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Coffee Pod Organizing Plan
Print this, fill in your weekly number and use it for the big sort and the weekly refill.
Find your weekly number
- Cups a day for each person
- Times 7 days
- Plus 4 or 5 for guests
- That many pods near the brewer
- Everything else goes to backstock
The big sort
- Pull every pod out of boxes and baskets
- Check best-by dates, set oldest aside
- Group: regular, decaf, flavored, tea or cocoa
- Give decaf its own labeled row
- Load oldest pods in front
- Flatten the empty boxes
Pick a spot
- Under the brewer: pod drawer
- Next to the brewer: kitchen drawer with trays
- On the counter: upright holder or caddy
- On a door: clear pocket organizer
- In the pantry: clear pull-out bins
Weekly refill
- Move remaining pods to the front
- Refill from backstock behind them
- Check the decaf row is still labeled
- Add pods to the shopping list when low
- Empty and wipe the used-pod bin