Steeped Coffee, a Certified B Corp, is celebrating National Gourmet Coffee Day this Jan. 18 with a non-traditional ask for gourmet coffee lovers: reduce your coffee waste. Steeped is leading a movement to reduce the world’s dependence on non-recyclable, single-serve coffee pods, and has pioneered a revolutionary single-serve brewing method that preserves the full flavor of gourmet coffee while being fully compostable and requiring no brewing machinery.

More than 10 billion single-serve coffee pods end up in landfills each year. The number of pods consumed since 2009 could wrap around the planet more than 500 times. With a process brewed similar to tea, Steeped is helping to make quality coffee from hundreds of top brands accessible and sustainable. Steeped Packs contain craft-roasted, freshly ground pre-portioned coffee that is triple nitro-sealed to guarantee each perfect, “barista-approved” cup. The company’s Guilt-Free Packing is commercially compostable, from the outer packaging to the inner Steeped Brew Bags.

“At Steeped, we are changing the way people view single-serve coffee, delivering all of the benefits with none of the barriers,” said Josh Wilbur, founder and CEO. “We are proud to help drive a global movement to reduce our impact on the planet.”

Steeped was honored in 2023, making the 2023 Inc. Magazine’s Best in Business list, USA Today’s 10Best List and Good Housekeeping’s list of top coffee makers. More than 500 top roasters across the country now use the company’s revolutionary Steeped Brewing Method. Steeped Packs are available for purchase online, at grocery stores or through hospitality, office and other wholesale providers.

“Steeped doesn’t take its barista-approved standards lightly and we’ve worked closely with industry leading experts to validate every aspect of the Steeped Method from freshness, quality, extraction, shelf life, and most importantly, consistent taste to bring the most authentic specialty experience directly to single-serve coffee lovers,” Wilbur said. “We are proud of the incredible partnerships we’ve forged with the industry’s top specialty coffee roasters, including names like Counter Culture, Addictive and Cat and Cloud.”

Steeped Coffee features include:

● 100 percent specialty coffee: quality coffee ethically sourced directly from farmers

● Steeped Brew Bag: non-GMO filters that regulate ideal water-in and maximum flavor-out

● Guilt-free packaging: made using plant-based renewable and compostable materials

● Nitro sealed: removes oxygen, stopping the clock on freshly ground beans

● Pre-portioned single-serve: only brew what you use, reducing wasteful consumption

● Precision ground: consistent water-cooled grinding to the micron

● Just add water: single-serve convenience with no machines required

● Barista approved: tested by multiple independent specialty coffee Q-graders for freshness, quality, and taste

Steeped, Inc. based in San Francisco, is a Certified B Corp and Benefit Corporation focused on every detail from farm-to-cup and beyond, to bring people the most convenient, quality, ethically sourced, and sustainably packaged products available. Steeped is the new standard in coffee helping to make quality coffee more accessible through its proprietary technology and Steeped Brewing Method that is licensed to over 500 of the top specialty roasters around the globe. Steeped delivers 100 percent freshly roasted, precision ground, and nitro-sealed specialty coffee pre-portioned within Steeped Brew Bags. Steeped Coffee is the simplest way to make a perfect cup of coffee by just adding water, with no machine needed. Welcome to Coffee Simplified.

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