Rose,  I am sure the &quot;pods&quot; would work for your 1 cupper as you could make them in any size you wanted.  Yes, I use the normal paper filters and sew them with white thread - don&#39;t know that it matters but I wanted to make sure there were no dyes involved.  They are much easier traveling with - we used to have to take the bag of coffee, a scoop and filters.  Now, we just take enough pods for however many days we will be gone.  Greg drinks his coffee very strong - he has a large insulated travel mug and he puts enough water in the carafe for 3 cups and then 1 heaping scoop of coffee.  That wil fill his travel mug once and that cup is the only one he drinks all day.  He says he gets a days worth of caffine in that 1 cup.  I don&#39;t drink coffee so I am not sure how strong it is but I do know that no one who comes to visit will drink his coffee as they all say it is way too strong.  Our friend, Jud, who is coming to visit in 2 weeks, drinks coffee all day long, so I will be making some pods for him to use as he uses 6 rounded tablespoons for 12 cups of coffee.  My in-laws will be here next week, but they bring their own coffee as they only drink Folger&#39;s, so no pods for them.  Well, better scoot - just got home from CostCo and I have to find places to put all the stuff I bought in bulk....