The NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® Team has joined with global recycling and upcycling pioneers TerraCycle® on a programme to recycle used coffee capsules. TerraCycle is the world leader in developing solutions for recycling “un-recyclable” items and has kept more than 2.6 billion pieces of was ...

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Nestle-owned Nespresso, the world’s market leader of pod coffee, has announced a plan to invest £328 million (CHF 500 million) in the coming six years in the sustainability program aptly called “The Positive Cup.” Besides raising the standards for sustainably sourced coffee from African community fa ...

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When Keurig announced its new Keurig 2.0, it came with more than just the ability to brew larger 900mL K-Carafe cups. It also came with measures to ensure only Keurig-approved cups could be used. Those measures didn’t work. The new security precaution involved the use of some sort of s ...

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Latin America produces around 70 percent of the world’s coffee, but there is a hidden price we have to pay in threats to clean environments and community health. Coffee production generates a great amount of wastewater, which is released untreated into rivers, affecting aquatic f ...

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A few years ago I used this column to bring you, my readers, word of what was then the most expensive coffee in the world. Called Kopai Luwak, it was made from beans that had been eaten, digested and excreted by a small furry creature called the civet. Advertisement The theory, ...

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Earlier this year, we wrote about Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, maker of the infamous Keurig single cup coffee makers, and its plan to DRM its next generation coffee pods. The original pods were going off patent, and competition was rising. So, of course, the solution is to come up with something ...

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Marley Coffee and Bevyz Sign Agreement to Produce and Market Marley Coffee Hot, Cold and Sparkling Drink Capsules Bevyz to Release Marley Coffee-Branded Capsules, Expanding to Iced and Sparkling Beverages DENVER, Aug. 29, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marley Coffee (OTCQB:JAMN), the sustaina ...

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Back in March, Keurig announced plans to lock down its popular coffee pod system in an effort to make third-party pod makers pay for a license. But the company’s plans may be foiled. A press release last week from Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee suggests that the Keurig ...

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If you’re what many would consider a coffee “snob,” you might prefer to brew your elixir using the manual pour-over method for ultimate control. This Norwegian machine provides the convenience of automation with the quality of a pour-over in one pretty striking package. ...

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The aroma of Nespresso coffee is familiar in hotels, boardrooms and boutiques in upmarket malls but the product’s biggest economic impact here may be in the less refined surrounds of Changi Business Park. The park serves as the capsule- coffee brand’s regional command post, ho ...

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Last March, when we first reported that Keurig planned to require RFID-limited K-cup pods for its upcoming version 2.0 machines, we rhetorically asked “Will coffee drinkers be stupid enough to fall for this? Stay tuned.” Now it’s almost six months later, and the answer appears to ...

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Nestlé’s premium coffee brand Nespresso has announced plans to increase the recycling capacity for its aluminium capsules to 100 per cent globally. Currently, the capacity exists where 75 per cent of its customers worldwide can order a recycling bag to return the aluminium capsules when they or ...

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