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Until I came over to the USA in 2000 I only drank Nescafé instant coffee.
All changed after that, no one drinks instant coffee over here, I don't know what is in the Keurig coffee pods and have had one coffee out of a Keurig machine and it was nasty.
Mostly freshly ground coffee is used and usually brewed in a Mr Coffee drip machine or similar.
I have used a cafetiere with reasonable results.
Fortunately I have had a long association with a local cafe which has espresso machines, the cafe is my play pen, I look after the site and their grand collection of commercial equipment.
The espresso machines make great coffee!
Here's the cafés latest machine...link

I had the opportunity to work with a master coffee roaster just outside of New Orleans for a while "learning the trade", there was an ambition to start roasting coffee beans up north but it never materialized.
The cafe up north has an antique coffee roaster which I had restored back to working order but because it is a hundred year old roaster, building codes have prevented any use....one day perhaps.

I still enjoy my cup of tea