Nespresso Kona Special Reserve Propels Single-Serve Coffee Into New Realm Of Expense

It's long been an open secret that single-serve coffee made in machines like Nespresso makers and Keurigs are, compared to traditionally-brewed coffee, obscenely expensive. About a year ago, the New York Times discovered that pods for single-serve coffee machines cost about five times as much as normal coffee beans, on a per-pound basis. Consumer Reports has found that using pod coffee makers can cost hundreds of dollars more per year than non-pod competitors, unless you use a refillable pod that basically defeats the whole point of the machines.