'The future of Keurig' is replacing K-Cup with more sustainable coffee tablets, the company says, starting with its new Alta machine — but don't worry, you'll still be able to buy K-Cups for a while
- Keurig Alta is a single-brew system that uses tablets of compressed coffee
- AltaRounds are compostable, and are brewed in the Keurig Alta machine
- The Alta machine is also fully backward-compatible with K-Cups
Keurig is famous for its K-Cup coffee pods, but it's breaking away from the traditional capsule format with a single-serve system called Alta that uses tablets of compressed coffee with no individual packaging. According to a press release, "Keurig Alta represents the future of single-serve — and the future of Keurig," though you don't need to worry about your favorite coffee pods disappearing any time soon.
The new coffee tablets, called AltaRounds, have a recipe code printed on the surface, and are brewed using a new Alta coffee maker that uses the code to determine the right brew style, pressure, and temperature for your drink.
The concept is very similar to the pressed coffee tablets used by the...
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