Coca-Cola Plus Coffee: Coke Enters the Coffee Space   In 2016, Coca-Cola announced that it will be entering the Ready-to-Drink (RTD) coffee market in the first quarter of 2017. Their tea brand, Gold Peak Tea, entered bottled coffee + tea options into an already-burgeoning coffee market in 2017. Geoff Henry, Vice President Tea & Coffee for […]

Top Coffee News Stories of 2017 2017 is a year of great growth for the specialty coffee industry. These are our top stories from 2017 : Blue Bottle Coffee and Chameleon Cold-Brew are bought by Nestle 2017 turned into a buying spree for Nestle: they acquired the majority stake in Oakland’s Blue Bottle Coffee and […]

The Biggest Coffee News of 2016 2016 was a busy year in coffee, as expansion and progression took center stage. Large companies expanded and small roasting teams continued to push the bounds of coffee quality. Here are our picks for some of the most noteworthy events in coffee from 2016. Howard Shultz stepping down from […]

Coffee Events From 2015 The coffee events from the past year turned out to be one of growth and acquisition from the biggest names in the industry. Investments in the future were placed on the table while others expand into new exciting verticles. Peet’s Buys Everyone 2015 was a busy year for Peet’s Coffee & […]