Dr Pepper sodas are about to be split from K-Cups as Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. prepares to buy global coffee supplier JDE Peet's for $18 billion in the first step of a corporate maneuver that will see it ultimately create two different standalone businesses — one focused on coffee and the other dedicated to all other soft drinks.

It bills itself as the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company and includes brands such as Peet’s, L’OR, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, Old Town, Super, Pickwick and Moccona. Keurig Dr. Pepper was formed in 2018 when the owners of Keurig Green Mountain coffee company acquired the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group.