Here’s one ‘pod’ that isn’t so fashionable

As the iPod continues its global reign, another “pod” appears to be sliding sadly into obscurity. The coffee pod—the round, individual packet of coffee grounds that makes exactly one cup of coffee—was supposed to revolutionize java as we know it. But consumers aren’t taking to it. Dry coffee pods are not sleek hipster accessories. In fact, they remind us of those cheap business hotels that leave USA Today outside your door in the morning. The NPD Group wondered if coffee pods might “relegate drip-coffee makers to the shelf next to the percolator.”