Third Coast CoffeePhoto by Kelli Weldon

Third Coast Coffee, owned by Joe Lozano, is introducing a new coffee from Peru in 2013.

Organic roaster debuts new products

Third Coast Coffee plans to introduce a new kind of coffee from Peru by Valentine's Day.

Third Coast's importing cooperative has been collaborating with a group in Peru about producing natural coffee, which is essentially sun-dried before it is processed and also contains berry flavors, Manager Clay Roper said.

"What's special about this new coffee is that this is not a common thing to get from Peru anymore, and members of our co-op are going to be the only ones that have this particular coffee," Roper said.

Roper said the company also introduced a line of cold-brew coffee concentrate in bottles available for its retail customers. The coffee is on tap at Ingredients, a bulk-only grocery store in East Austin, he said.

Additionally, the roasting firm debuted bottles of ready-to-drink cold-brew Third Coast coffee with sugar. Roper said the company plans to promote them again during 2013's warmer months.

In March, the organic coffee roaster started offering the option to deliver its coffee beans in reusable 2-gallon buckets to local coffee shops and restaurants, Roper added.

"Every time we use the bucket, that's a bag that isn't going into a landfill," he said, noting in its first year the program saved more than 5,000 bags.