Among coffee consumers, one of the hottest coffee trends
is chilled, ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee. These canned or
bottled coffees are widely available in most supermarket and
convenience stores, often in a variety of flavors. Among the
18-39 age group, these beverages rival or outpace sales of
hot, brewed coffees.
Founded in 2018, Nashville-based Good Citizen Coffee Co.
(GCC) is capitalizing on this trend with four distinct flavors
of chilled canned coffees that complement a full line of
speciality coffee products, teas, and accessories. Even more,
the company has taken the RTD concept to much higher levels
of taste and quality using an innovative coffee steeping and
extraction system of its own design, engineered and built
by Deutsche Beverage + Process using Siemens automation
and controls.
