I didn’t know that many people still did instant coffee.
Regarding the K cups, I hated them and saw no use for them. I have my own gravity feed grinder at home and always fresh grind it.
However, a peculiar thing happened. I started working at a place where they had a couple of these K cup machines, but you had to buy your own coffee. Turns out that if you shop wisely you can get darned good coffee for $.32 a cup. And that’s a 14oz cup.
It’s so dang convenient that I’ve toyed with scrapping my brewer and grinder at home and just going for the K-cup machine. I completely turned in favor of them after using them for a while.
It’s too little for me. I drink over a pot of coffee a day, mostly decaf, and I use the grounds for compost/fertilizer. It’s too much effort and there’s a lot of plastic waste. I’m not an eco-freak by any stretch, but I don’t like the plastic waste that comes with stuff like this. I’ll stick to grinding and brewing my own.