The World Of Beverages Is About To Change: Dr Doran Pennington and Dr Christopher Hendon
The Coffee ShowShow Notes
Dr Doran Pennington is a former student of someone the coffee industry knows well: Dr Christopher Hendon.
Doran and Chris story has shades of Good Will Hunting, Doran the former student recruited his teacher to form a start up that has the change to change the beverage industry as we know it. It is called Overpotential.
In this episode Kirk visits the ‘Engine Room,’ a start up accelerator within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the #1 ranked university on the planet by many. While walking through the building Kirk was even introduced to someone making lasers for mini nuclear reactors. Only startups with extremely high potential are accepted to work within the Engine Room.
Doran and Chris are working on machines that will alter the chemical composition of liquids and thus their flavour. Kirk was lucky enough to try some altered instant coffee by Nescafé and it was very nice.
The group spent too much time looking at cool stuff at MIT that there was only room for a small interview over some Turkey sandwiches, which were delightful.
Among topics discussed were startups, innovation ecosystems, water for coffee and more.
Not an episode you want to miss!
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