Here are the semi-finalists for the Sprudge Design Awards Outstanding Packaging, Ready-To-Drink category. This award honors outstanding design in the field of ready-to-drink coffee/coffee-adjacent products, including canned and bottled cold brew, teas, coffee beer. Considerations include original label art, descriptive text, and physical presentation.

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Announcement November 13th
Outstanding Design Achievement โ€” Goods and Garments
Outstanding Design Achievement โ€” Event Exhibition
Outstanding Design Achievement โ€” Commercial Product
Outstanding Social Media
Outstanding Design Agency
Outstanding In-House Design Team
Outstanding Design Collaboration
Outstanding Designer
Design in Support of a Social Impact Campaign

Public voting will open on Monday, November 13th and continue through Monday, November 27th.

Caffe Luxxe

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Caffe Luxxe

Caffe Luxxe Cold Brew Bottle Concentrate – Product Launch 2023

Good Brew Comes to Those Who Wait. With the success of Caffe Luxxe Cold Brew ready to drink, a market demand became apparent for a concentrated version for home consumption and cocktail mixology in a stronger format.

Create an emotional sense of fun, light-heartedness, and a sunny disposition that conforms to the Caffe Luxxe brand identity.

Bring together a design approach that captures the colors, the story, and the energy of Caffe Luxxeโ€™s Italian lifestyle inspiration.

Create a package thatโ€™s presents itself comfortably as part of a bartenderโ€™s kit.

Caffe Luxxe Cold Brew Concentrate is a line extension of the classic Caffe Luxxe Cold Brew ready to drink. Featuring the popular Caffe Luxxe Montenero Blend steeped for 22 hours and retained in a highly concentrated format to allow consumers to dilute it to their own taste preference and also be used for making cold brew cocktails.

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Colectivo Coffee Roasters

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Colectivo Coffee Roasters

For over 20 years Colectivo’s own Kevin Callahan has been designing everything from cafe napkins to delivery vans. Kevin’s art was featured in “Design In Coffee ” submissions for both Colectivoโ€™s limited release of La Esmerelda Gesha (Packaging, 2020) and for our fleet of delivery vehicles (Branding, 2021).

The artwork for our Session Cold Brew cans were also duplicated onto our cold brew trailer, a mobile tap trailer that has made it’s share of stops between Milwaukee and Chicago.

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Comeback

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Comeback

These cans are for our Coffee Soda products! At comeback, this is what we focus on. We wanted to provide Memphis, the US, and abroad with a product that is both familiar yet new and unique in its taste and experience. We feel that the branding is eye catching enough to get even non-coffee drinkers to give this beverage a chance!

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Additional notes: News article.

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Equator Cold Brew

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Equator Cold Brew

Our Organic Cold Brew Coffee bottle stands out as a true embodiment of innovative and eye-catching design. Here’s why it deserves the “Best Design – Read to Drink Coffee” award:

1. Glass Bottle Elegance: Our product comes in a sleek and environmentally-friendly glass bottle. Its elegant and premium appearance enhances the RTD coffee-drinking experience.

2. Transparent Label: Through thoughtful design, we’ve integrated a transparent window around the label, allowing customers to see the product inside. This not only adds to the visual appeal but also builds trust, as customers can appreciate the premium quality of our organic cold brew and real dairy used to make Equator RTD taste incredible.

3. Clear and Approachable Communication Hierarchy: The label employs a clear communication hierarchy that prioritizes essential information. Branding, flavor, Cold Brew and Organic are all prominently displayed, ensuring that consumers can quickly grasp the product’s unique selling points.

4. Flavor Presentation: Each flavor variant of our cold brew is visually distinctive on the label, utilizing colors and clear naming conventions which aids consumers in quickly identifying the flavors they desire.

5. Iconic Tiger Logo and Bold use of Red: Equatorโ€™s iconic tiger logo and traditional red color graces the front of the bottle, instantly catching the eye with its bold and memorable presence. The tiger symbolizes strength and grace, connecting the consumer to the core of our brand.

6. Organic Certification: The label proudly communicates our commitment to Organic, Fair Trade and giving back via 1% for the Planet. In a world where health and sustainability are paramount, this information is an essential selling point that distinguishes our brand in the market.

Our Organic Cold Brew Coffee bottle represents the perfect fusion of form and function, a standout in the crowded market of ready-to-drink coffee. Its glass bottle, iconic tiger logo, transparent label, and clear communication hierarchy come together to offer an exceptional coffee-drinking experience. We believe this design is not just visually appealing but also drives customer engagement and loyalty. We humbly submit our entry for the “Best Design – Read to Drink Coffee” award, as a testament to our commitment to excellence in design and product presentation.

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Nguyen Coffee Supply

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Nguyen Coffee Supply

Nguyen Coffee Supply launched three flavors of their new Ready-To-Drink (RTD) cold brews into national retail at the beginning of 2023. The sleek design of the can matches the standard company branding with its royal blue coloring and font styles; however, it prominently reads โ€œNguyen” larger and vertically across the can highlighting the name for retail placement as well as bringing attention to the companyโ€™s pride in its Vietnamese origins. During the design study stage, the company noticed that most RTD coffees on shelf read horizontally with horizontal flavor bands; when zooming out it was easy for the shelf to look like a sea of bands. This was a key factor for designing with a vertical logo โ€“ to break up the sea of horizontal bands and stand out on the shelf visually.

Each flavor has a unique color band which also runs vertically to elongate the can and stand out on shelf: the original flavor of Classic Black flaunts the companyโ€™s original Truegrit blue (100% Robusta coffee beans), leaning into the companyโ€™s mission to elevate the robusta coffee experience. The Coconut SKUโ€™s brown matches the outer shell of a coconut (as photographed in the attached marketing shots), and the Condensed Milk SKU is a vibrant teal, a less common color palette currently found on shelf to denote the innovation behind our Condensed Milk flavor. The three flavors together create a bold and progressive color palette when the cold brews are sold in a variety pack or merchandised together on shelf.

Once the vertical design draws a customer in, at the very top of the can laid out in a horizontal format are the words โ€œVietnamese Coffee” to immediately identify the product. The eyes will then drift over to the flavor band and description.

The decision to utilize a tall and slim can was inspired by the energy drinks set, and to show the power of robusta coffee within a smaller format. Through our innovation of 100% robusta cold brew (non existent on the market prior to our launch), robusta offers 2x the amount of caffeine than arabica beans, offering a boost of clean, natural energy. All 3 RTDs are low to no sugar, helping consumers reimagine the Vietnamese coffee experience in a clean format without the jitters or sugar crash.

The minimalist design mirrors the minimal ingredients in the RTDs, similar to other products offered in natural grocery stores including national distribution with the Whole Foods Market. Earlier this Fall, Nguyen Coffee Supply announced that their RTDs are now available in every state that has a Whole Foods Market.

On the back of the can is a short message from the founder and a QR code for consumers to learn more, connecting the retail ready product back to the companyโ€™s e-commerce roots. Alongside the message is a pronunciation key for โ€œNguyen.” This level of intentional design ties the product experience back to the companyโ€™s original mission to educate people about diverse cultures, expand the conversation and bridge communities.

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URL: https://nguyencoffeesupply.com/products/cold-brew-variety-pack?variant=43510430433538

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Onyx Coffee Lab

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Onyx Coffee Lab

This year we released Extractions, premium coffee concentrates that provide specialty coffee in an infallible, shelf-stable, ready-to-use liquid form, creating a new intersection of convenience and quality in the specialty coffee industry. Extractions is the first specialty grade premium coffee extract that shows true flavor profiles and showcases the terroir of different producers and farms from around the globe. With Extractions, we’re not just offering a convenient coffee solution โ€” we’re offering the full journey of flavor that people have come to expect from Onyx coffee.

We wanted the design and packaging for this product to highlight the coffee and honor a desire for both excellence and ease of use. A transparent glass bottle featuring familiar Onyx type and marks, this product truly feels at home in the Onyx lineup while also allowing the extractions to truly be the showcase.

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URL: https://onyxcoffeelab.com/products/southern-weather-extractions?variant=40402130567266

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Parlor Coffee

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Cold Brew on Tap is seasonally sourced, expertly roasted, precisely brewed, and boxed up to take wherever you may need a pick-me-up. This delicious, refreshing cold brew boasts rich chocolate tones balanced by delicate vanilla and melon top notes. Simply pour from the integrated tap nozzle over ice and enjoy.

Originally developed for New York Cityโ€™s busiest and most discerning cafรฉs, Parlor Cold Brew is sourced and roasted by our team with the same standards as any of our whole-bean offerings, then brewed and packaged with the utmost precision. Consider this simple to use, multi-serving tap box your one-stop (coffee) shop: a convenient, shelf-stable cold brew option for the quality-conscious.

Each 96-ounce tap box is designed with a handle on top for transport and a simple punch-out design on the front to access the tap nozzle once youโ€™re ready to serve. Once youโ€™ve emptied your tap box, separate the inner bag from the outer cardboard, which can be recycled with your other cardboard materials. The inner bag is #4 LDPE and the spouts are #2 HDPE.

96 fl.oz. (2840 ml). 12 eight-ounce servings per container.

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URL: https://parlorcoffee.com/products/cold-brew-on-tap

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RISE Brewing Co.

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

RISE Brewing Co.

Our Oat Milk Vanilla Latte features our nitrogen-infused cold brew coffee enhanced with a dash of organic vanilla extract and Original Oat Milk. Proudly Organic, Dairy-free, Vegan, Plant based, and non-GMO.

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URL: https://risebrewingco.com/collections/coffee/products/oat-milk-vanilla-latte

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Ritual Coffee Roasters

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Ritual Coffee Roasters

Not just for summertime, itโ€™s for anytime.

Cold brew aficionados and busy people whoโ€™ve got sh*t to do can now recharge on-the-go with an artful can of Ritualโ€™s refreshing single-origin black coffees or a smooth oat milk latte. And we donโ€™t sacrifice quality for convenience – each batch is brewed with one of our very favorite coffees, sourced from coffee farmers we personally know around the world. We flash-brew our coffee using hot water to extract the full complexity of flavor and then chill it down immediately to lock in the nuances and beautiful aromatics. We worked with Aimee Kilmer at Good Stuff Partners and local artist Galine Tumasova to design the beautiful artwork on the cans. The artwork on each can celebrates a San Francisco neighborhood beloved to Ritual. Each features elements that are recognizable to anyone who has visited that neighborhood, and other pieces are delightful little โ€œEaster eggs” that you really have to know the neighborhood well to identify.

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URL: https://ritualcoffee.com/serve/canned-coffee/

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Taika

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Outstanding Packaging – Ready To Drink Semi-Finalist

Taika

Taikaโ€™s modern minimalist design evokes not just the physical appearance of the incredible liquid inside the can, but also hints at their delightful flavor notes – using the dominant color block on the can to highlight the flavor and then wrapping it all up with a smooth, wraparound wave design that ties in the brandโ€™s focus on fueling creativity through their blend of adaptogens and functional mushrooms. The wraparound design means that their cans are instantly recognizable – from any angle. Taikaโ€™s brand specifically breaks existing paradigms of ready to drink coffee design by replacing conventional tropes of muted browns and blacks with bright colors and a consistent cream color at the top.

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