He wasn’t exaggerating. Since Keurig discontinued the , finding the proprietary pods felt less like shopping and more like an underground resistance mission. That night, Arthur sat in the glow of his laptop, his eyes bloodshot. He didn’t just want coffee; he wanted that specific, frothy, 195-degree Vue extraction.
His search began in the usual corners of the digital world. was a graveyard of "Currently Unavailable" listings, though a third-party seller was offering a single 12-pack of Barista Prima for sixty dollars. "Extortion," Arthur muttered.
"They’re becoming artifacts, Sarah," Arthur whispered. "Relics of a more sophisticated brewing age."