Coffee aficionados recognize that freshly roasted beans are essential for an excellent cup of coffee. Nonetheless, even the freshest of beans can diminish in flavor and aroma if improperly stored.

Keurig K-Cups—those little one-serving coffee containers that allow people to brew one cup at a time in a specially designed Keurig brewing machine—are all the rage these days. Each K-Cup is made up ...

Portsmouth-based Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA Inc. (MZB USA), a major coffee roaster, plans to introduce compostable, single-serve coffee containers in the U.S. by the end of year. MZB USA will ...