diff --git a/packages/apollo-datasource-rest/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-datasource-rest/tsconfig.json
index 3cc3ec7661a..bbb66fb641f 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-datasource-rest/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-datasource-rest/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     "noImplicitReturns": true,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
     "noUnusedParameters": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "types": ["node", "jest"]
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/__tests__/*", "**/__mocks__/*"],
-  "types": ["node", "jest"]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/__tests__/*", "**/__mocks__/*"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/.gitignore b/packages/apollo-server-caching/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..723ef36f4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/.npmignore b/packages/apollo-server-caching/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a165046d359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*
+!src/**/*
+!dist/**/*
+dist/**/*.test.*
+!package.json
+!README.md
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-caching/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6b00bc1be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name": "apollo-server-caching",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.0",
+  "author": "opensource@apollographql.com",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/tree/master/packages/apollo-server-caching"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server#readme",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/issues"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rm -rf lib",
+    "compile": "tsc",
+    "prepublish": "npm run clean && npm run compile"
+  },
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=6"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/KeyValueCache.ts b/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/KeyValueCache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5896ce048f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/KeyValueCache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export interface KeyValueCache {
+  get(key: string): Promise<string | undefined>;
+  set(key: string, value: string, options?: { ttl?: number }): Promise<void>;
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/__mocks__/date.ts b/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/__mocks__/date.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62180933f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/__mocks__/date.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const RealDate = global.Date;
+
+export function mockDate() {
+  global.Date = new Proxy(RealDate, handler);
+}
+
+export function unmockDate() {
+  global.Date = RealDate;
+}
+
+let now = Date.now();
+
+export function advanceTimeBy(ms: number) {
+  now += ms;
+}
+
+const handler = {
+  construct(target, args) {
+    if (args.length === 0) {
+      return new Date(now);
+    } else {
+      return new target(...args);
+    }
+  },
+  get(target, propKey) {
+    if (propKey === 'now') {
+      return () => now;
+    } else {
+      return target[propKey];
+    }
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/index.ts b/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9e5f26d048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { KeyValueCache } from './KeyValueCache';
+export { testKeyValueCache } from './tests';
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/tests.ts b/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894462e54ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/src/tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { advanceTimeBy, mockDate, unmockDate } from './__mocks__/date';
+
+export function testKeyValueCache(keyValueCache) {
+  describe('KeyValueCache Test Suite', () => {
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      mockDate();
+      jest.useFakeTimers();
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      keyValueCache.flush();
+    });
+
+    afterAll(() => {
+      unmockDate();
+      keyValueCache.close();
+    });
+
+    it('can do a basic get and set', async () => {
+      await keyValueCache.set('hello', 'world');
+      expect(await keyValueCache.get('hello')).toBe('world');
+      expect(await keyValueCache.get('missing')).not.toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('is able to expire keys based on ttl', async () => {
+      await keyValueCache.set('short', 's', { ttl: 1 });
+      await keyValueCache.set('long', 'l', { ttl: 5 });
+      expect(await keyValueCache.get('short')).toBe('s');
+      expect(await keyValueCache.get('long')).toBe('l');
+      advanceTimeBy(1500);
+      jest.advanceTimersByTime(1500);
+      expect(await keyValueCache.get('short')).not.toBeDefined();
+      expect(await keyValueCache.get('long')).toBe('l');
+      advanceTimeBy(4000);
+      jest.advanceTimersByTime(4000);
+      expect(await keyValueCache.get('short')).not.toBeDefined();
+      expect(await keyValueCache.get('long')).not.toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-caching/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbb66fb641f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "types": ["node", "jest"]
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/__tests__/*", "**/__mocks__/*"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-memcached/.gitignore b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..723ef36f4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-memcached/.npmignore b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a165046d359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*
+!src/**/*
+!dist/**/*
+dist/**/*.test.*
+!package.json
+!README.md
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-memcached/__tests__/Memcached.test.ts b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/__tests__/Memcached.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a29cdb458e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/__tests__/Memcached.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// use mock implementations for underlying databases
+jest.mock('memcached', () => require('memcached-mock'));
+
+import MemcachedKeyValueCache from '../src/index';
+import { testKeyValueCache } from 'apollo-server-caching';
+
+testKeyValueCache(new MemcachedKeyValueCache('localhost'));
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-memcached/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..902c1219ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  "name": "apollo-server-memcached",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.0",
+  "author": "opensource@apollographql.com",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/tree/master/packages/apollo-server-memcached"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server#readme",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/issues"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rm -rf lib",
+    "compile": "tsc",
+    "prepublish": "npm run clean && npm run compile",
+    "test": "jest --verbose"
+  },
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=6"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "apollo-server-env": "^2.0.0-rc.0",
+    "apollo-server-caching": "^2.0.0-rc.0",
+    "memcached": "^2.2.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/jest": "^23.0.0",
+    "@types/memcached": "^2.2.5",
+    "jest": "^23.1.0",
+    "memcached-mock": "^0.1.0",
+    "ts-jest": "^22.4.6"
+  },
+  "jest": {
+    "testEnvironment": "node",
+    "transform": {
+      "^.+\\.(ts|js)$": "ts-jest"
+    },
+    "moduleFileExtensions": [
+      "ts",
+      "js",
+      "json"
+    ],
+    "testRegex": "/__tests__/.*$",
+    "globals": {
+      "ts-jest": {
+        "skipBabel": true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-memcached/src/index.ts b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76e66520d04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { KeyValueCache } from 'apollo-server-caching';
+import Memcached from 'memcached';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+
+export default class MemcachedKeyValueCache implements KeyValueCache {
+  readonly client;
+  readonly defaultSetOptions = {
+    ttl: 300,
+  };
+
+  constructor(serverLocation: Memcached.Location, options?: Memcached.options) {
+    this.client = new Memcached(serverLocation, options);
+    // promisify client calls for convenience
+    this.client.get = promisify(this.client.get).bind(this.client);
+    this.client.set = promisify(this.client.set).bind(this.client);
+    this.client.flush = promisify(this.client.flush).bind(this.client);
+  }
+
+  async set(
+    key: string,
+    data: string,
+    options?: { ttl?: number },
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const { ttl } = Object.assign({}, this.defaultSetOptions, options);
+    await this.client.set(key, data, ttl);
+  }
+
+  async get(key: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    return await this.client.get(key);
+  }
+
+  async flush(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.flush();
+  }
+
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
+    this.client.end();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-memcached/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbb66fb641f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-memcached/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "types": ["node", "jest"]
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/__tests__/*", "**/__mocks__/*"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-redis/.gitignore b/packages/apollo-server-redis/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..723ef36f4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-redis/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-redis/.npmignore b/packages/apollo-server-redis/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a165046d359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-redis/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*
+!src/**/*
+!dist/**/*
+dist/**/*.test.*
+!package.json
+!README.md
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-redis/__tests__/Redis.test.ts b/packages/apollo-server-redis/__tests__/Redis.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41bf1bb8627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-redis/__tests__/Redis.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// use mock implementations for underlying databases
+jest.mock('redis', () => require('redis-mock'));
+jest.useFakeTimers(); // mocks out setTimeout that is used in redis-mock
+
+import RedisKeyValueCache from '../src/index';
+import { testKeyValueCache } from 'apollo-server-caching';
+
+testKeyValueCache(new RedisKeyValueCache({ host: 'localhost' }));
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-redis/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-redis/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab8a406290b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-redis/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  "name": "apollo-server-redis",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.0",
+  "author": "opensource@apollographql.com",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/tree/master/packages/apollo-server-redis"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server#readme",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/issues"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rm -rf lib",
+    "compile": "tsc",
+    "prepublish": "npm run clean && npm run compile",
+    "test": "jest --verbose"
+  },
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=6"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "apollo-server-caching": "^2.0.0-rc.0",
+    "apollo-server-env": "^2.0.0-rc.0",
+    "redis": "^2.8.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/jest": "^23.0.0",
+    "@types/redis": "^2.8.6",
+    "jest": "^23.1.0",
+    "redis-mock": "^0.27.0",
+    "ts-jest": "^22.4.6"
+  },
+  "jest": {
+    "testEnvironment": "node",
+    "transform": {
+      "^.+\\.(ts|js)$": "ts-jest"
+    },
+    "moduleFileExtensions": [
+      "ts",
+      "js",
+      "json"
+    ],
+    "testRegex": "/__tests__/.*$",
+    "globals": {
+      "ts-jest": {
+        "skipBabel": true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-redis/src/index.ts b/packages/apollo-server-redis/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3711217aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-redis/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { KeyValueCache } from 'apollo-server-caching';
+import Redis from 'redis';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+
+export default class RedisKeyValueCache implements KeyValueCache {
+  readonly client;
+  readonly defaultSetOptions = {
+    ttl: 300,
+  };
+
+  constructor(options: Redis.ClientOpts) {
+    this.client = Redis.createClient(options);
+    // promisify client calls for convenience
+    this.client.get = promisify(this.client.get).bind(this.client);
+    this.client.set = promisify(this.client.set).bind(this.client);
+    this.client.flushdb = promisify(this.client.flushdb).bind(this.client);
+    this.client.quit = promisify(this.client.quit).bind(this.client);
+  }
+
+  async set(
+    key: string,
+    data: string,
+    options?: { ttl?: number },
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const { ttl } = Object.assign({}, this.defaultSetOptions, options);
+    await this.client.set(key, data, 'EX', ttl);
+  }
+
+  async get(key: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    const reply = await this.client.get(key);
+    // reply is null if key is not found
+    if (reply !== null) {
+      return reply;
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  async flush(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.flushdb();
+  }
+
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.quit();
+    return;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-redis/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-redis/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbb66fb641f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-redis/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "types": ["node", "jest"]
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/__tests__/*", "**/__mocks__/*"]
+}