Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan has revealed that he plans to market a coffee roast from his winery, Caduceus Cellars. Keenan first hinted at the venture back in January while answering a fan inquiry, saying that the Arizona-based company will launch a signature roast by 2022.
The fan had remarked, “If Maynard really wants to take over the world, he'll start selling Caduceus gourmet coffee,” to which Keenan responded, “Two years. Heard it here first. Mark it.” In a follow-up message, Keenan added, “As in roasting. Not just bagging,” he said.
In a separate response, Caduceus itself pointed out that Keenan's other band, Puscifer, has its own branded coffee. Colorado company Novo Coffee are the roasters behind the Puscifer Whole Bean Coffee, which came in four different blends when it was first released.
Keenan has been making wine in the Sedona area for years and told us a while back that the endgame was a self-sustaining community: “What we're trying to do is re-educate people in a way to show them, look, if we can somehow as a culture catch up with where we came from, with small communities, with a cornerstone of a vineyard and a winemaking community, it's almost like that's the catalyst. It's just the cornerstone. And then you start to remember how you can grow your own food and you don't have to panic about any of this stuff.”
Tool unleashed Fear Inocolum, its first album in 13 years, last August. The band recently postponed its spring 2020 tour over safety concerns regarding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.