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Location: Never in one place long | http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/13707-kicked-my-keurig-to-the-curb...
I don't use Keurig machines but know many friends who do... Definitely gives you something to think about if you use one. |
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Location: Kansas | yuck! I'll save my money and buy me a 6 cup coffee maker....and a nice coffee mug LOL. And lots and lots of pumpkin spice creamer!!!!! |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Read that a few months ago. Still use my keurig daily. I don't get grossed out easily.  |
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Location: Never in one place long | Exactly! One of the things that bothers me to is the waste of the plastic cups they use that aren't recyclable... just think of all the millions used per year in landfills  |
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Great article - thanks for sharing that! I don't use a Keurig at home, but I do use the one at work --- well, not anymore! LOL
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Location: ND | you just have to clean them......not a big deal |
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Location: Texas! | I'm sure if you looked in a regular coffee maker at the office you'd have the same gunk... |
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| just use the reusable cup, I bought the ekobrew stainless steel, saves money. I also run vinegar through ours once a week. I'm sure the water coming out of our well has more nastiness than my keurig. Plus, i'm sure I've eaten and drank worse things than what comes out of the keurig. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | I like mine and I clean mine. I also use the ground coffee in the basket - so not many plastic empty cups going to the trash for us. |
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| My husband has one. I clean it regularly and buy him organic whole beans that he grinds and uses with the reusable cup- no waste. |
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| i love my 5 yrild mr coffee |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Love mine.
I have the "bunn" Brand. You can use ground coffee if you like.
They also make "k-cups" that don't have the plastic cup. The coffee is in a filter-like sack with a plastic part instead of aluminum foil.
As for the mold, mold is everywhere. I'm pretty sure I inhale/ingest worse microbes brushing my horse or cleaning a stall. ;-)
I would question the scientific veracity of any article from "eatlocalgrown.com".....
PS, I would bet significant body parts that they validated the safety and cleanliness of these machines throughly before they EVER hit store shelves. There are many companies that do nothing but validate machinery or methods for the food industry. Food companies do not take any risks in our overly litigious society!
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Location: ND | like
however, if you are fanatically worried about your machine.....just put 5-6 drops of food grade peroxide in when you fill every once in a while....... |
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Location: Midwest | dhdqhllc - 2014-11-21 2:25 PM like however, if you are fanatically worried about your machine.....just put 5-6 drops of food grade peroxide in when you fill every once in a while.......
truth
just clean it. It's not a huge deal to run vinegar or food grade H2O2 through it.
PS, working in food method or machine validation is liable to make the world's happiest person borderline suicidal. LOL
Edited by barrelracr131 2014-11-21 2:38 PM
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Location: Never in one place long | rodeomom3 - 2014-11-21 11:46 AM
My husband has one. I clean it regularly and buy him organic whole beans that he grinds and uses with the reusable cup- no waste.
That is cool, I didn't know it was possible to use reusable cups, very neat if you do use them. |
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| DLV - 2014-11-21 2:48 PM
rodeomom3 - 2014-11-21 11:46 AM
My husband has one. I clean it regularly and buy him organic whole beans that he grinds and uses with the reusable cup- no waste.
That is cool, I didn't know it was possible to use reusable cups, very neat if you do use them.
you can get them TONS of places too - our local grocery store sells them, Amazon.com, etc .... :) We use the reusable/plastic ones at work in our keurig and just clean it with vinegar when we remember.
I also gotta say I'd wonder at the validity of an article from that website ... |
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Location: sunny california | my machine has a water filter, we just change it every once in a while and run vinegar through the machine |
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| DLV - 2014-11-21 2:48 PM rodeomom3 - 2014-11-21 11:46 AM My husband has one. I clean it regularly and buy him organic whole beans that he grinds and uses with the reusable cup- no waste. That is cool, I didn't know it was possible to use reusable cups, very neat if you do use them.
Reusable cup is the wrong term, it is a basket that you can use your own coffee in. Just rinse after every use and put it back in the machine. |
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Location: North Dakota | Ewww. I have a keurig but always use the reusable cup thingy..so I guess I feel a little better. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I agree if you clean them and treat them like you should, they aren't going to kill you. You would be surprised of the make up, deoderant, lotion cooking pans that have ingredients that are much more harmful. It's everywhere. Most people cook with nonstick pans and those that have birds in the house aren't supposed to use those, it kills the parrots. Soooo think how great it is for us... |
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| Clean the machine regularly and use the little basket that is available for purchase to put your own coffee in and VOILA! Problems solved!
I think people can create DRAMA off the simplest of things because some people believe everything they read on the internet.
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | no one read the other article about "why you don't have to kick the Keurig to the curb" by a Dr. T Simpson,
At the bottom of the article you will see this other article you can click on and read. |
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| Just another opinion writer who wants to justify not buying a popular item. Anything can kill you if you don't use your head. |
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Location: Central Montana | We have an off brand of one in the horse trailer. Cleaning isn't that big of a deal.
There is no way I could use one every day. I drink too much coffee to do one cup at time and would get really annoyed having to wait for each cup to brew. |
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Keurig drinkers...interesting article