Bulk Ingredient Coffee
Freeze-dried or spray-dried, Arabica or Robusta, organic available.
Spec sheet & COA available
Waka Wholesale
Wholesale Instant Coffee & Tea Powder for Your Business
Waka offers premium instant coffee and tea powders at wholesale prices, with formats for serving, resale and bulk ingredient use. Choose from single-serve packets, café-size pouches and bulk ingredient cases. Enjoy delicious coffee and tea hot or iced, or use our powders in your next formulation. No brewing or steeping required.
Hotels serve Waka in guest rooms. Cafés and nutrition shops create drinks with it. Brands and manufacturers use it in beverages, supplements, ice cream and baked goods. The same premium coffee and tea Waka is known for, sized for the way you work.
Café or nutrition shop? Open a self-serve account and order online today. Buying for a hotel, retail store or bulk ingredient project? Our sales team will put together samples, specs and pricing for you.
Low minimums to start
Spec sheets and COAs on request
Ships from Los Angeles
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Four ways businesses buy Waka
Cafés and nutrition shops can order online through our wholesale portal or Faire. For hotels, retailers and bulk ingredient buyers, our sales team can help with product selection, samples, pricing and ordering.
We offer freeze-dried or spray-dried instant coffee in different roasts and from various origins, as well as instant black and green tea powders. Sold in bulk by the lb, with low minimum order quantities, or by the pallet. Can be used in ready-to-drink beverages, protein powders, ice cream, baked goods and more. Spec sheets and COAs on request.
Bulk Ingredients & Formulators
Premium in-room coffee with no coffee machines to buy, descale or replace. Single-serve packets simplify preparation and reduce cleanup. Choose our Colombian medium roast or decaf for hotels, resorts and vacation rentals, including properties listed on Airbnb and Vrbo. Sold direct, or through Guest Supply, Pineapple Hospitality and Sysco Marketplace, and approved by Hilton Supply Management.
Hotels & Hospitality
Earl Grey cold foam, chai lattes, iced coffee and loaded teas are just a few of the things our customers use Waka for. Buy Waka's pouches at wholesale prices, ordered online whenever you run low. Order online through our wholesale portal or Faire, with low minimums and no sales call required.
Cafés & Nutrition Shops
Instant beverages are growing in popularity and we’re proud to support some of the largest retailers in the world, as well as boutique stores. Get your retail-ready pouches or single-serve packet boxes for your grocery, camping or gift store. Our team works through pricing, case configurations and distribution with you.
Retail & Grocery
Instant coffee and tea powder, by the packet or the pallet
Waka offers instant coffee and tea in retail packaging at wholesale prices, with bulk ingredient formats also available. We can also source other instant products through our network of partners if you are working on a specific product.
Instant Coffee
Colombian Medium Roast
Our house cup: smooth on its own or with milk.
Smooth | Cocoa
Colombian Dark Roast
Bold enough to cut through milk and syrup.
Bold | Roasty
Decaf Colombian
Same smooth body, a fraction of the caffeine.
Mellow | Nutty
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Instant Tea Powder
Black Tea
Kenyan and Indian leaf, unsweetened.
Brisk | Malty
Green Tea
Original plus fruit flavors, cold-soluble.
Fresh | Light
Earl Grey
The café favorite. Bergamot flavor, without the steeping.
Bergamot | Floral
Chai
Original and vanilla, unsweetened.
Cinnamon | Ginger
Herbal & Specialty
Chamomile, decaf black, prebiotic, sweetened.
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Photos show our retail packaging. Bulk formats are available for select products. Ask us about sizes and availability.
- Los AngelesShips from our warehouse in Irwindale, CA
- ~2 yearsAverage shelf life, stored sealed at room temperature
- Flexible minimumsBulk minimums vary by product
- Docs readySpec sheets and COAs for ingredient orders
For formulators and brand developers
Building a product around coffee or tea?
We supply formulators and contract manufacturers with instant coffee and tea powders for ready-to-drink beverages, protein powders, functional blends, ice cream, baked goods and more, with samples and documentation matched to your project. No formulator yet? We can introduce you to one who already knows our powders.
Why switch to instant coffee and tea
Whether you stock guest rooms, fill store shelves or run a production line, instant takes cost and complexity out of the operation.
Quality and service
Quality ingredients, with support from our team
Wholesale accounts can choose from a range of instant coffees: freeze-dried or spray-dried, Arabica or Robusta, conventional or organic, in different roasts and origins, matched to your spec. Our signature coffee is freeze-dried 100% Arabica, single-origin Colombian, rated 88 by Coffee Review. Our teas are made from real tea leaves, with unsweetened and sweetened options. No artificial ingredients.
Every wholesale and bulk partner gets a dedicated Waka account manager who handles samples, spec sheets and COAs, pricing and reorders, so you always know who to call.
Two ways to get started
Pick the lane that fits how you buy. Either way, a real person at our Los Angeles office is behind it.
Self-serve · cafés, coffee shops, nutrition and loaded tea shops
Order online, on your own schedule
- Apply for an account. A short form with your business details and resale certificate.
- Get approved. We email your login and your wholesale pricing tier.
- Order whenever you run low. Pouches and packet boxes ship from Los Angeles. Already buy on Faire? You can find us there too.
With our sales team · hotels, retail, bulk ingredients, private label
Built around your spec and your volume
- Tell us what you need. Channel, formats, rough volume and timing. Ingredient buyers can send the spec.
- Samples and documents. Product to taste, plus spec sheets and a COA for ingredient orders.
- Pricing and terms. Tiered by format and volume, with pallet pricing for bulk.
- Delivery and reorders. Order direct, through Guest Supply, Pineapple Hospitality or Sysco Marketplace, or on Faire, with a Waka account manager helping behind the scenes.
How operators use Waka
A few real accounts, described without names. Different businesses, same idea: less equipment, less waste, and a drink that comes out the same every time.
Hotel group
In-room coffee across four properties, with kettles instead of coffee machines
The group stocks our Colombian Medium Roast and Decaf in 50-count packet boxes. Each room gets a kettle and a small tray. Housekeeping restocks packets instead of cleaning pod machines, and each property reorders on its own.
1,500 packets in a reorder
Matcha and dessert café
An Earl Grey drink on the menu, then in every store
They tested our Earl Grey tea powder in a new drink, liked the flavor and the quality, and asked us to supply all locations. The powder goes straight into cold foam and lattes, so baristas skip steeping and straining.
From one test drink to all locations
Loaded tea shop
From a big MLM tea brand to Waka, menu-wide
This shop built its drinks on a big-name MLM instant tea. They switched to Waka and reformulated the whole menu around our instant teas, making every drink more affordable and easier for staff to make.
Whole menu reformulated
National supplement brand
Freeze-dried Colombian coffee, bought by the pallet
A supplement and ready-to-drink brand uses our freeze-dried Colombian instant coffee in its canned coffee drinks and orders full pallets as production grows.
Full-pallet orders
Contract manufacturer
Organic spray-dried Arabica, with the paperwork
A co-manufacturer needed organic instant Arabica for a client's product, plus origin and processing answers to pass along. We supplied organic spray-dried Arabica with the documentation.
From a batch run to scale
Ice cream shop
A year-round fan favorite, with a simpler recipe
An ice cream shop uses our premium instant coffee in its year-round fan-favorite coffee flavor. Switching to instant simplified their old recipe, and the flavor keeps selling out.
The flavor that sells out
Our powders also fit bakeries, ice cream makers, office pantries, meal kits, gift boxes, corporate gifting and gifting services. Doing something we haven't listed? We'd like to hear about it.
Tell us about your use caseWhy we started
Add Water, Give Water®
Waka was built around a simple trade: you add water to your cup, and we help get clean water to someone who needs it. It has been part of the brand since the very first order, and wholesale orders count exactly the same as retail ones.
There are no tea bags to throw away, and our retail packaging uses post-consumer recycled material. Hotel and grocery partners have featured the program in their own guest communications. Want to learn more about our sustainability efforts? Ask our team.
Wholesale and bulk questions, answered
The questions buyers ask most before a first order. Don't see yours? Ask it on the form below.
What is the minimum order for wholesale instant coffee or tea?
For packaged products, our self-serve wholesale portal lets you order individual units rather than full cases, with a $300 order minimum. On Faire, the opening-order minimum is $100. Bulk ingredients are sold by the case, with minimum quantities varying by product. Tell us what you need, and we’ll confirm the available sizes and minimums.
Do you sell bulk instant coffee for manufacturing?
Yes. We supply freeze-dried instant coffee granules and spray-dried instant coffee powders in various origins and roasts, sold in bulk by the lb and by the pallet. Manufacturers use them in ready-to-drink coffee, protein and nutrition powders, ice cream, baked goods and more. Spec sheets and a certificate of analysis for the lot are available.
Do you offer packaged instant tea products and bulk tea ingredients?
Yes. Cafés, nutrition shops and retailers can buy our packaged instant tea products at wholesale prices. Manufacturers and formulators can purchase select instant tea powders as bulk ingredients by the case. Available varieties, case sizes and minimum quantities vary by product.
Do you work with formulators?
Yes. We work with formulators, R&D teams and contract manufacturers who need soluble coffee and tea powders for their products, and we send samples and documentation to match your target. If you are a brand without a formulator, we can also introduce you to one who is already familiar with our powders.
What is the best instant coffee for hotels?
Most hotels stock our freeze-dried Colombian Medium Roast and Decaf in single-serve packets, 50 to 1,500 a box. Guests only need a kettle or access to hot water, with no coffee machines to buy, clean or maintain. Waka is distributed to hotels by Guest Supply, Pineapple Hospitality and Sysco Marketplace, and is approved by Hilton Supply Management, so many properties can add it through the ordering channels they already use. Hotels can also order direct from us or Faire.
Can boutique stores, cafés and small restaurants buy Waka wholesale?
Yes. Boutiques, gift shops, specialty grocers, boba shops, cafés and small restaurants buy our retail coffee and tea at wholesale prices with low minimums. Two easy ways to order: apply for a self-serve wholesale account on our site, or order through Faire.com using our link.
What's the difference between freeze-dried and spray-dried instant coffee?
Freeze-drying removes water at low temperature and keeps more of the coffee's aroma, which is why our retail and hotel coffee is freeze-dried 100% Arabica. Spray-drying uses heat, costs less and makes a fine powder, which suits some ingredient applications where solubility or particle size matters more than cup character. We supply both for manufacturing.
Does it dissolve in cold water?
Yes. Our instant coffee and instant tea powders dissolve in cold water with a stir or a shake, so they work in iced drinks, shakes and blended drinks without brewing, steeping or waiting for a batch to cool.
Can I get samples, a spec sheet or a COA?
Yes. We send samples to eligible businesses, and ingredient buyers get a spec sheet plus a certificate of analysis for the lot. Ask on the form below, or tick the sample box, and we'll reply with what fits your use.
How should it be stored, and what is the shelf life?
At room temperature, sealed, dry and away from heat. No refrigeration needed. Average shelf life is about two years from manufacturing, and exact dating is on the spec sheet for your product.
Do you offer private label or co-manufacturing?
Yes. Private-label single-serve packets and pouches are possible at higher volumes, and we supply instant coffee and tea as an ingredient to brands and co-packers. Describe the product you want to build on the form and we'll tell you if it's a fit.
How do I order: self-serve, through sales, on Faire or through a distributor?
Cafés, coffee shops and nutrition shops can apply for a self-serve wholesale account and order online with their own pricing tier. Hotels, retailers, bulk ingredient buyers and private label projects work with our sales team through the form below. We are also on Faire, and hotels can buy through Guest Supply, Pineapple Hospitality or Sysco Marketplace.
Where do you ship from, and do you ship internationally?
Orders ship from our warehouse in Irwindale, California, in Los Angeles County. International orders are reviewed case by case. Share your destination country, and we’ll confirm available shipping options and requirements.
Talk to our sales team
Tell us about your project
Hotels, retailers, formulators and bulk ingredient buyers: fill in one form and a person at our Los Angeles office will get back to you, usually within one business day.
- Samples and spec sheetsProduct to taste, plus spec sheets and COAs for ingredient orders.
- Pricing that scalesTiered by format and volume, with pallet pricing for bulk.
- Answered by a personUsually the same or next business day, from our Los Angeles office.
Café or nutrition shop? You can skip the call and apply for a self-serve wholesale account. Prefer email? Write to business@wakacoffee.com. Already have an account? Sign in to order.