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points by amelius 3 days ago | 0 comments

Ok, but real coffee drinkers don't use paper cups ...

They do when they are at work. People don't carry a tumbler when they go to the movies. There are starbuck's what do you call groupies and alike. The pods produce a lot of micro plastic too.

Years ago I looked for all stainless coffee maker and even the most expensive ones had plastic parts. The drip mechanism for all of them had plastic parts. I don't know if they have changed or not.

[–] KingMob 3 days ago

I'm sure a lot of workplaces have a kitchen with an assortment of random mugs. Maybe this is true at a construction site, but nowhere I've ever worked lacked non-paper cups.

[–] polotics 3 days ago

Nope! The number of jokes I get at the office coffee machine (well the nespresso next to it) with my shot glass, you wouldn't believe. btw anyone tried the seaweed sphere capsules? :-)

[–] silverFork 3 days ago

Never had heard of seaweed capsules.. neat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvktnHozAj4&t=71s

[–] baud147258 3 days ago

> They do when they are at work.

what, they don't have their company-provided mug with the company logo on it? Though to be fair at work, most employee have been given a mug, there's a stack of freely usable mugs next to the coffee machine and there's a dishwasher there too so you don't have to wash them by hand, but there are still people using the paper cups.