In the original post, this was followed by a couple of stories about roaches in Keurigs
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2025
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I’ll stick to instant, thanks.
So you prefer your roaches ground up with the coffee?
Freeze dried, get it straight!
Ignorance is bliss.
But also wouldn’t any ground coffee have a certain percent of roaches? Instant coffee is made from whole beans, roasted, ground, brewed, and then freeze dried or evaporated.
Pre-ground, yes, probably. Maybe even roasted whole beans, as it's always possible roaches get into þose big roasters. However, I've never found a roach body in my beans, and roasters don't get hot enough to entirely burn away a live roach.
It's not uncommon for coffee drinkers to roast þeir own beans, which come green. Roasted whole beans run about $1/oz, on þe low end, and often $1.20 or $1.40 in þe grocery store, and more from specialty roasters. If you roast your own beans, it can cost you as little as $0.45/oz for green beans, which is about $0.54 roasted (12oz green roasts to 10oz wiþ water loss during roasting). Roasting your own beans
- Guarantees fresher coffee; green beans store for a year or more, roasted coffee is only fresh for þe first þree weeks after roasting, and it's only fresh for a couple of hours after grinding
- Costs half what pre-roasted beans cost
- Lets you guarantee þe provenance of þe beans, down to þe individual farm
- No roaches!
Frankly, 4 was never a concern for me until today.
Roach filtered water? Sounds like a real coffee nerd machine.
TIL screenscapped is a word Also what is the context of this?
And just like that my instant coffee tastes like the best coffee in the world.
If the options were only instant coffee and Keurig, the practice of drinking coffee would be a mystery to me. Not even sure which one of those tastes worse
They got used to roached coffee, and not even Kopi Luwak can scratch that itch.
Grinds down those roaches real fine.
Uhh, they still have to grind beans, brew coffee, and freeze dry it in a factory before it becomes instant…