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Sales pitch alert!!! -- Simonf 21:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
This is an advertisement not wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.15.150.218 ( talk) 14:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Did a rewrite of the article to bring it more in line with the Wikipedia's style.
This thing could probably use the attention of someone with a better appreciation of coffee and/or Keurig. I'm curious as to how the K-Cups fit into the types of coffee preparation. It seems kind of like a drip brew, but it seems to rely much more on pumping hot water through the cup than simply letting it drip through.
The article as it stands now focuses much more on their coffee machines than the company itself.
I take it that this article was originally written by someone at Keurig and strongly encourage them to continue to help this article grow. EvilCouch 11:17, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
I wouldn't agree this (at least not now in 2020) focuses on the machines as it doesn't give any real details besides the capsule. I do agree it looks like it was written by Keurig and it does need some context as to how it compares to the many other machines on the market, including those that pre-date the Keurig. I am glad you rewrote it though and I hope it will evolve. As a coffee fan, I came looking for information, and left unsatisfied. Wiredrabbit ( talk) 10:41, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
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I removed content discussing cross contamination or lack thereof from subsequent cups of coffee. Unsourced statements regarding this seem to be original research. Clearly the article could use improvement but we have to track down sources to do so. Gerardw ( talk) 23:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I was able to find this source: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_26/b4184088399210.htm, which may go some way to establishing notability, but the article is still short of meeting WP:CORP. -- RexxS ( talk) 01:32, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Several anons had been adding Wolfgang Puck as a brand for the K-cups, and it has been removed with the comment "not a brand". The most recent anon claimed sources supported it as a brand, so I checked the Keurig website, and there is a Wolfgang Puck brand at http://www.keurig.com/explore/kcupbrands.asp?mscsid=LAF7KCB47T338G5QTQ5X91GWK75CAAB3 , so I restored the mention. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 21:10, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
How much energy does the system use while in standby mode? Does it run a heater to keep water hot for quick dispensing? How much energy does it take to warm a cup of coffee using this compared, for example, to a coffee pot on the stove? -- Lbeaumont ( talk) 20:17, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
Why don't you call or write Keurig and ask them? This is wikipedia; not the Keurig helpdesk. Woods01 ( talk) 04:02, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Mine uses 1 Watt when not making coffee. When making coffee, it uses about 1000 Watts to heat a cup of water, then 5 Watts to dispense it. (Other models will vary.) It's WP:OR, so this can't go in the article. 66.87.0.27 ( talk) 15:28, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
In addition to the direct energy questions posed above, it would be good to be able to assess the overall ecological impact of this system compared to a traditional coffee pot. What are the energy and ecological costs of manufacturing, transporting, and disposing of the K-cups compared to loose coffee? -- Lbeaumont ( talk) 20:22, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
Seems to be missing from the article. In fact i'd swear the entire article either came from Keurig or was written by staff/merchants. After having looked myself into buying one of these machines you can't visit a website without see'ing numerous complaints about the ratio of defective machines. I've also heard a few stories through a family member who works at a store from patrons having to return the machines 2-3 times because the pumps go bad real quick. The sources for the problem(s) are endless and im really unsure why this section is missing. Woods01 ( talk) 03:59, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Whence the name? The article does not mention anything about this. The Seventh Taylor ( talk) 05:47, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
The opening line says headquarters is in MA while the right side says VT. Which is true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.71.192.76 ( talk) 14:33, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
The list of every available model is not encyclopedic; Wikipedia is not a product catalog, and there are many other sites that are far better at this than Wikipedia will ever be. Let's focus on things that other sites can't do, such as provide more detail on the company's history. -- McDoob AU93 14:07, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, could we get some opinions on the quality and/or appropriateness of this video?
As for myself, while I appreciate the time that went into making it, the quality in my view is poor -- it has instances of jerky movements (hands moving back and forth jerkily as if un-rehearsed, nervous, or uncertain). It also seems vaguely self-promotional (the credits at the end -- are those normal for a Wikipedia video?), and vaguely promotional of Keurig (although in my opinion it achieves the reverse effect -- the poor quality makes Keurig actually look bad). Does anyone else want to opine? I've removed the video for now until a consensus forms. (One alternative to this amateurish video would be to find a Keurig-produced video on YouTube or Vimeo, and add it as an External Link.) Also, whoever made the video could re-do it and avoid the problems in this current version. Or, we could skip videos entirely (which might be the best option -- I don't think the article should demonstrate the product in a video in the first place -- it is described in the section on Products and that should suffice, in my personal opinion). Softlavender ( talk) 03:22, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
To user Softlavender: Re: "It is manufactured by the American company Keurig Dr Pepper via its east-coast headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts." Why do wee need the hyphen in that word 'east-coast'? It isn't really necessary. Let's just stay calm here and not have a conniption, please. Johnnysama ( talk) 11:31, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
@ Softlavender:
It was definitely in Good Faith! Most all of my editing has been correcting links when I find one that is either bad, dead, or the wrong topic for two different homographs.
I am a rank amateur linguist, with emphasis on rank. I added the translation and reference because when I entered "Excellence" into Systranet.com (my usual translation program that I've used for years) and tried to translate it into Dutch, it came up with nothing close to "Keurig." The same happened in Google Translate. So, I entered "Keurig" into Systranet and it came back with "Neat." I verified this with Google Translate. I used the Google link because more people are familiar with Google than with Systranet, although they've been doing translations online long before Google. Google also put a list of translations on the right hand side of the page under the English translation. "Neat" was at the top of the list, and I assumed from the length of the bar next to it that it was the most frequent translation. "Excellence" is nowhere to be found in that list. "Elegant" shows up third on the list, although its bar leads me to believe it's the second preferred translation.
Personally, although the Keurig design may be "Excellence," I think its design is more "Elegant," like an intriguing chemical synthesis or an "elegant" proof in Math or an "elegant" solution in Physics from my college days. :-D (Pardon the digression, but what I really hated in college was when a professor said a reaction or a solution was "straightforward;" either he assumed we knew what he meant, or it was a code word for "I don't feel like explaining this at the moment.")
I was going to call attention to the list of translations on the Google Translate page, but I couldn't find a way of working it in without being too awkward. Maybe I should have said, "There are many translations for "Keurig," but "Neat" seems to be the preferred one (see reference)." Maybe it could be construed as detracting from the content and deserved to be reverted, or, maybe it could be added as a second reference for the curious to the immediately preceding reference to the source of the name's origin. I think I have seen two contiguous references before. How do you think that would look, and would it add to the content (linguistically)?
("Chosen by two out of two translation programs!"). :-)
(There: I learned how to use italics today!)
Stargzer (
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Reading this, it reads like a brochure for the company "The original single-serve brewer and coffee-pod manufacturing company, Keurig, Inc" is a nice tag line, but isn't suitable for Wikipedia as it is not neutral in point of view. At the very least it is very USA specific. Nespresso made single serve machines for some 15 years prior as did Flavia and other brands, so Keurig isn't original, and at best is just suited to the US market. This is clear on Wikipedia : /info/en/?search=Single-serve_coffee_container anyway, the Nespresso article seems more neutral and this one doesn't really provide much information on what differentiates Keurig or the machines. Wiredrabbit ( talk) 10:36, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Environmental impact of K-Cups was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 24 December 2014 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Keurig. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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Sales pitch alert!!! -- Simonf 21:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
This is an advertisement not wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.15.150.218 ( talk) 14:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Did a rewrite of the article to bring it more in line with the Wikipedia's style.
This thing could probably use the attention of someone with a better appreciation of coffee and/or Keurig. I'm curious as to how the K-Cups fit into the types of coffee preparation. It seems kind of like a drip brew, but it seems to rely much more on pumping hot water through the cup than simply letting it drip through.
The article as it stands now focuses much more on their coffee machines than the company itself.
I take it that this article was originally written by someone at Keurig and strongly encourage them to continue to help this article grow. EvilCouch 11:17, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
I wouldn't agree this (at least not now in 2020) focuses on the machines as it doesn't give any real details besides the capsule. I do agree it looks like it was written by Keurig and it does need some context as to how it compares to the many other machines on the market, including those that pre-date the Keurig. I am glad you rewrote it though and I hope it will evolve. As a coffee fan, I came looking for information, and left unsatisfied. Wiredrabbit ( talk) 10:41, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
This article talk page was automatically added with {{ WikiProject Food and drink}} banner as it falls under Category:Food or one of its subcategories. If you find this addition an error, Kindly undo the changes and update the inappropriate categories if needed. The bot was instructed to tagg these articles upon consenus from WikiProject Food and drink. You can find the related request for tagging here . Maximum and careful attention was done to avoid any wrongly tagging any categories , but mistakes may happen... If you have concerns , please inform on the project talk page -- TinucherianBot ( talk) 23:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
I removed content discussing cross contamination or lack thereof from subsequent cups of coffee. Unsourced statements regarding this seem to be original research. Clearly the article could use improvement but we have to track down sources to do so. Gerardw ( talk) 23:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I was able to find this source: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_26/b4184088399210.htm, which may go some way to establishing notability, but the article is still short of meeting WP:CORP. -- RexxS ( talk) 01:32, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Several anons had been adding Wolfgang Puck as a brand for the K-cups, and it has been removed with the comment "not a brand". The most recent anon claimed sources supported it as a brand, so I checked the Keurig website, and there is a Wolfgang Puck brand at http://www.keurig.com/explore/kcupbrands.asp?mscsid=LAF7KCB47T338G5QTQ5X91GWK75CAAB3 , so I restored the mention. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 21:10, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
How much energy does the system use while in standby mode? Does it run a heater to keep water hot for quick dispensing? How much energy does it take to warm a cup of coffee using this compared, for example, to a coffee pot on the stove? -- Lbeaumont ( talk) 20:17, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
Why don't you call or write Keurig and ask them? This is wikipedia; not the Keurig helpdesk. Woods01 ( talk) 04:02, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Mine uses 1 Watt when not making coffee. When making coffee, it uses about 1000 Watts to heat a cup of water, then 5 Watts to dispense it. (Other models will vary.) It's WP:OR, so this can't go in the article. 66.87.0.27 ( talk) 15:28, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
In addition to the direct energy questions posed above, it would be good to be able to assess the overall ecological impact of this system compared to a traditional coffee pot. What are the energy and ecological costs of manufacturing, transporting, and disposing of the K-cups compared to loose coffee? -- Lbeaumont ( talk) 20:22, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
Seems to be missing from the article. In fact i'd swear the entire article either came from Keurig or was written by staff/merchants. After having looked myself into buying one of these machines you can't visit a website without see'ing numerous complaints about the ratio of defective machines. I've also heard a few stories through a family member who works at a store from patrons having to return the machines 2-3 times because the pumps go bad real quick. The sources for the problem(s) are endless and im really unsure why this section is missing. Woods01 ( talk) 03:59, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Whence the name? The article does not mention anything about this. The Seventh Taylor ( talk) 05:47, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
The opening line says headquarters is in MA while the right side says VT. Which is true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.71.192.76 ( talk) 14:33, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
The list of every available model is not encyclopedic; Wikipedia is not a product catalog, and there are many other sites that are far better at this than Wikipedia will ever be. Let's focus on things that other sites can't do, such as provide more detail on the company's history. -- McDoob AU93 14:07, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, could we get some opinions on the quality and/or appropriateness of this video?
As for myself, while I appreciate the time that went into making it, the quality in my view is poor -- it has instances of jerky movements (hands moving back and forth jerkily as if un-rehearsed, nervous, or uncertain). It also seems vaguely self-promotional (the credits at the end -- are those normal for a Wikipedia video?), and vaguely promotional of Keurig (although in my opinion it achieves the reverse effect -- the poor quality makes Keurig actually look bad). Does anyone else want to opine? I've removed the video for now until a consensus forms. (One alternative to this amateurish video would be to find a Keurig-produced video on YouTube or Vimeo, and add it as an External Link.) Also, whoever made the video could re-do it and avoid the problems in this current version. Or, we could skip videos entirely (which might be the best option -- I don't think the article should demonstrate the product in a video in the first place -- it is described in the section on Products and that should suffice, in my personal opinion). Softlavender ( talk) 03:22, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
To user Softlavender: Re: "It is manufactured by the American company Keurig Dr Pepper via its east-coast headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts." Why do wee need the hyphen in that word 'east-coast'? It isn't really necessary. Let's just stay calm here and not have a conniption, please. Johnnysama ( talk) 11:31, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
@ Softlavender:
It was definitely in Good Faith! Most all of my editing has been correcting links when I find one that is either bad, dead, or the wrong topic for two different homographs.
I am a rank amateur linguist, with emphasis on rank. I added the translation and reference because when I entered "Excellence" into Systranet.com (my usual translation program that I've used for years) and tried to translate it into Dutch, it came up with nothing close to "Keurig." The same happened in Google Translate. So, I entered "Keurig" into Systranet and it came back with "Neat." I verified this with Google Translate. I used the Google link because more people are familiar with Google than with Systranet, although they've been doing translations online long before Google. Google also put a list of translations on the right hand side of the page under the English translation. "Neat" was at the top of the list, and I assumed from the length of the bar next to it that it was the most frequent translation. "Excellence" is nowhere to be found in that list. "Elegant" shows up third on the list, although its bar leads me to believe it's the second preferred translation.
Personally, although the Keurig design may be "Excellence," I think its design is more "Elegant," like an intriguing chemical synthesis or an "elegant" proof in Math or an "elegant" solution in Physics from my college days. :-D (Pardon the digression, but what I really hated in college was when a professor said a reaction or a solution was "straightforward;" either he assumed we knew what he meant, or it was a code word for "I don't feel like explaining this at the moment.")
I was going to call attention to the list of translations on the Google Translate page, but I couldn't find a way of working it in without being too awkward. Maybe I should have said, "There are many translations for "Keurig," but "Neat" seems to be the preferred one (see reference)." Maybe it could be construed as detracting from the content and deserved to be reverted, or, maybe it could be added as a second reference for the curious to the immediately preceding reference to the source of the name's origin. I think I have seen two contiguous references before. How do you think that would look, and would it add to the content (linguistically)?
("Chosen by two out of two translation programs!"). :-)
(There: I learned how to use italics today!)
Stargzer (
talk) 06:19, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Reading this, it reads like a brochure for the company "The original single-serve brewer and coffee-pod manufacturing company, Keurig, Inc" is a nice tag line, but isn't suitable for Wikipedia as it is not neutral in point of view. At the very least it is very USA specific. Nespresso made single serve machines for some 15 years prior as did Flavia and other brands, so Keurig isn't original, and at best is just suited to the US market. This is clear on Wikipedia : /info/en/?search=Single-serve_coffee_container anyway, the Nespresso article seems more neutral and this one doesn't really provide much information on what differentiates Keurig or the machines. Wiredrabbit ( talk) 10:36, 3 September 2020 (UTC)