Coffee vault is next step in La Colombe’s ‘obsessive innovation’

Pre-portioned, ground coffee in a petite pressurized aluminum can keeps La Colombe’s ground coffee fresh until opening.

The fully-removable can end allows consumers to easily pour the ground coffee into a filter or device for brewing.
The fully-removable can end allows consumers to easily pour the ground coffee into a filter or device for brewing.

Coffee company La Colombe is on an innovation streak. In late 2016, it launched its Draft Latte, a texturized coffee beverage for the RTD market enabled by a valved beverage can. Now, the company has introduced what it’s calling the MiniVault—a 5.1-oz aluminum can that keeps the pre-portioned ground coffee inside fresher up to five-times longer than traditional coffee packaging.

“Our aim is to change the landscape of coffee through obsessive innovation,” says Todd Carmichael, CEO and co-founder of La Colombe. “We want everyone to be able to experience exceptional coffee. The vault allows us to bring the best coffee to our home, all while removing the guesswork from measuring, grinding, and freshness.”

The idea behind the MiniVault is that rather than packaging freshly roasted and ground coffee in a package that allows the CO2 to degas, the vault holds the gas within the container, keeping the grind fresh until use. “Keeping coffee fresh for extended periods of time has been the holy grail for roasters ever since we started roasting coffee,” says Carmichael. “The MiniVault is the product of thinking outside of the traditional box and recognizing that if you retort the gassing process, you dramatically slow the aging of the coffee.”

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