{"id":8086,"date":"2026-10-04T13:13:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2026-10-04T13:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:13:39","slug":"keurig-alta-coffee-brewer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8086","title":{"rendered":"Keurig Alta First-Look: No More Plastic K-Cups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Whatever your thoughts are on how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-to-make-better-coffee-at-home\/\" class=\"text link\">perfect cup should be made<\/a>, for nearly 50 million homes in the US (and not counting the many more in offices), Keurig is coffee. For almost 30 years, we\u2019ve been trained to ditch the old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/technivorm-moccamaster-drip-coffee-java-base\/\" class=\"text link\">drip-coffee maker<\/a> for disposable single-serve pods. But now, Keurig wants us to leave (eventually) the K-Cup and embrace the AltaRounds pod, a compostable, compressed coffee round that works the same: Drop it into the machine, press a button or two, and out comes joe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">During a presentation in New York City, Phil Drapeau, Keurig\u2019s senior vice president of Future Coffee Systems, said customers wanted more than brewed coffee. They wanted to make fancy espresso drinks, from simple cappuccinos to salted caramel concoctions I sampled at the event (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/09\/starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte-back-mess-brain\/\" class=\"text link\">PSL fans, rejoice<\/a>). But to do so, Keurig needed to invent an entirely new system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t be able to do any of that with K-Cup,\u201d Drapeau says. \u201cIt will fail. You have to brew it at the right temperature and extract. You can\u2019t be constrained by the K-Cup system.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<p><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk fSrqtv hRFzlA caption__credit\">Video: Les Shu<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"paywall\">Robot Barista<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paywall\">If the K-Cup was about bringing Dunkin\u2019 home, then the Alta is about mimicking brewing third-wave coffee in the kitchen. Keurig looked at how coffeehouse baristas brew espresso, and how it can simplify the process by applying the K-Cup experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">With the AltaRound, you don\u2019t need to measure and grind beans, tamp, or adjust pressure and temperature. The round is covered with a plant-based seaweed wrap that ensures the coffee stays compressed and fresh. After you insert it, pick a drink via the touchscreen, and the machine punctures the AltaRound and applies 10 bars of pressure to extract the liquid. Spent AltaRounds are dumped into a container.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/keurig-alta-coffee-brewer\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your thoughts are on how the perfect cup should be made, for nearly 50 million homes in the US (and not counting the many more in offices), Keurig is coffee. For almost 30 years, we\u2019ve been trained to ditch the old drip-coffee maker for disposable single-serve pods. 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