My Keurig finally died at 8:15 a.m. EST today.
I've had it for over 5 years and used it multiple times a day. I've been nursing it along for the last year or so and became so alarmed that about 9 months ago I purchased a new one, just in case. It's been sitting in the box taking up space in my apartment ever since. Well, this morning, after I groggily filled the reusable k-cup (I don't buy the disposable ones) and inserted it into the machine, a "pressure warning" popped up and it stopped. I took it apart and started cleaning the needle thing when the plastic part holding it snapped off in my hand. Ugh. I emptied the water out of the reservoir and put the machine in a box then cleaned the counter underneath (I'm glad nobody was around to see that, yikes. 
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I unboxed the new one and finally got my morning caffeine fix. The new machine makes awesome coffee! I didn't realize how poor of a job the old one was doing at making coffee. And it's so quiet. The old one made some rude noises but I had gotten used to it. I'm so glad I had a new one on hand because I do admit I really, really like my morning fix of Hualalai Estates 100% Medium-Dark Roast (Pesticide Free!) Kona Coffee. It's a bit pricey but worth every penny.
I plan to have a short, tasteful service for it at the dumpster after the caffeine fully kicks in. 
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While I usually just do a "pour-over" with ground coffee, a couple of times a week I have treated myself with a latte and have done so for many years. I was an early adopter of the Nespresso espresso maker--probably 16 or more years ago and liked the original model so much I bought another as a back-up when they discontinued it. Well a few weeks ago, it happened and I rejoiced to see my backup boxed on the pantry shelf, ready to go!
So, yeah, I get it.
The price of replacement parts dissuaded me.
I disassembled the machine entirely and threw the plastic parts which were labeled for recycling into our recycling bin.
I tossed the high tech parts into my electronic junk bins. I might use these parts someday for my mad scientist experiments.
But it's just as likely my children will be cursing me and thinking 
as they are going through my stuff after I'm dead.
My grandfather was an aerospace engineer by day and a mad scientist by night. He left literally tons of vacuum tube era electronic junk to sort through. To my young self all the vacuum tube stuff was obsolete. If it didn't have transistors inside it was junk.
Now I sometimes buy antique vacuum tube technology to replace some of the junk my dad and I threw away many years ago. My grandfather was especially fond of "magic eye" vacuum tube displays.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_eye_tube
some idiot at work broke the needle in a new Keurig almost immediately....thereafter, I left a note on the machine saying POKE YOUR OWN HOLE IN disposable K-Cups - the reusable ones were fine. 
