"Jim Thompson" wrote in
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There are other brands that use paper-enclosed coffee inserts. These
dry out quickly, losing flavor.

Senseo.

There's also Tassimo, which is closer to a K-Cup... they're also bar-coded
so that the machine "knows" what it's making -- hence the Tassimo machines
can make lattes and hot chocolate (with milk) besides the water-based drinks
that the Keurig can.