Single-serve beverage pod with additive enclosure and methods of making and using thereof

A method of manufacturing a single-serve beverage pod comprising:

• positioning a filter within an open container, with a void remaining between the bottom of the filter and the bottom of the open container;
• placing beverage precursor in the filter;
• and
• covering the open container with an additive enclosure proximate the upper rim of the open container and separate from the beverage precursor.

A method of infusing a beverage with an additive comprising:

• positioning an open container with a filter holding a beverage precursor within the open container and an additive enclosure holding an additive proximate the upper rim of the open container in the receiving receptacle of a single-serve beverage maker;
• puncturing the additive enclosure of the single-serve beverage pod, forcing the additive in the additive enclosure to drain into the single-serve beverage pod;
• directing water into the single-serve beverage pod proximate the beverage precursor and additive, brewing a beverage from mixing the water, beverage precursor, and additive;
• and
• passing the brewed beverage infused with the additive from the single-serve beverage pod into a drinking vessel through a second puncture at the bottom of the open container.