Pod Coffee Makers in the 21st Century
Are you one of them? You know…the Pod People? Do you enjoy coffee in single-serving doses in prepackaged little containers that have the filter and grounds all rolled up in one? This form of coffee, the Pod, and accompanying Pod coffee makers, is taking the coffee world by storm. But how did a single dose of such a social substance become so popular?
‘Fight Club' Made Me Do It
The 1999 movie ‘Fight Club' revolved heavily around the theme of isolation. When the protagonist first starts addressing us, the audience, he goes on a rant about single servings and how they have permeated every aspect of our culture. Single-serving dinners, single serving silverware, even, he points out, single serving friends. What would he think of the Pod and its coffee makers, churning out single dose one after another?
Statistically, the Right Coffee
Many people complain that they're short on time. These days, life really does seem too busy to take coffee beans, grind them, peel off a filter (sometimes a thirty-second process in itself), throw the powder in filter with the basket, and flick the switch. Enter Pod coffee makers for the busy single drinker. It's coffee to match the average age of marriage going up to 28 and the divorce rate keeping relatively stable at 50%.
Is It Any Good?
Pod Coffee, like the many pod coffee makers, comes in a variety of forms. The original producer, Senseo, was known for using a medium to high brand of coffee. Since a judge ruled that the term "pod" could be used as an industry trade word, any range of quality is possible. Make yourself a single serving sometime and try ‘em all.
Cut Down On Mess
Consider also the way that pod coffee makers, with its individually wrapped pods ready to go anytime, could revolutionize break rooms across the country. No longer will people be depending on 8 cups of lukewarm coffee to get their company through the day. Instead, employees can just pop a pod and get on with it. Coffee doesn't sit on the warmer and burn. Cleanup is simple. Dump. Grab. Go.
Don't Ever Change, Pod Coffee Maker
So, what's next for individual coffee drinkers in this country? Will there be more emphasis on producing coffee in small, quality amounts? Think of a world without the "Venti". Then again, maybe pods and Starbucks coffee, with their individually packed accoutrements, are on to the future of coffee drinking. Unmarried, divorced, whatever…if you don't have time to make a pot of coffee, maybe there's not room for much else?
