For example, the Nespresso Arpeggio costs $5.70 for 10 espresso capsules, while the Folgers Black Silk blend for a K-Cup brewed-coffee machine is $10.69 for 12 pods. But that Nespresso capsule contains 5 grams of coffee, so it costs about $51 a pound. And the Folgers, with 8 grams per capsule, works out to more than $50 a pound.
That’s even more expensive than all but the priciest coffees sold by artisanal roasters, the stuff of coffee snobs.
Never underestimate the price of convenience. It takes 5 minutes to make my coffee in the morning and I spend far less each year than most daily Keurig drinkers on what many consider “premium snobby coffee”. You push a button, I have to grind beans and then boil water. The results of my labor are cheaper coffee and tastier coffee.
There are hundreds of online resources to help you brew coffee at home but pushing that button is so easy.
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