Cafe Express

Do you remember my mention of my love of coffee in this post?  My favorite brand of coffee is Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. 

Cafe Express is a discount membership program offered through Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.  While I know that there are cheaper brands of coffee on the market, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters coffee is by far my favorite, and receiving a discount on a product that I love is even better!

Cafe Express membership offers some great deals.  You set up your recurring delivery by choosing what flavors you want, what quantities you want, and how frequently you want to receive a shipment.  You are able to change your selections at any time, and Cafe Express emails you prior to each shipment to make sure that you don't want to make any changes.  As a member you automatically get 15% off your coffee purchase (which includes bags and k-cups).  If you order four or more boxes of k-cups you also get free shipping.  After you have received four shipments, your account is accelerated to "Platinum Membership" which then entitles you to an 18% discount off of your coffee purchases.

The BEST feature (in my humble opinion) is the free extended warranty on your Keurig brewer.  With Cafe Express membership you are automatically eligible for this unique feature.  Should your Keurig brewer stop working after the manufacturer's warranty expires, you simply call Cafe Express, provide them with the serial number off of your brewer, and they will replace it with an equivalent machine for FREE!!  This feature alone is worth partaking in the program.  When our 3-year-old Keurig brewer ceased working, I simply called Cafe Express, they took my information, and a new Keurig was sent to me with absolutely no hassle!!

What are you waiting for??  Go sign up!!

Cafe cups

I typically try to steer clear of the "As Seen on TV" products that I see advertised, though I will admit that my children do possess Pillow Pets, Dreamlites, and Stompees (evil advertisers promoting such things to innocent children!).  Alas, last winter when I saw a commericial for Cafe Cups, and I was intrigued by the commercial.  I pointed it out to my husband, and forgot about it. 

Imagine my surprise when I found Cafe Cups in my stocking Christmas morning.  I'm an avid coffee drinker, and indulge in multiple cups per day.  Up until Christmas morning I had a love/hate relationship with my Keurig.  The Keurig is great for making a fresh cup of coffee every time, but the price of the K-cups caused dismay.  It was hard to justify using the Keurig, when I could purchase coffee for a standard coffee maker for far cheaper, and the disposable K-cups seemed so wasteful.  Cafe cups were the answer!!

We can now purchase our favorite coffee flavors, and use the Cafe Cups to brew them in our Keurig.  The Cafe Cups come as a set of four (two red, and two black), with a pre-measured coffee scoop.  You can purchase them directly through their website for $10.99 plus $6.99 shipping, even at this price they are a good deal.  If you consider that drinking one cup of coffee a day, at a price of 50 cents per K-cup, would cost you $15 a month; it makes this investment seem far more reasonable. 

Amazon.com has the same package of Cafe Cups on their website for $10, and they are eligible for free 2-day shipping for Prime members.

I have also seen these for sale in local stores in their "As Seen on TV" sections.  Prices vary between the stores, but in most instances I've seen them selling between $9-$11.

While they aren't quite as convenient as a standard K-cup (you do have to fill them with coffee before each use), they produce far less waste, and drastically reduce the price per cup of coffee.

So what do you do with the coffee grounds after they've been used?  We dump them in our compost bowl to be taken out to the compost pile.  Using the Cafe Cups, and composting the grounds, we now have absolutely no waste produced by utilizing our Keurig!!