It did not take lengthy for a corporation to crack Keurig’s Okay-Cup lockdown
When Keuring Inexperienced Mountain introduced that it might reduce out third-social gathering pods for the subsequent-era of its common single-serve machines, different espresso outfits have been up in arms. One specific firm, TreeHouse Meals, claimed that it might take a short while for the code to be cracked (and filed a lawsuit, too). Nicely, Mom Parker’s Tea & Espresso has accomplished simply that with its RealCup capsules. The corporate’s espresso and tea pods will work contained in the lately launched Keurig 2.zero brewers able to brewing each single cups and carafe-sized batches. Keurig has licensing offers in place with huge identify espresso outfits like Starbucks, Peet’s, Caribou, Krispy Kreme, Twinings of London and others, nevertheless it’s the opposite not so nicely-recognized suppliers and the personal label clientele which might be set to endure beneath the exclusivity.
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