Punk Bunny Coffee

Punk Bunny Coffee
Company typePrivate
IndustryCoffee shop
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Oakland, California
Founders
Headquarters1940 Union Street, Unit 15, Oakland, California
ProductsCoffee beans, coffee beverages
OwnerGreen Day
Websitehttps://www.punkbunnycoffee.com/

Punk Bunny Coffee, formerly 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]

Though upon launch, the company aims to set a standard for "compostability" in coffee packaging, its offerings include standard K-Cup pods.[2] It is based in Oakland, California, United States.

In December 2015, the Financial Times named Oakland Coffee 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.[promotion?] In late October/early November 2020, Oakland Coffee partnered with World Central Kitchen and the Chefs To The Polls Initiative to provide free coffee to poll workers and people waiting in line to vote leading up to and on Election Day.[6][7]

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]

Starting in August 2024, Punk Bunny Coffee started partnering with 7-Eleven to sell its products. This included Speedway and Stripes locations in addition to standard 7-Eleven locations, and included both fresh brew at the store as well as take home coffee grounds and K-cups.[10]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "We Got the Dirnt on Oakland Coffee Works". Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  3. ^ "US band Green Day branches out into compostable coffee bags". Financial Times. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  4. ^ "Ditch Plastic". Oakland Coffee Works. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  5. ^ "Our Coffee". Oakland Coffee Works. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  6. ^ "Green Day Are Donating Free Coffee To Voters At Polling Stations". Kerrang!. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  7. ^ "Green Day donate free cups of coffee to voters at U.S. polling stations". NME. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  8. ^ Blistein, Jon (2020-10-06). "Billie Joe Armstrong to Release Quarantine Covers Album 'No Fun Mondays'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  9. ^ Aniftos, Rania (October 4, 2021). "Billie Joe Armstrong's Coffee Company Released a Limited Edition Green Day Vinyl". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  10. ^ "7-Eleven, Inc. And Green Day Announce Launch of Exclusive Anniversary Blend of Band's Punk Bunny Coffee to Celebrate 60 Years of 7-Eleven's To-Go Coffee".