You probably already have what you will need to make your own coffee pods. The first thing you will need is a measuring scoop that fits neatly into the holder on your coffee pods brewer. Many find that a 1/3 cup is a perfect fit, but use what fits best for your particular coffee pod machine.

Then, look for a glass or jar that fits just barely into the measuring scoop. Vitamin jars are often used for this particular step. Lastly, look around for any Mr. Coffee style filters that are made for the really small 4 to 5 cup machine. If you don’t have any of these, they are very cheap at your local grocery store, and absolutely necessary for creating your own coffee pods.

Now, take one of your filters and shape it evenly over the end of your glass or jar, or whatever it is you found to use in the place of a glass or jar. Try your best to center the filter, but perfection is not necessary for creating your own coffee pods. Then, flip the jar and filter and press it into the measuring scoop. Spinning and pressing the jar around a bit will get you a nice tight edge in the filter paper in the bottom of the measuring cup.

Take off the jar, and you’ll be left with a cup-shaped filter still in your measuring scoop. Add a scoop, or about two teaspoons of whatever ground coffee you’d like to use into this paper-filter-cup-thing. Your typical coffee scoop that comes with the maker will hold about 7 grams of coffee which is a good amount for making coffee pods. Shake the cup a bit to spread the ground evenly across the bottom of the filter, then gently fold over the extra filter material with your finger to completely cover the ground coffee.

If you want really well formed coffee pods, simply place the jar into the scoop again and put a lot of pressure on it with your hand.

Flip the scoop, and out pops your own home-made coffee pods!

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