Riff Cold Brewed, which presented at the 2019 Bend Venture Conference, won the investment award for Impact Stage—companies that aim to make measurable environmental or social impact. Riff’s mission has been to repurpose often-disposed coffeefruit into an all-natural sparkling energy drink.

Riff’s website describes the coffee berry as the “naturally caffeinated, naturally sweet and bright fruity pulp that holds the bean right up until harvest.” The $85,000 investment will allow the founders of Riff to continue to innovate using this previously-disregarded pulp.

Riff Craft Food & Beverage Taproom
555 NW Arizona Ave., Bend
541-312-9330
Sun-Thu 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat 9am-9pm
riffcoldbrewed.com

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Riff Cold Brewed Wins Big at Bend Venture

by Nancy Patterson, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 30, 2019

<h1>Riff Cold Brewed Wins Big at Bend Venture</h1> <p class="byline">by Nancy Patterson, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 30, 2019</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">R</span>iff Cold Brewed, which presented at the 2019 <a href="https://bendvc.edcoinfo.com" target="_blank">Bend Venture</a> Conference, won the investment award for Impact Stage—companies that aim to make measurable environmental or social impact. <a href="https://www.riffcoldbrewed.com/" target="_blank">Riff's mission </a>has been to repurpose often-disposed coffeefruit into an all-natural sparkling energy drink. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/lilb2.1-31f1362213ce7e29.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/lilb2.1-31f1362213ce7e29.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-47310" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Alter Ego sparkling coffeefruit tea served on-tap at Riff</figcaption></figure> <p> Riff's website describes the coffee berry as the "naturally caffeinated, naturally sweet and bright fruity pulp that holds the bean right up until harvest." The $85,000 investment will allow the founders of Riff to continue to innovate using this previously-disregarded pulp. </p> </p> <h5 class="content_h5"> <p> <b>Riff Craft Food &amp; Beverage Taproom<br /> 555 NW Arizona Ave., Bend<br /> 541-312-9330<br /> Sun-Thu 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat 9am-9pm<br /> <a href="http://riffcoldbrewed.com" target="_blank">riffcoldbrewed.com</a></b> </p> </h5> <p> </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/riff-cold-brewed-wins-big-at-bend-venture-11365999/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=47302&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/riff-cold-brewed-wins-big-at-bend-venture-11365999/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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