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Tips on How to 'Go Green' Using a Coffee Machine at Home

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(NewsUSA) - Do you start every day with a cup of coffee? If so, you could save a lot of money and help the environment at the same time if you brew your coffee at home.

According to the Division of Consumer Prices at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, it costs 5 cents to brew an 8-ounce cup of coffee at home. Compare that with the cost of a gourmet drink at your local café. You'd save about $4 a day, which is about $30 a week. That's about $120 a month! And that's without calculating what you'd save in gasoline costs from not driving to a coffee shop.

Choices, including how you drink your coffee, can have a positive effect on the environment. You'd not only save money, but you'd also use less fossil fuel by making the switch to brewing coffee at home.

Capresso, a leader in high-end coffee making equipment, offers these "green" ideas to help you save money and preserve the environment:

* Look for a coffeemaker with a thermal carafe so you won't need additional electricity to keep your coffee at the optimal serving temperature.

* Instead of disposable paper filters, use a permanent gold-tone filter that can be reused time and again.

* Use leftover grounds as garden fertilizer.

* Cut back on the use of paper napkins, paper cups and coffee sleeves.

* Use freshly ground coffee instead of pods to avoid the additional waste of paper or aluminum pod covers.

* Brew only what you need. Capresso has a special two-to-four-cup cycle that allows optimal brewing even with a small pot. A Jura-Capresso automatic coffee center allows you to brew cup by cup, as needed.

For more information, visit http://www.capresso.com.