Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEET), the premier specialty coffee and tea company in the U.S., today announced that it will release its first quarter results on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. PT/4:00 p.m. ET.

Following the release via the wire services, the company will host a conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET, which can be accessed by calling 1-866-748-8653. The call will be simultaneously webcast on Peet’s Web site at www.peets.com.

A replay of the teleconference will be available from 5:00 p.m. PT/8:00 p.m. ET on May 4, 2010 through 8:59 p.m. PT/11:59 p.m. ET on May 11, 2010, at 1-800-642-1687 or 1-706-645-9291, using access code 68051276. It will also be archived at http://investor.peets.com/medialist.cfm through May 4, 2011, at 8:59 p.m. PT/11:59 ET.

About Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc.

Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc., (PEET), is the premier specialty coffee and tea company in the United States. Peet's buys the highest quality beans in the world, artisan roasts every bean by hand to order, and delivers all of its coffee quickly for superior freshness no matter where it is sold. Founded in 1966 in Berkeley, Calif. by Alfred Peet, who is widely recognized as the grandfather of specialty coffee in the U.S., Peet's has a rapidly growing, passionate customer following that seeks out Peet's coffees wherever they go. Peet's is committed to strategically growing its business through many channels without compromising the extraordinary quality of its coffee. For more information about Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. visit www.peets.com.