Equipment & packaging
The Value of Transparency
Parts one and two of this series (March and April 2017 issues, respectively) addressed how direct trade transactions, traceability, and transparency all add different values to the supply chain for different types of coffee buyers.
Keurig Redesigns Tully’s Packaging, Launches Tour to Promote
Keurig Green Mountain is introducing a new look and feel for the Tully’s Coffee brand to better reflect the brand’s aroma and flavour.
Melitta North America Expands Sustainability Initiatives with Solar Panels
Melitta North America has expanded its commitment to sustainability with the installation of solar panels at the brand’s state of the art coffee roasting facility in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Siren Partners with UK Roasters to Launch Four Coffee Beers
Siren Craft Brew has launched of a quartet of new beers that have been developed to highlight the diversity, intensity and personality of the humble coffee bean.
Equipment & packaging, Origins, Product news, Sustainability
Smallholders Dominate World Tea Supply
Growing over half of the global tea output on around 70 percent of the world’s tea acreage, more than 15 million small farmers are major stakeholders, but they are also the most fragile link of the supply chain.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Product news, Sustainability
Iconic Horn & Hardart Coffee Makes a Comeback
Horn & Hardart, the historic US coffee brand is back with new packaging, new branding and a new website.
Honest Embarks on First UK Integrated Marketing Campaign
Organic beverage brand Honest has launched its first UK integrated marketing campaign as sales continue to grow since it was launched last year.
La Colombe & Crown Partner to Create Single-Serve MiniVault Coffee Can
Following a previous collaboration for the launch of the Draft Latte, La Colombe Coffee Roasters and Crown Beverage Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown Holdings, Inc, have partnered again to create the MiniVault coffee can.
Holy Kombucha Refreshes Packaging, Plans to Expand Distribution
Holy Kombucha has updated its packaging and announced plans to increase distribution throughout 2017.
Roastworks Coffee Debuts Five-Item Line in Waitrose
Roastworks Coffee Co., an independent specialty coffee roaster located in Devon, UK, has launched five items in UK-based retailer, Waitrose.
Starbucks Augusta Plant to Nearly Double in Size
Prompted by growth and consumer demand, Starbucks announced a USD $120 million expansion of its Augusta Soluble Plant that will nearly double the size of the operation and create up to 100 new jobs at the Georgia facility in the year after construction is completed.
Crown Creates Exclusive Tins for Nescafé Azera Coffee
For the third consecutive year, Nestlé, maker of the Nescafé Azera coffee brand, has teamed up with Crown Aerosols & Speciality Packaging Europe, for the launch of a series of limited-edition tins.
TCO Goes for Rail – Taking Containers from Hamburg to China
Rail is continually picking up speed in container transport to and from China; this trend has been apparent for some years.
Tejava Awarded Global Tea Championship Gold Medal for Iced Tea
Crystal Geyser Water Company has announced that its Tejava brand was awarded the Gold Medal in the 2017 Global Tea Championship (GTC) Iced Tea Class for the sixth time.