The making of a K-cups

by Gregory Lightstone on March 25, 2010

see how a k-cup is made

James Freeman, owner of Blue Bottle Café in San Francisco, just purchased a specially-designed Japanese-imported coffee machine for the whopping price tag of $20,000. The machine produces drip coffee.

Instead of stocking his café  with the refined, pressure-driven Italian machines that will generate stylish, delicious espressos, Freeman is devoted to drip coffee for one straightforward, straightforward reason: filter java tastes awesome! Java industry experts express that while espresso is exceptional in its own right, its high pedestal doesn’t actually stand too far from the challenging beauty of filter java.

Freeman says, as reported in the New York Times, “siphon coffee is very delicate—it’s sweeter and juicier, and the flavors transform as the temperature alters. Occasionally it has a texture so light it’s almost moussey.    

To obtain some of that delicious drip java, you don’t need to cash out $20,000 like Freeman. Keurig brewers provides gourmet coffee for even below 1% of that very prized Japanese drip coffee maker. Keurig makers deliver the same high-quality tastes, so easily controlled and altered to your specific taste choices, starting from $99.95.

So how do Keurig machines deliver a cup of coffee that is more enjoyable compared to the average joe? A lot of this perfection is balanced perfectly on the anatomy of a Keurig K-Cup. Keurig brewers, unlike other one-cup makers, deliver fresh coffee whenever at the touch of a button. But how does it all work?

Layer One: Plastic material

The plastic K-Cup layer is made to keep the moisture away, the flavors in. When coffee is ground, flavors are immediately released. Ideally, java ought to be drunk immediately after grinding. However for those who don’t have time to measure, dispense, grind and place java into machines, Keurig machines present a fabulous alternative. The high-quality, fresh coffee is packaged into an airtight container, without delay after grinding. While the K-Cup java is waiting to be drunk, this plastic layer guards java from dampness, light and oxygen. The plastic layer of K-Cups allows coffee made by Keurig machines to always taste their finest. The container also withstands pressure to ensure that K-Cup structure holds when its punctured. The plastic part of the K-Cup allows for the coffee within to never be compressed or disturbed.

Layer Two: Foil

The coffee is sealed within the K-Cup container by a removable foil top. Just like the plastic layer, the foil also helps maintain aromas and tastes smell in! However the foil top also allows for the Keurig machine to easily access the fresh java. During the brewing procedure, after the water is warmed up to the preferred heat, the equipment punctures the top of K-Cup, the foil lid. Water is then pumped throughout the K-Cup to generate java. This piece of foil may not seem like much but it’s a fine line that stands between you and refreshing java. Without it, there would be no fresh java, and if replaced by something else, the java wouldn’t be efficiently accessible.

Layer Three: Filter

Without a filter your basic drip java wouldn’t be as cost-efficient. The equipment would simply press the coffee grinds straight through the plastic K-Cup. You’d be left with a cup filled with grinds, just like classic Turkish coffee. If you wanted to  rid of the grinds, you might have to fuss with your coffee just like you would a French Press coffee—by scraping out the java grinds yourself. A filter, already flawlessly in place, allows you to immediately begin brewing without the problems. The filter exactly located along at the base of the K-Cup already keeps the luscious freshly ground java that you want to consume.

There is simply no need for measuring, filling, grinding, removing in the Keurig brewing process. Keurig K-Cups allow your refreshing coffee to be produced at the single touch of a button. The technology of Keurig K-Cups is like the development of sliced bread. Economical, mouth watering, as well as fresh. If any one of the those parts in your favorite pack of sliced bread was altered, it simply would not be as great. If you remove that plastic bag, the bread wouldn’t be fresh. If you didn’t have the loaf pre-sliced, the entire sandwich making process wouldn’t be as easy. Also, Keurig K-Cups, a convenient innovation, is makes the fine-tuned process of making coffee straightforward! Well-oiled and perfectly-tuned, Keurig makers make java time that much more mouth watering.

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