Coffee for One : How the New Way to Make Your Morning Brew Became a Tempest in a Coffee Pod.

ISBN:

9781510725553

Title:

Author:

Fallon, K. J.

Personal Author:

Fallon, K. J.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages)

Contents:

Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE FROM CROP TO CUP THROUGH THE DECADES -- CHAPTER 1-Coffee Consumption -- from Flat to Flat White -- CHAPTER 2-A Sixty-Second Take on the Sometimes-Subversive Journey of Coffee through History -- CHAPTER 3-The Journey from Tree to Table -- PART TWO LOVING THE SINGLE LIFE? -- CHAPTER 4-Rise of the Single Serve -- CHAPTER 5-The K-Cup, an Industry Standard -- CHAPTER 6-The Nascent Keurig and the K-Cup -- CHAPTER 7-K-Cup, Etcetera -- CHAPTER 8-Turf Wars: Keep Your Pod Out of My Brewer -- PART THREE COFFEE FOR ONE EVOLVES -- CHAPTER 9-The Single-Serve Environmental Quandary and Some Alternatives -- CHAPTER 10-Giving Back -- CHAPTER 11-Coffee and Health -- CHAPTER 12-Does Single Serve Fuel Too Much Separateness? -- CHAPTER 13-Just What is Single Serve Anyway? -- CHAPTER 14-What's Next for Coffee for One? -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Bibliography.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Coffee making paraphernalia.

Coffee brewing--Equipment and supplies.

Coffee drinking.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2018

Publication Information:

New York :

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated,

2018.

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Summary

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 such a popular way to consume coffee worldwide, and the competition and conflict that got us here.

This story features A-list names, corporate intrigue, environmental controversy, 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 a lot of 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.

Author Notes

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.