DDRX Diedrich Coffee (MM)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT

UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 17)

DIEDRICH COFFEE, INC.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

PEBBLES ACQUISITION SUB, INC.

GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

253675201

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Lawrence J. Blanford

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

33 Coffee Lane

Waterbury, Vermont 05676

(802) 244-5621

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized

to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

with copies to:

Jane D. Goldstein, Esq.

Ropes & Gray LLP

One International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(617) 951-7000

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

(1) Estimated for purposes of calculating the filing fee only. The transaction valuation was calculated by multiplying (a) 6,070,564 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Diedrich Coffee, Inc., consisting of (i) 5,726,813 shares issued and outstanding as of December 7, 2009 and (ii) 343,751 shares expected to be issuable, or otherwise deliverable, prior to the expiration of this tender offer in connection with vested options, warrants and other rights to acquire Diedrich Coffee, Inc. common stock, by (b) the tender offer price of $35.00 per share.

(2) The amount of filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory #3 for Fiscal Year 2010, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, equals $55.80 per million of the transaction valuation.

Amount Previously Paid:  $11,855.81

Form or Registration No.:  Schedule TO-T

Filing Party:  Pebbles Acquisition Sub, Inc. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

Date Filed:  December 11, 2009

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer:   x

This Amendment No. 17 (this “ Amendment ”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2009, as amended (the “ Schedule TO ”), by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), and Pebbles Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Purchaser ”). The Schedule TO relates to the offer (the “ Offer ”) by Purchaser to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Shares ”), of Diedrich Coffee, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), at a purchase price of $35.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, upon the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Offer to Purchase, dated December 11, 2009 (the “ Offer to Purchase ”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “ Letter of Transmittal ”), copies of which are filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii), respectively. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Schedule TO or the Offer to Purchase, as applicable.

This Amendment is the final amendment to the Schedule TO and, in accordance with Instruction H of the General Instructions to Schedule TO, constitutes Parent’s and Purchaser’s disclosure under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to all Shares acquired by Purchaser in the Offer.

Item 11.  Additional Information.

Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 of the Schedule TO are amended and supplemented to include the following:

The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight (one minute after 11:59 p.m.) New York City, New York time on May 10, 2010. The Depositary has advised Parent and Purchaser that, as of the Expiration Time, approximately 5,446,334 Shares were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, which represented approximately 95.06% of all outstanding Shares. Purchaser has accepted for payment all Shares that were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn, and payment for such Shares has been made in accordance with the Offer’s terms.

Parent and Purchaser then effected the Merger on May 11, 2010 as a “short form” merger in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and Delaware law.

The full text of the press release issued by Parent on May 11, 2010 announcing completion of the Offer and the Merger is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(xiv) to the Schedule TO, and is incorporated by reference into the Schedule TO.”

Item 12. Exhibits.

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is amended and supplemented to include the following:

“(a)(5)(xiv)        Press Release issued May 11, 2010”

SIGNATURES

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

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