On 5/29/2014 12:30 PM, Steve Freides wrote:

> A while back, we got a few refillable K cups for my wife to use at work,
> and she's been figuring out that how you put the coffee into them
> matters, specifically that you have to tamp it down somewhat. If it's
> loose in there, the water doesn't spend much time in contact with the
> coffee grounds, and you get weak coffee and sometimes the inside of the
> pod will actually seem dry because the water went pretty much straight
> through it.
>
> Anyone else find the same? Anyone else using reusable K cups and have
> any observations to share? I home roast coffee, which was part of our
> motivation for this, plus the single use pods are, in my eco-snob
> opinion, a waste.

Never used them, but it makes perfect sense. You have to tamp down the
portafilter of an espresso machine for the same reason. You may also
want to play with the grind a bit and go finer for better extraction.