K-cup cost: Is it expensive to make coffee with a Keurig Coffee Maker?

Are K-cups expensive?

You can buy a Keurig coffee maker starting at about $70. Keurigs make a great cup of coffee very quickly using a special K-cup instead of a traditional coffee filter basket and ground coffee. But how much do K-cups cost? Is it more expensive to make coffee with a K-cup than from ground coffee or coffee beans?

Display of variety of K-cup coffee varieties

K-cup selection
Image Source: .High quality ground coffee or coffee beans sells for $9.99 for 12 oz.
A package of 18 K-cups sells for $11.99, with a net weight of 6 oz.

K-cups cost more than twice as much as ground coffee or coffee beans.
The cost per cup for K-cup vs traditional coffee maker:

66 cents per cup of coffee from a premium K-cup. The amount of coffee brewed with one K-cup is typically 4 to 10 oz, depending on how you set your Keurig machine to brew.

You can find cheap K-cups for less than 50 cents if you go bargain hunting.

28 cents is the cost to brew just under 8 oz of premium coffee from ground coffee or coffee beans.
4 cents is the cost to brew just under 8 oz for cheap generic ground coffee

One advantage of making coffee one cup at a time with a Keurig coffee machine is that you are less likely to waste coffee. If you brew a pot of coffee with a standard coffee maker, you are more likely to waste some coffee if it gets stale or cold. Even considering efficiency, making coffee with K-cups is much more expensive.

What is inside a K-cup?

A K-cup is a plastic cup with a built-in tiny paper coffee filter. Ground coffee is placed in the coffee filter at the factory, and a foil lid is sealed over to the top of the K-cup to ensure freshness. When you place a K-cup in the Keurig coffee maker, a hole is punched though the foil on top and through the plastic cup on the bottom.

K-cup with hole punched through foil lid
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Shows K-cup with small hold in bottom from Keurig machine

K-cup with hole punched in bottom of cup
Image Source: .The Keurig coffee maker forces hot water into the K-cup through the hold in the lid using a special needle. The hot water contacts the ground coffee in the K-cup and brews. A tiny coffee filter is attached inside the plastic K-cup and filters the coffee, keeping the grounds inside the K-cup as brewing occurs.

Lid removed from K-cup shows coffee grounds inside

Ground coffee inside a K-cup
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The small coffee filter from inside a K-cup

Coffee filter inside a K-cup
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Can you make your own K-cups for your Keurig and save money?

Yes. You can buy reusable cups to use your own ground coffee to make your own K-cups that work in Keurig coffee makers. Some reusable K-cups have disposable filters, and some have reusable filters. The disposable filters cost only a few cents each. Making your own K-cups using your own ground coffee is potentially a lot less expensive than purchasing K-cups. Reusable K-cups start at less than $10 and will quickly pay for the initial expense. Below is a picture of a MochaMate Refillable Filter Cup for Keurig K-Cup Brewers

Refillable K-cup for Keurig Brewers from Mochamate
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