Coffee for One, KJ Fallon
Coffee for One, KJ Fallon
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Coffee for One
How the New Way to Make Your Morning Brew Became a Tempest in a Coffee Pod

Author: KJ Fallon

Narrator: James Anderson Foster

Unabridged: 4 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/30/2018


Synopsis

An inside look into the story of why we all traded in pots for pods!Reminiscent of God in a Cup and The Devil’s Cup, this is an inside look into the modern business of making coffee. But rather than a general history, Coffee for One focuses on the revolution that made single serve the most popular way to consume coffee worldwide, and the competition and conflict that got us here.This story features A-list names, corporate intrigue, environmental destruction, and much, much more. For the vast majority of the time humans have consumed coffee, the drink has been brewed in pots or other multi-serving tools; that is, until the last two decades, which saw the rise of the single serve coffee machine. Whether it’s a Keurig or a Nespresso, today most people get their coffee from little plastic individual serving pods. But why? Coffee for One breaks open this story of innovation, profit, and cultural change.

About KJ Fallon

KJ Fallon is a former reporter with Time magazine who currently works as a freelance writer for numerous media outlets and as a nonfiction and fiction book editor.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheila

This book was very informative about the world of Coffee and Coffee drinkers even tho I've never drank a cup of coffee in my life. One thing I loved was how coffee helps people who have certain type of disease like Dementia, Cardiovascular and Type 2 Diabetes. I wasn't crazy about this book so that......more

Goodreads review by Jim

Odd book with a deliberately myopic focus. Fallon talks (briefly) about the history of coffee, and (scattershot-ingly - to coin a phrase) about the not really new, but surprisingly ubiquitous Keurig phenomena. I own a Keurig for when friends visit, and use theirs when I visit them, but it makes an p......more

Goodreads review by Nicole

I found this book discounted on Amazon via BookBub; this is my honest review. -The first part about a bit of history of coffee beans and the processes they go through for them to end up in a coffee cup. Also in this part are "smaller" companies' history such as Salton, Remington, and Tassimo. I knew......more