Keurig

Keurig is an American beverage brand best known for its single-serve coffee brewing systems and K-Cup pods. The company was founded in 1992 by John Sylvan and Peter Dragone in Massachusetts, with the goal of brewing one fresh cup of coffee at a time instead of a full pot. The name comes from the Dutch word for excellence. Keurig launched its first commercial brewers in 1998 and entered the home market in the early 2000s, a move that helped make pod-based brewing a mainstream category in North American households and offices. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, an early investor and licensing partner, acquired full ownership of Keurig in 2006, and the combined company was later renamed Keurig Green Mountain. In 2018 it merged with Dr Pepper Snapple Group to form Keurig Dr Pepper, one of the largest beverage companies in North America, which remains the brand's parent today. Keurig's product line includes a wide range of countertop brewers, from compact single-cup machines to models with carafe and iced-coffee options, alongside licensed K-Cup pods from hundreds of coffee, tea, and cocoa brands such as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Starbucks, Dunkin', and McCafe. The company states that its brewers are used in tens of millions of North American households. Keurig has also worked to address environmental criticism of single-use pods by converting its K-Cup pods to recyclable polypropylene. Its brewers are sold through major retailers, its own website, and office coffee service distributors across the United States and Canada.