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The Roast Date Is the One Thing That Cannot Be Printed on Your Bag

Your bag is printed months before it is filled, so the roast date cannot be in the artwork. The four ways the date actually gets on, what your artwork must reserve for it, and roast date versus bes...

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Custom Boxes Now Start at 500. The Catch Is That 500 Is Per Design.

Custom printed boxes dropped from 1,000 to 500 units. The 500 is per design and cannot be split across two boxes, so plan the designs bef...

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The Small Bag Won. Your Collection Box Just Got Busier.

A pound of coffee is 1.3 bags at 12 oz and exactly 2 at 8 oz. What the shift to smaller formats does to your empty bag volume, and what c...

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Green Coffee Prices Are Falling. Your 12 oz Bag Is Not Coming Back.

Arabica has come off the 2025 peak, so does the 12 oz coffee bag return? Why the smaller bag is staying, what the volatility actually mea...

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Approved Flat, Printed on a Curve: What Filling a Coffee Bag Does to Your Artwork

Your dieline is flat and your filled bag is not. What happens to coffee bag artwork once gussets open and the base folds, why the safe zo...

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Sharing a 10,000 Roll Stock Run Across Designs Saves Up Front and Costs You at Reorder

Combining two bag designs on one 10,000 roll stock run lowers your cost per bag and locks both SKUs to one set of cylinders. Why the savi...

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The EU Just Banned PFAS in Food Packaging. What It Means for Your Coffee Bags

The EU's packaging regulation began applying on 12 August 2026, starting with a PFAS restriction on food-contact packaging. What it means...

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The Shrinking Coffee Bag: Why 12 oz Is Losing Ground to 10, 8 and 6

Roasters are moving from 12 oz to 10, 8 and 6 oz bags as green coffee prices climb. What a smaller bag changes for your dieline, fill wei...

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Rotogravure, Explained: The Press, the Cylinders, and the 10,000-Bag Payoff

Rotogravure printing coffee packaging, explained in plain language: the press, the engraved cylinders, the premium look, and the 10,000-b...

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Savor Brands CEO Patrick Lau on Coffee Packaging in Barista Magazine

Savor Brands CEO Patrick Lau is quoted throughout a coffee packaging feature in Barista Magazine. What he told the magazine about shelf a...

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Why the First Custom Coffee Bag Off the Press Matters

The first custom coffee bag off the press is the whole run in miniature. What happens in pre-press, what a press check confirms on that f...

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How to Switch Coffee Bag Suppliers Without Missing an Order

Switching coffee bag suppliers is a planned handoff, not a cold start. Here is how to pin down your current bag's specs, hand over print-...

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Zipper, Tin Tie, or Neither: Choosing a Coffee Bag Closure

A valve is not a closure. What a zipper actually buys you, why a tin tie forgives a bad opening, when heat seal alone is the right call, ...

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