Roastar | Peel & Stick Tin Can Closure
We’ve always been about helping “the little guy” compete with large, established brands. Our first claim to fame was making small-batch custom-printed bags attainable, intuitive, and fast. When it came to one of our newest product, the fully recyclable tin can, we realized there was room for innovation.
Our traditional tin can closures offered a one-way, airtight valve designed to release the CO2 that coffee beans naturally let out over time (“better out than in,” as Shrek always said).
The catch was those valved seals required a seamer – a hefty piece of equipment with a 4-digit price tag. Even our seamer rental program, which helped small businesses get access to one without a big investment, was still quite a production for smaller roasting operations. Our customers wanted something less invasive than specialized equipment. Something as quick and easy as the rest of the packaging pantheon that we’d created. Something light, straightforward, and ideally made to be applied by hand.
Our product devs took a few swings at the problem. We can’t spill all the beans (pun definitely intended), but what they came up with kept can contents fresh and airtight after hundreds of closures. We know, because our employees thoroughly tested the closures, on top of our standard protocol (turns out they’re a lot of fun to peel open, and they don’t mind being dropped). These hand-applied closures are the perfect fit for a small roaster who’s ready to upgrade their packaging for the coffee they’ve invested time, money and energy into. Not only that, but it also lets roasters offer fresh beans to returning customers, who could refill and seal the tin cans they had lying around the house. It’s be the coffee equivalent of a growler at a microbrewery!
