Punk Bunny Coffee
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Coffee shop |
Founded | 2015 Oakland, California |
Founders | |
Headquarters | 1940 Union Street, Unit 15, Oakland, California |
Products | Coffee beans, coffee beverages |
Website | https://www.punkbunnycoffee.com/ |
Punk Bunny Coffee, previously Oakland Coffee Works is a coffee company founded in 2015 by Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, and Mike Dirnt of the American punk rock band Green Day.[1] The company aims to set a standard for "compostability" in coffee packaging.[2] It is based in Oakland, California, United States.
In December 2015, the Financial Times named Oakland Coffee as the world's first US-based coffee company to exclusively sell fully compostable 12 oz. coffee bags and single-serve coffee cups.[3] All of Oakland Coffee's bags, single-serve cups, and mother bags are Certified Compostable for municipal composting facilities by the Biodegradable Products Institute.[4] Oakland Coffee only sells coffees that are organically grown, handpicked, and fairly traded.[5] The beans are from small organic farms primarily in high altitude regions of Central and South America.
In the summer of 2020, Oakland Coffee launched a monthly subscription service, called The Oakland Coffee Club. Their service allows customers to receive coffee every month on an automatic shipping schedule.[
Oakland Coffee announced their first Annual Holiday Bundle Series in November 2020. The collection includes a special edition pressing of Billie Joe Armstrong's No Fun Mondays 7" vinyl record, with "I Think We're Alone Now" and "War Stories".[8] Every vinyl purchase provides five meals to families in need via the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
In October 2021, Oakland Coffee Works announced the release of a limited-edition seven-inch vinyl pressing with two tracks from Green Day's 1994 BBC Radio 1 “Evening Session” performance. The never-before-released vinyl features recordings of “Basket Case” and “When I Come Around” on a purple vinyl chosen by Green Day drummer Tre Cool.[9]
References
- ^ "Green Day have released their own 'Father Of All...' coffee | NME". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "We Got the Dirnt on Oakland Coffee Works". Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "US band Green Day branches out into compostable coffee bags". Financial Times. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "Ditch Plastic". Oakland Coffee Works. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "Our Coffee". Oakland Coffee Works. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "Green Day Are Donating Free Coffee To Voters At Polling Stations". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "Green Day donate free cups of coffee to voters at U.S. polling stations". NME. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ Blistein, Jon (2020-10-06). "Billie Joe Armstrong to Release Quarantine Covers Album 'No Fun Mondays'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ Aniftos, Rania (October 4, 2021). "Billie Joe Armstrong's Coffee Company Released a Limited Edition Green Day Vinyl". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2021.