Case Study: Joffrey’s Coffee 2.0

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Joffreys Coffee 2.0

Several months ago I read on a blog about an opportunity to test a new brand of coffee and give feedback on it before it went into market.  As a mild coffee addict and increasing coffee snob, I jumped on the opportunity.  I took a survey of my coffee drinking habits, gave over my address, and eventually received a packet of coffee in the mail: Joffrey’s Java Beta Test.  At the time I thought of it as a random taste testing opportunity, ignoring all the signs that I was part of an elaborate and precise marketing scheme to spread the name of a relatively unknown coffee brand.  Now, long after I burned through the coffee I stumbled across the very interesting story behind Joffrey’s Java Beta Test:

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