Dripdash

What Dripdash does

Dripdash Inc. is a Palo Alto, California-based craft coffee company that produces and sells ready-to-drink Kyoto-style slow-drip cold brew coffee. The company uses a patent-pending brewing method that performs 16-hour gravity extraction to produce a concentrated, triple-strength beverage (120mg caffeine per 9.5 oz serving) with zero sugar and up to 70% less acidity than hot coffee. The product portfolio includes the flagship Kyoto Iced Coffee (12-pack at $48), Lavender + Maple Oatmilk Latte, and Black Sesame Oat Milk Latte, with a 100-day refrigerated shelf life enabled by flash pasteurization.

The company operates a direct-to-consumer e-commerce model through a Shopify-powered storefront at dripdash.com, supplemented by distribution in select California retail locations and international shipping via partner website percup.com. Products are sold as one-time purchases with no subscription model. Marketing is concentrated in content (blog content about Kyoto brewing methods), organic social (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok), and email capture. The company claims first-mover status as the first RTD Kyoto-style cold brew in the US since 2018 and placement as the first and only RTD coffee served in Michelin Star restaurants, supported by earned media in Fast Company, Gear Patrol, and Sunset Magazine.

The business is privately held with no disclosed funding, no institutional investors, no app or API, and no senior management team listed in the source material. Founder backgrounds are cited as 12+ years in the coffee industry, though the formal corporate entity was incorporated in 2024. Target customer segments are coffee enthusiasts seeking premium specialty experiences and, secondarily, health-conscious consumers seeking low-acid, zero-sugar coffee alternatives.

Name

Dripdash

Legal name

Dripdash Inc.

Website

https://dripdash.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dripdash is a Palo Alto-based craft coffee company producing Kyoto-style slow-drip cold brew beverages, sold direct-to-consumer via Shopify and select California retail, targeting specialty coffee enthusiasts and health-conscious consumers with patent-pending brewing technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Ready-to-Drink Coffee

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920), Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (31192), Beverage Manufacturing (3121)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Coffee Manufacturing (AFAFADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

RTD Coffee Production (Non-Dairy/Non-Alcoholic) (AFAFABAE), Coffee & Tea Concentrates (Liquid, Extracts, Syrups) (AFAFAGAC), Coffee Blending & Flavoring (AFAFADAC)

Keywords

• Ready-to-drink coffee
• Kyoto-style cold brew
• Specialty coffee brand
• Craft coffee beverages
• Oat milk lattes

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Ready-to-Drink Coffee Products: Direct product sales of bottled and canned Kyoto-style iced coffee and oat milk latte beverages. Products include Kyoto Iced Coffee (12-pack), Lavender Maple Oatmilk Latte, and Black Sesame Oat Milk Latte. One-time purchase model through e-commerce and retail channels.
2. E-commerce Direct Sales: Online retail sales through their Shopify-powered website at dripdash.com, offering products directly to consumers with free 2-4 day shipping.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dripdash manufactures and sells ready-to-drink Kyoto-style slow-drip cold brew coffee beverages, including its flagship Kyoto Iced Coffee 12-pack and oat milk latte SKUs (Lavender + Maple, Black Sesame). The company uses a patent-pending 16-hour gravity extraction brewing process on a blend of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and Mexican Chiapas beans, producing a triple-strength, zero-sugar, organic, low-acid canned coffee product sold direct-to-consumer and through select retail.

Product overview

Dripdash is a ready-to-drink craft coffee company offering a portfolio of cold brew beverages. The core product is Kyoto Iced Coffee, a Japanese-style slow-dripped cold brew introduced in 2018 as the first ready-to-drink format of this brewing style in the USA. The product line has expanded to include plant-based oat milk lattes in Lavender + Maple and Black Sesame flavors. The company operates using a direct-to-consumer e-commerce model through Shopify with their primary production facility in Palo Alto, California. Dripdash claims to be the Original Wholesale Manufacturer of Kyoto Iced Coffee in the US, with their products being the first and only ready-to-drink coffee served in Michelin Star restaurants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kyoto Iced Coffee [12 pack] Japanese-style slow-dripped cold brew coffee brewed for 16 hours using an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and Mexican Chiapas organic bean blend. Triple-strength concentrate with 120mg caffeine per 9.5 fl oz can, zero grams of sugar, dark-chocolate body, clean almond-like finish, and up to 70% less acidity than hot coffee. Sold as a 12-pack of 9.5 fl oz cans to individual consumers through e-commerce and select retail.
• Lavender + Maple Oatmilk Latte Plant-powered dairy-free latte combining lavender and maple flavors with oat milk and Dripdash's signature slow-drip cold brew coffee, designed as a balanced dairy-free alternative for individual consumers.
• Black Sesame Oat Milk Latte Oat milk latte blended with black sesame, combining Dripdash's signature slow-drip cold brew coffee with a unique black sesame flavor profile for individual coffee enthusiasts seeking distinctive craft latte offerings.
• Dripdash Variety/Gift Pack Bundled variety pack offering sampling of Kyoto Iced Coffee alongside the Lavender Maple and Black Sesame Oat Milk Lattes, targeted at consumers seeking a curated introduction to the full Dripdash product range or as a gift purchase.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 70% less acidity than hot coffee
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationShopify powers the Dripdash online e-commerce store at dripdash.com, providing the platform for direct-to-consumer sales, payment processing, and order management.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Chameleon Cold-Brew: Chameleon is a direct peer focused exclusively on organic, bottled RTD cold brew coffee, with similar DTC and natural-channel retail distribution to Dripdash.
• La Colombe Coffee Roasters: La Colombe is a direct peer producing RTD draft lattes and cold brew in cans with broad national retail distribution and DTC e-commerce, targeting the same premium coffee drinker segment.
• Califia Farms: Califia Farms produces plant-based RTD coffee beverages including oat milk lattes with broad grocery distribution, directly competing with Dripdash's Lavender Maple and Black Sesame oat milk lattes.
• Rise Brewing Co. Rise Brewing produces nitrogen-infused RTD cold brew coffee in cans and oat milk lattes through DTC and broad grocery distribution, directly competing for the same premium RTD coffee consumer.
• Blue Bottle Coffee: Blue Bottle is a direct peer offering specialty RTD iced coffee and oat milk lattes via DTC and select retail, competing in the premium craft coffee segment with similar brewing-method storytelling.
• Stumptown Coffee Roasters: Stumptown is a direct peer offering RTD cold brew coffee in bottles and cans through grocery, foodservice, and DTC channels, competing for the same premium cold brew consumer that Dripdash targets.
• High Brew Coffee: High Brew is a direct peer producing cold brew coffee in cans with natural and conventional grocery distribution, competing for the same functional, ready-to-drink coffee occasion.
• Wandering Bear Coffee: Wandering Bear is a direct peer offering RTD cold brew coffee in single-serve formats through DTC and grocery channels, with similar shelf-stable cold brew positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Peet's Coffee: Peet's Coffee is a broad incumbent specialty coffee roaster with RTD iced coffee products in grocery and DTC channels, providing competitive pressure across the premium coffee segment.
• Starbucks (RTD division): Starbucks is a broad incumbent offering RTD coffee through partnership with PepsiCo across grocery, convenience, and foodservice channels, representing the dominant scaled competitor in the RTD coffee category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dripdash.inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/dripdash/?hl=en
• TikToktiktok.com/@dripdash.com
• Xx.com/dripdash
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dripdash

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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