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How One Entrepreneur is Reinventing the Coffee Pod

Move over George Clooney—Amir Gehl is coming for your Nespresso machine.
A cup of coffee sits beside Nestle Nespresso capsules.
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Since Nestlé began selling Nespresso in the 1990s, its little capsules have changed the way many in the West consume coffee. Thirty percent of Michelin-starred restaurants now serve Nespresso pods, and the machines sell all over the world, in 2015. The capsule-coffee maker is part of kitchen geography, right there between

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