What Is Honest Organic Coffee?

There is a new name on the bottled cold brewed coffee scene. The largest seller of soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverage in the world, Coca Cola, is marketing a product called Honest Organic Coffee. If you are interested in bottled cold brewed coffee to go this might be a good choice.

A refreshing summer drink is cold brewed coffee. Cold brewed coffee is about two thirds less acidic than espresso or percolator coffee. It has to do with extracting caffeine and healthy antioxidants but less acid using a slow, cool extraction process. Basically the coffee just diffuses out of the ground beans over a few hours. And now, if you do not want to spend the time making your own cold brew coffee, you can buy bottled cold brew coffee and store it in your frig!

But, it turns out that while Honest Organic Coffee is really organic it is coffee that has been brewed, canned and cooled. It is not necessarily cold brewed coffee. Nevertheless, the organic part addresses one of our concerns about bottled or canned coffee.

Bottled cold brew coffee sounds interesting but if you like the idea of healthy organic coffee is the cold brewed bottled coffee organic? And how to the organic coffee antioxidants preserve in a bottle?

Coca Cola is launching the Honest Organic Coffee brand in Great Britain with not just plain coffee but bottled coffee house coffee as well. The trade publication Packaging News reports on Coca Cola’s launch of cold coffee drinks.

Launching in March, there will be two great tasting variants in the organic Honest Coffee range – Latte and Mocha. The product range will tap into the growing consumer demand for RTD coffee products in GB, a sector which is worth £66m and growing by 20% year on year.

The coffee drinks will be available in a re-sealable 240ml single PET, designed to suit consumers with an on-the-go lifestyle – with workplace and higher education among the key channels for the product. Made with Arabica beans, the products are organic and exempt from the soft drinks tax that comes into effect in April. The 42.5% coffee content and lower sugar delivers a taste profile that is less sweet than some RTD coffee options, appealing to consumers who want a more authentic cold coffee experience.

The appeal of cold coffee is that you can simply go to your refrigerator and take out a can or bottle instead of having to go to the coffee shop and stand in line or wait in your car for drive up service. And, of course, there are no issues with hot coffee burns for which Starbucks had to pay a customer.

And when buying coffee house coffee you should also be aware of how hot it might be and if the lid is on tight when you buy for takeout.

A Florida woman who was severely burned after the lid popped off a cup of Starbucks coffee and spilled on her lap was awarded $100,000 for her injuries Thursday.

A Starbucks representative testified during the trial that the coffee company receives 80 complaints a month about issues with lids popping off or leaking.

In our article how, How Hot Is Starbucks Coffee, we cited expert opinion about hot coffee and burns. The Burn Foundation discusses hot liquid burns.

When tap water reaches 140º F, it can cause a third degree (full thickness) burn in just five seconds.

Hot Water Causes Third Degree Burns

in 1 second at 156º
in 2 seconds at 149º
in 5 seconds at 140º
in 15 seconds at 133º

How hot is Starbucks coffee? If the lady actually suffered 3rd degree burns the coffee was probably at least 140 degrees and more likely 150 or above.

That is the argument for products like Honest Organic Coffee instead of takeout at Starbucks or McDonalds.




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