December 2015 The coffee world is changing. The tsunami that was the Third Wave has run out of steam and a new Forth Wave is washing over the industry bringing a different focus and measures of success. Consolidation is creating a new playing field with JAB taking controlling interests in Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), Caribou, Peets, Intelligentsia, Stumptown, and now Keurig (see industry leader reactions below). The only companies that will survive and thrive in the future will have found su...