Equipment & packaging
Probat equips Costa Coffee’s new Basildon roastery
Probat, a leading manufacturer of plants and machinery for the coffee industry, has provided a complete turnkey roasting plant for Costa Coffee’s new roasting facility in Basildon, Essex, which opened in February.
Community Coffee introduces Amber Sunrise blend for spring
Just in time for spring, Community Coffee Company is launching its newest coffee item – the Amber Sunrise Blend.
Aloha launches new tea products and rebrands
Aloha, a wellness brand that makes healthy living simple and accessible, reformulated and expanded its product lines and redesigned brand, which will improve shopability and drive brand differentiation.
Adding Value to the Supply Chain
The first of this two-part series examines new categories of added value associated with specialty coffee, particularly specialty coffee sourced directly from individual farms in small lots through a transparent and traceable model.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Sustainability
Kohana Coffee unveils new web platform
The Kohana Coffee Company, which markets shelf-stable cold brew coffee, has launched a new web platform at www.kohanacoffee.com and unveiled online changes that are designed to reinvent the gourmet roaster’s user experience.
Spreafico diversifies with two new brands
After a successful 2016, which saw an increase in orders and revenue, Spreafico, the Calolziocorte, Lecco, Italy-based company that specializes in designing and marketing machines for the packaging of coffee capsules and soluble products, has expanded and diversified its activities with the creation of two brands: Spreafico Automazion and Spreafico Meccanica.
Wicked Joe Organic Coffees debuts updated packaging design
Wicked Joe Organic Coffees, the family-owned, 100% organic certified, Fair Trade coffee roastery known for its single origin varietals and blends such as Wicked French, has introduced new, modern packaging.
Portland Roasting Coffee launches 100% compostable pods
Portland Roasting Coffee, a sustainable specialty coffee roaster, has launched its first line of compostable single-serve coffee pods.
Generation 10 adds RCMA Coffee division to analytics platform
Generation 10, a provider of cloud-based commodity supply chain and financial tech solutions, based in Liverpool, England, announced the addition of RCMA Coffee division, located in Singapore, onto their commodity trade, risk and logistics management (CTRM) and data analytics platform, G10 Commodity Manager.
Blending, roasting & processing, Equipment & packaging, Sustainability
Volpak launches redesigned website
Volpak, a Coesia company, relaunches its website, designed for easy and accessible navigation for the customers as well as other users.
Probat Inc Acquires ED Industrial Ltd and ED Industrial USA Inc
Probat Inc, a subsidiary of the Probat Group, has acquired ED Industrial Ltd and ED Industrial USA, Inc, effective 13 January.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Sustainability
Peet’s Coffee Launches People & Plant social responsibility initiative
Peet’s Coffee has launched People & Planet, a new initiative featuring curated coffees that highlight the brand’s decades long heritage of caring for farmer communities at origin and for the environment.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Product news, Sustainability
Olam meets growing demand for certified Arabica specialty coffee
Two Olam International coffee plantations in Africa have achieved Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certification for over 2,500 hectares (ha) of planted Arabica coffee.
Blending, roasting & processing, Equipment & packaging, Sustainability
American Packaging achieves zero waste to landfill status in its NY facility
Increasingly, companies are aiming to be more environmentally friendly, and one measurable mean toward that end is establishing operations that send zero waste to landfills.