, but I think I found the best one! Of course, Keurig has its own version of reusable K-cups (you can check them out here) but the brand dictates its price. I was able to purchase functional resuable K-cups from Amazon and they work great.
They are the “Pureblue Brew Coffee Baskets” and you can get two pieces from Amazon for only $9.49. Check them out here.
Now I only buy ground coffee bags of different flavours and I can choose which one I’d like if I only want a single Keurig serving. From the picture above, you can see I enjoyed a ‘Barako coffee,’ a coffee derived from the Liberica type which is stronger, bolder, but smoother and is rare in North America.
The PureBlue Brew Coffee Baskets are easy and straightforward to use: open the container and pour a generous amount of grouns coffee of your choice, lock the lid and use it like any other K-cup. Just make sure there’s no coffee ground bits left around the rim so you can close it properly. Also, you only need to fill it about 3/4ths or less, depending on how strong you want the flavour in your coffee. They are also very easy to clean: simply scoop out the used coffee from the basket to your garbage, then submerge the reusable cup in a bowl filled with soapy water to make sure there are no leftover coffee particles, wash then rinse.
You can order your “PureBlue Brew Coffee Basket” by clicking this link.
To more coffee cups! Enjoy!
Coach Billy. 