Water Street Coffee Joint Brings in XPress Lid by SmartCup

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September 23, 2010 – Auburn, CA – SmartCup, Inc. announced today that they are supplying Water Street Coffee Joint with the XPress lid, a single serve, recyclable and disposable French press in the lid. Water Street Coffee Joint provides the freshest, most unique and delicious brews and has decided to introduce XPress lid by SmartCup to their retail customers to enhance their customer’s coffee experience.

The Roast Master, Ben Angelo, brought in the XPress lid and was amazed at that flavor that was produced from his standard blends. XPress has become his personal go-to cup of coffee.

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But will the French like it? More on coffee

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Anita Webster
NOTE: Here is just one of many reports on the consumer interest of XPress lid by SmartCup.

Was excited to see a neat little bit of news about innovation in the coffee world in Darren Barefoot’s blog the other day – it’s the SmartCup Xpress Lid.  You order coffee and get a disposable/recyclable lid, rod and press – ta-da – single-use french press coffee where ever you are.

Darren says the cups were given out at the recent Gnomedex technology conference. There’s a great example of a company hitting their target market head-on – perpetual caffeine-seekers who love new gizmos.

Would you try it? I sure would.

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Partners

Looking for the XPress Lid by SmartCup? Listed below are our latest partners.

UNITED STATES

AK

Fairbanks, AK – Alaska Coffee Roasting Company

AZ

Cave Creek, AZ – The Roastery of Cave Creek

AL

Auburn, AL – Taylors Bakery and Gourmet Coffee

CA

Hollywood, CA – The Coffee Project
Irvine, CA – Marantha Import Export
Irvine, CA – Paradise Perks
Irvine, CA – Missionroasters Inc,
Long Beach, CA – Brew Ha Ha
Oceanside, CA – The Cup
San Gabriel, CA – Fresh Roast
San Diego, CA – Cafe Virtuoso

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Real-time Results for Smartcup

We introduced the XPress lid by SmartCup at the 10th Annual Gnomedex where hundreds of the world’s leading bloggers and tech-savvy enthusiasts descend upon the city of Seattle, WA for the technology conference. So, we decided to find out what people were saying about SmartCup. The following is a taste of their impressions.

betsyweber

  

@biggbybob – Swag at #gnomedexare SmartCups. Have you seen these? Single use french press coffee cup lids! Want one? http://bit.ly/a9HXC9 about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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davedelaney

  

RT @waderockett: Larry Wu is speaking #Gnomedex about consumer-based innovation. Larry’s cofounder of SmartCup: http://bit.ly/bPGdxt about 2 hours ago via Seesmic

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We Are Live @ Gnomedex 10

Come by for a fresh, pressed and complementary cup of XPress coffee.

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VIDEO: Technicalistas Live Large with XPress

SmartCup is showcasing our XPress Lid technology to caffeine-starved technologists at the Gnomedex conference.

What do Technicalistas think of it? Brilliant!

We will be updating from the conference… Gnomedex is a single-track technology conference hosted by Chris Pirillo, the owner of Lockergnome, LLC and is produced by Chris Pirillo and his staff at Lockergnome.

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VIDEO: Hot Java From Gnomedex

What do people say about the XPress lid by SmartCup? Here are a few interviews…

It’s a Brilliant Design!

This is going to get quite Popular!

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Team SmartCup @ Gnomedex

We are live and caffeinated at Gnomedex!

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We Are Serving @ Gnomedex

Gnomedex Members Are Caring XPress Lids on Their Back

SmartCup is showcasing our XPress Lid technology to caffeine-starved technologists at the Gnomedex conference. We will be updating from the conference.

Gnomedex is a single-track technology conference hosted by Chris Pirillo, the owner of Lockergnome, LLC and is produced by Chris Pirillo and his staff at Lockergnome. Pirillo was the co-host of the show Call For Help on the former cable television channel TechTV. Gnomedex started as an outgrowth of Pirillo’s technology newsletters, IRC channel and web site.

The conference name is a satirical portmanteau of Pirillo’s Lockergnome and the now-defunct Comdex technology trade show, which was a massive and influential annual event at the time of the first Gnomedex conference.

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XPress Lid by SmartCup Deploys to Middle East

The coffee lid business is booming.
By Benjamin Wallace

Another must-have soldier accessory must now be added to Camelback canteens: disposable French press coffee lids.

“A lot of deployed servicemen were e-mailing me, ‘We’re trying to get a good cup of coffee off the hood of a Humvee,’ ” says Forrest Graves, a roaster in Cleveland, Ga.

Graves knew just what to send them—the Xpress Lid. Made by SmartCup, the Xpress Lid incorporates a plastic strainer and plunger that transforms humdrum paper cups into disposable, single-use plunger pots. SmartCup sells to specialty shops and java enthusiasts for about 40 cents each. The lids are already making inroads in the Middle East.

“We started shipping it to troops,” Graves says.

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JumpinGoat Introduces the SmartCup XPress Lid

Rachel Rogers
Independent Business Writer
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JumpinGoat Coffee Roasters continues to make its mark on the coffee world.  Already a successful enterprise by implementing an efficient and productive coffee shop business plan, JumpinGoat reaches new levels as they introduce the SmartCup XPress Lid into their operations.  This ingenious apparatus has given new meaning to the French press and JumpinGoat Coffee Roasters is pleased to be one of the first locations to carry this item.

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Making A Great Cup of Java @ B. Koffie

Located in Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City, the first African coffee shop of its kind opened early in 2010.

B. Koffie’s beans are sauced directly from the coffee producing African countries, features such heavy sensations as Yirgacheffe from the worlds oldest coffee nation – Ethiopia.

We stopped in to see how it is going at B. Koffie. They are enjoying the success of their endeavor as well as the notoriety of providing all of their beverages with XPress Lid by SmartCup.

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JumpinGoat Coffee Roasters

Forrest Graves, of JumpinGoat Coffee Roasters, is a professional coffee roaster and shows the value of a French pressing coffee with the XPress lid By SmartCup.

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Tastes of Africa in Mason Jars at B. Koffie

Available in Mason Jars and Tasted with XPress Lid
By PATRICK LAFORGE

For the longest time, lovers of single-origin high-end culinary coffee in the upper Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood have had to travel downtown for beans. Even this place is a bit far from the West 50s.

Now comes B. Koffie.

The new shop drew a fair amount of attention when it opened earlier this year as the first place to offer a disposable a French-press-to-go cup.

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XPress Lid by SmartCup Supplies Retail Package for Home & Office

New Packaging

SmartCup, Inc. has introduced a visual display retail pack to assist operators in selling the XPress lid (a disposable/recyclable French press) to the home and office market.

The pack provides space for 6 cups, 6 XPress lids, and a 12 oz package of coffee, all viewable through cutouts.

A number of options are available depending on the needs of the customer. Graphics may be supplied by the operator or a stock graphic is available. One configuration includes the pack with just the XPress Lids. This allows customization with selected coffees, cups and assembly at the operator’s location.

Another configuration provides coffee, lids, and cups for a complete retail package.

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