Dripkit Coffee Teams Up with Rival Bros. to Announce the Launch of The Rival Bros. Dripkit

Single Serve Coffee Leader Partners with Philadelphia Custom Roasters to Bring Convenient, High End Pour Over Coffee to Consumers Nationwide

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DripKit Coffee, a division of NuZee, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUZE) and leading private label co-packer for a variety of roasters and wholly owned subsidiary of NuZee Inc., announced today its collaboration with Philadelphia-based roaster Rival Bros. Coffee and the launch of the Rival Bros. Dripkit, a single serve pour over that delivers a high-end experience in a convenient, easy-to-use format available in two medium roast flavor profiles: Bourbon Barrel and Whistle & Cuss.

Founded in 2017 by Ilana Kruger, Dripkit offers single serve pour over coffee formats on a large scale to combine convenience and quality. Partnering with community focused and ethically sourced specialty roasters Rival Bros. Coffee, the Rival Bros. Dripkit packs produce a 10oz cup of coffee, using 17g of roasted and ground coffee without the prep or cleanup of a traditional pour over. The just-add-water format enables consumers to brew the perfect cup of coffee in two minutes and enjoy freshly roasted specialty coffee on-the-go, sans equipment, and without the mess.

"I founded Dripkit with the belief that delicious, pour over coffee can be an accessible and quick luxury. Our partnership with Rival Bros. enhances the flavor of our brand and offers another delicious way to enjoy our unique coffee format," said Ilana Kruger, CEO and Founder of Dripkit. "As a Pennsylvania native myself, I couldn't be prouder to partner with a local company for our first Philadelphia partnership who believes that pour over is the best way to enjoy specialty coffee and who's mission so closely aligns with my own: to provide the tastiest coffee experience for every customer, every cup."

The Rival Bros. Dripkit flavor blends include Whistle and Cuss ($17.50, pack of 5), a balanced medium roast coffee with beans from Latin America, Indonesia, and Africa that features notes of malted dark chocolate. The Dripkit also features Bourbon Barrel Aged ($18.75, pack of 5), a medium roast blend with smokey, caramel notes and rich nuttiness crafted with Brazilian beans from Yuki Minamo, Fazenda and Olhos D'agua and aged for up to two weeks prior to roasting in oak barrels from New Liberty Distillery. The Rival Bros. Dripkit is available for purchase nationwide at https://dripkit.coffee/collections/rival-bros/products/.

Rival Bros. Coffee joins an esteemed line of DripKit partners, which include: Verve Coffee Roasters, Union Coffee Roasters, Cafe Unido, and Sisters Coffee. Dripkit Coffee is a business division of the NuZee (NASDAQ: NUZE) brand portfolio. To learn more, please visit https://dripkit.coffee.

About Dripkit

Dripkit offers a large-size single serve pour over format that delivers what it believes to be a barista-quality coffee experience to coffee drinkers in the United States. The brand has combined its focus on convenience and quality, as well as a goal of using first-rate, ethically sourced coffee beans, to become a leader in the single serve coffee category. 

About Rival Bros. Coffee

Founded by longtime friends Jonathan Adams, a former chef, and Damien Pileggi, an experienced roasted who pursued a career on both coasts, Rival Bros. Coffee offers a selection of custom, house roasted blends and season single-origin beans that have been carefully sourced and specially roasted to provide the best drinking experience possible.  

About NuZee Coffee 

NuZee, Inc., (NASDAQ: NUZE), is a leading co-packing company for single serve coffee formats that partners with companies of all sizes to help them develop within the single serve and private label coffee category. Providing innovative and eco-conscious solutions with the flexibility and capacity for both small roasters and large global brands, NuZee is revolutionizing the way single serve coffee is enjoyed in the United States. Through the brand's unique process, NuZee fulfills every aspect of co-packing needs, from roasting and blending, to packing and packaging. NuZee has production facilities in the United States and Korea.  

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. NuZee cautions you that such statements are simply predictions and actual events, or results may differ materially. These statements reflect NuZee's current expectations and NuZee does not undertake to update or revise these forward-looking statements, even if experience or future changes make it clear that any projected results expressed or implied in this or other NuZee statements will not be realized. Further, these statements involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond NuZee's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, include: NuZee's plan to obtain funding for its operations, including funding necessary to develop, manufacture and commercialize its products; the impact to NuZee's business from COVID 19, including supply chain interruptions; general market acceptance of and demand for NuZee's products; NuZee's reliance on third-party roasters to roast and blend coffee beans necessary to produce its products and provide its co-packing services; NuZee's ability to successfully achieve the anticipated results of strategic transactions; the fact that certain of NuZee's single serve coffee products are expected to be manufactured, processed and packaged for NuZee by its new partner on a purchase order basis pursuant to the agreement between the parties; the fact that sales are completed on a purchase order basis without any written agreement between NuZee and its customers; and NuZee's commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy. For a description of additional factors that may cause NuZee's actual results, performance or expectations to differ from any forward looking statements, please review the information set forth in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of the NuZee's public reports and NuZee's other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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