1915—The Burns Jubilee (inner-heated) gas coffee roaster is patented in the United States and put on the market.
1915—The National Coffee Roasters Association Home coffee mill, employing a set screw operating on a cog-and-ratchet principle, is introduced to the trade.
1915—The second national coffee week is held in the United States under the auspices of the National Coffee Roasters Association.
1916—The Federal Tin Co. begins the manufacture of tin coffee containers for use in connection with automatic packing machines.
1916—The National Paper Can Co., Milwaukee, introduces to the United States trade a new hermetically sealed all-paper can for coffee.
1916—A United States patent is granted to I.D. Richheimer, Chicago, for an improvement on his Tricolator.
1916—The Coffee Trade Association, London, is formed to include brokers, merchants, and wholesale dealers.
1916—The Coffee Exchange, City of New York, changes its name to the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, admitting sugar trading.
1916—Saul Blickman, assignor to S. Blickman, New York, is granted a United States patent on an apparatus for making and dispensing coffee.
1916—Orville W. Chamberlain, New Orleans, is granted a United States patent on an automatic drip coffee pot.