How A Company In Berlin Is Turning Coffee Grounds Into Reusable Cups
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ย. 2024
- Kaffeeform, a Berlin-based start-up, has been creating coffee cups from recycled coffee grounds for the past three years. With the help of courier services, the company picks up used coffee grounds from cafés all across Berlin to create these eco-friendly cups. We learn how the founder, Julian Lechner, got started and how he makes his products.
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How A Company In Berlin Is Turning Coffee Grounds Into Reusable Cups
I love when my coffee cup smells like coffee ☕
I love when my coffee smells like diarrhoea 💩☕️
@@zeropomegranates9976 WTF
Who cares if you drink coffee out of it? xD
😂
I love when my coffee cup smells like an ass 🍑
“I used the coffee to hold the coffee”
-Thanos
You are the best
You are the worst'nt
you know thats what i thought when i saw the video
thats what i thought when i saw the video
Tea is better
For some reason, I really wana eat that cup.
You're not the only one. It looks like coffee-chocolate. 😋
Believe me, they really don’t taste good
@@paulpecanka5332 lol 😂
i ate one just hours ago, yeah it tasted not bad :))
From the thumbnail I actually thought it was an edible oreo cup.. 😭
It's so pretty tho??? I hope this project can spread worldwide!
they can spread easily by just emailing coffee shops around they world 'cause from what i see coffee shops are always looking for unique ideas for advertising..
Ikr the design is so unique and classy
I hope it spreads indeed!
I hope it spreads and I'd like to invest in the company!👍
This is amazing, im very impressed. You can do spoons and other stuff with it.
leave it up to the Germans 👍 💯%
next up Tanks
Its stupid. If you really dont want to waste than bring your own cup. And throw your grounds in the grass.
@@charkee167 convenience? why carry a mug around that i need to keep washing and drying before i pack to my bag, when i can use something 100% biodegradable?
@@SadseaI LOL
I really like these because they are really usable and they also look super cool. I love the grain texture and color of the cups...
@Andrés Valverde *just add sugar*
They also cost about twenty bucks lmfao
Wait rlly
Exactly!!
Looks like a brown marble
If they give the shops special containers for storing the waste, they can make a pick up like every week and add more shops. Reducing cost and time investment as well as increase the product they get.
Molds will grow quickly in the damp container. They really have to pick it up daily and then process and dry it the same day to prevent molds.
And also having a great environmental impact ❤️✅
One would need the ability to use coffee and dry it themselves at home before bringing it back. Otherwise people will not bring it, since it molds before they go to the store agan. The company would need to figure out a way to do that that isn't very expensive and easy to transport. And you need a reward system too. Something like, bring two dried and used kilos and get one fresh one back. Something like this.
Veritas B. I agree with you
I ground my own coffee, and throw ALL my bean waste on my grass lawn !
Coffee is good grass proteins, and keeps Liberia snails away :-)
Coffe grounds compost very easily - this cup not so much. So I don't think it is a very good invention. Nurturing your lwan though sounds like a good use 👍🏻
@@paddyflake The cup was 100 % biodegradable, was it not ???
I think this is a VERY good invention
Same but idk about the snails and proteins, I just throw them in the pots cause I think it'll help the plant
@@RegulareoldNorseBoy Everything is bio degradable when you don't mention the time scale.
Me too, I roast my own, all that jazz. The FAQ for these cups say they last many years. That doesn't seem that much more biodegradable than a simple paper cup. These are just another gimmick to assuage your guilt.
The thing is, a lot of these "innovations" are easy to design and manufacture. However, they are often way too expensive to be used in the mass market, and they aren't marketed extremely well, which explains why these innovations aren't ubiquitous today.
CAG2 still , the fact that more and more of these ideas are coming around means the possibility of mass marketing potential at some point.
It's possible to produce them in mass quantity at cheaper cost
In India These Cups are called 'Kulhad'
They are produced at cheaper cost & Recycled easily
Just visited their website. €14.90 for a take away cup... Also the same price for an espresso cup with saucer.
Assuming they're not using anything hard or expensive to source (aside from coffee grounds), that could be a good thing. Instead of one massive company making these for the world, we could have hundreds or thousands of small localized operations like this, everywhere. That means more employment, in more places.
@@pragmax But then those "small localised operations" can't benefit from economies of scale, which would allow for the cheaper manufacture of this product. And, even if the product is just a little more expensive than the existing alternative, businesses will refuse to switch because on a large scale; even a difference of one cent can add up to hundreds of thousands of additional costs.
Germany: Finds a way to make reusable coffee cups from coffee
Also Germany: Shuts down all dirty burning power plants.
*Everyone Loved that*
Germany still runs lignite Power plants
Well... Germany is probably using coal-fired powerstations until 2038. Even know almost everyone in Germany is against it lol.
But it probably will be better in 2 years (with different Parties and stuff) ☺️
Honestly the politics in germany are just shit
I wonder who is the president of Germany
@@maxmuller8633 Frank Walter Steinmeier
What a great idea! I’d love to invest in this company.
Same
Max Jerome Im sure the jews beat you to it
@@meelo4597 hahahaha
MEELO925 No need for that kind of talk bro.
@@maxdondada I think he means it in a nice way. They are smart people.
This is at most the best startup ever I've seen this year. Where are all my coffee lovers!!
WOW, excellent idea that benefits the environment. Kaffee Form deserves so much credit. I wonder if they've won any design awards
Design award for an art piece thats unnecessarily contribution to our carbon foot print. Did you see the process. And in the 90 min it took to the courier to pickup the grounds. A homeless person probably contributed more to saving the environment by "dumpster diving" for recyclables.
@@stijillYou seem so upset. I still appreciate you sharing your opinion. Try to have a great day.
@@stijill qué respuesta lol
It’s really not that much of a benefit. Recycled paper cups would work far better and more efficient use of energy and man power. Coffee grounds already decompose.
Well, I wouldn't be too sure about benefiting the environment. What they are doing is using coffee grounds as a filler in some sort of biodegradable plastic. What sort? They didn't exactly go into details there. The specifics matter a whole lot here if you want to know the net environmental effect. Could be a pretty good product, could be a total gimmick. Anyone wanna try actually composting these things to see how well they decompose?
And Marc has a point, they are running an ridiculously inefficient operation by the looks of it and their prices are outright ridiculous. A hipster fad, not a world saver the way they are doing it. This here is how their injection molding machine should be operating, it's a pretty similar machine to what they have th-cam.com/video/WUrALuorYXg/w-d-xo.html
It's also great for the garden, you dig it through the soil.
It should first be encouraged that the customer brings their own cup. If not, they will get an additional charge to compensate for the more expensive recycled cups.
Makes so much sense because some places will charge you for using their plastic bags. Coffee cafes should do the same concept.
@It's Mudkip Probably, but Aldi does the same thing and people still go there! If one of the big coffee players implemented this system it would become a trend.
The difference is that people don't usually go to the grocery store often or on a whim; they usually plan a trip to the store and so can be expected to bring some reusable bags with them. It doesn't really make sense for people to lug around a cup with them everywhere in case they happen to pop in somewhere for coffee. Unfortunately there's no perfect solution for this and there will invariably be at least some compromise. 🤷
@@regulator5521 many already give discounts, for Starbucks its 10ct I believe, but other coffee shops give up to 30ct off for bringing your own cup.
But it's not usually advertised and some bakeries only apply the discount if it's a cup with their logo.
There are also local differences, some local governments encourage ecofriendlyness and demand shops to sell single use cups for 30ct, when they're filled.
But that's just Germany, I don't know what it's like elsewhere.
Starbucks uses a fresh plastic cup to fill your personal reusable cup and then throws away that plastic cup. Apparently they're incapable of measuring the standardized amount of coffee any other way. They really missed the point.
Governments should apply this method especially in high coffee consumption countries like Finland and Norway.
And america
Australia as well
We use our coffee grounds as fertilizer in our gardens,Really helps in plant growth.. This idea seems a good recycling method for all the commercial coffee shops which just discard the used coffee grounds..
jai theerth wow really Im going to put it in my plants.
laura53ize Yeah my wife’s family is big into composting and they save all their grounds with every other plant waste.
You can use coffee grounds to acidify the soil to make hydrangeas turn blue. 😉
Yeah my mom uses the coffee grounds as well for her garden. Works wonders. Also helps composting or eliminating nasty or foul smell in your trashcan as it binds bad smell.
I want a coffee cup
A litteral one
Thank you
*eats expired coffee cup*
It's the resin and fiber that's really making the cups, the coffee could be replaced or removed entirely and it would work the same. Works great for advertising though.
The grounds work as a filler so less resin/fiber is used per cup, which adds up over time.
Alex Siemers ok, so use recycled paper as the filler.... coffee grounds is a gimmick. It’s cool and I have zero issue with it. But don’t pretend it’s going to save the environment.
The problem they were trying to solve was minimizing waste, not how to make a better coffee cup. The cup uses up 6 cups of coffee grounds, rather than just using up new or recycled paper. Reusing the coffee waste makes it a win. Recycled paper already has many uses, recycled coffee does not
Alex Siemers you could probably use sawdust off the floor of your local hardware store and get the same result.
These need to be implemented in coffee shops, stores, and everywhere in several countries!
Also makes good compost and mushroom substrate
Well Hi there friend!
@@ling1864 I'll be honest I have no idea. I was watching a guy drain some flooded streets with some very bright neon gloves and somehow ended up here. But its all good, I found a map to the home screen. Just gotta avoid those pesky recommended paths. they're so confusing.
Those teacups are produced in Berlin and the company I work in is located elsewhere in Germany. The granulates that get melted down have a significantly more pleasing smell compared to other materials. It's an incredibly simple and impressive process
Starbucks gonna charge $5 for NEW Bio-grande cup. 😏
#StarbucksCoffee
More like $10
More like +$15 more
Is this a meme that should be continued or something...
Oh sh*t I mean more like 25$+
Starbuck sucks nd also more like 30$
More like +$35
Cafe companies should definitely try these out
It's cool but it raises another question. Is the energy required for manufacturing such cups is less than or similar to general paper cups?
Informative video btw.
Debojit Chowdhury I think less trash is pretty worth it
Angel Monroy It would be less trash in the form of coffee cups but it could be more energy intensive overall leading to more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere than just having regular coffee cups, or better yet reusable espresso cups.
Aiden Ross Yeah exactly! The British government did a lifecycle analysis of consumer bags to find out the polluting potential of various options. What they found was that standard plastic bags actually pollute the least. In fact, for even a paper bag to pollute as little per use as a plastic bag it had to be used 3 to 4 times (reusable bags were about 15 uses and cotton bags were over 100!). This is because the production of the bags were by far the largest source of their pollution when considering the whole lifecycle (pre-use, use and post-use). So the takeaway is that we need to focus on not producing so much stuff and reusing the stuff we do as much as possible. Recycling is the third step in "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" for good reason. Thanks for bringing this up Debojit!
Debojit Chowdhury Do you think it would be better if they make it from Middle Eastern oil?
The organic trash is good for nature, while the inorganic isn't. Why it have to waste on energy to recycling something which is already good for environment.
I had a coffee in one of these cups here in Berlin a few days ago, I noticed there was something different but I didn’t know it was that cool!
a genius! that idea should spread around the world
God bless the soul of these people💓💓....their examples should be taught in schools and textbooks...not all of us can up with such amazing ideas but at least we can support them...I hope this company skyrockets and starts shipping worldwide 💓💓💓💓🙏🙏🙏💗💗
This is an amazing idea hopefully this becomes worldwide and no more plastic or foam cups are used
This needs to be a global thing. Also: fertilizer made out of coffee grounds, just like a few other comments said. Hmm...how about making shopping bags out of it too??
I will take used coffee cups and feed them to worms to make great fertilizer.
100 percent biodegradable? How many times can you use it before it crumbles? How much does a cup cost?
Between 14.90 and 22.90€ per mug (depending on the cup/ mug type and size and a saucer is always included. Purchasing larger amounts (as a café for example gives ya better prices.). According to their website they are usable for several years without any problems and are can be washed in a dishwasher. They are not only made out of coffee grounds, but also biopolymers, cellulose, wood, natural oils, natural wax, natural resin and natural starch. They are apparently just as durable as normal mugs, just a bit more resistant go shocks, like being dropped on the ground.
Esava hmmm. Interesting. I thought it was one time use. I can’t imagine this being more environmentally friendly than ceramic mugs that can be used for decades.
The cups do crack after a while. They are also absorb foreign smells, like the dishwasher. Sounds great, but it makes your coffee taste like shit. The carbon footprint for these cups would be the same as a very good coffee cup. I have some ACF italian cups that are 15 years old in my cafe. They are still looking great!! Bad luck that ACF are no longer around.
Environmentally friendly would be using a waste that is useless. Coffee grinds make great compost.
No way they as durable in a commercial environment and it makes the coffee taste like hay. Then once they get old, it only gets worst. A good cup is key, in making a great coffee.
Shut up bill!
How A Company in Berlin Is Turning Paper Shreds Into Jet Engines.
bird guts into jet engines*
DenmarkLemons Human guts*
@@yangzhou07 nah, that'd just make a tasty meal
Grandparants into soap
My man started a cult-
I wonder how much energy and resources are used to produce these cups and saucers.
At the start when it's just experimental, too much, but after a while, and with more interest, processes get streamlined, better and more efficient equipment gets swapped in, and the net result is positive. It's like that with everything new.
things like these is what gives me hope for future
This is really amazing! Good job Germany!
jimmy Adams what is that for a comment?
This is brilliant.
I wish something like this would come to the Western States.
Thanos in endgame: I used the stones to destroy the stones
Coffee thanos: I used the coffee to drink the coffee
In nespresso, you get these bags where you put in your used capsules, then at the stores we have these containers you throw the bags filled with used capsules in. The capsules are re cycled and used to make soda cans, and the ground is turned into fertilizer and sent to the farmers for them to use.
Coffee experts who say "expresso"? Nah.
I was looking for that comment! :D
only acceptable in France :)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa Why!!! I lost it there.
e*S*presso
Was thinking the same thing 🤦🏻♂️
Next to oil coffee is the second largest consumed commodity. It's nice to see innovation.
We just use coffee grounds on our blueberry plants to help them grow. And usually we just get coffee at home. So never really had this problem.
But this is a cool idea.
I can see it being used as plates or utensils
ONE DAY THIS WILL BE FURNITURE!
Such brilliant work! 💜
This is one of the best recycling ideas ever. Bravo!
Those coffee grounds are so good for the Earth if Farmers just poored the coffee grounds back into their fields
Giles its used trash , it'll prevent the soil from breathing . deceased people should be composted and used to fertilize soils instead of being interred. we need to grow coffee and chocolate in europe .
@@PHlophe gile not giles
I use my coffer grounds to feed my berry bushes. My raspberries and currents love coffee more than I do!
_”We heard you liked coffee, so we made a cup out of coffee so you can drink your coffee with coffee.”_
Next a spoon to stir your coffee made from coffee lol 😆
People like you are the real hero's thank you
Starbucks, I know what you can make your straws out of now
The amount of energy for heating and pressurize these items wouldn’t be sustainable either...
These product does not decompose! In the end you have the same plastic straw that never degrade.
Those are what I call “ beautiful minds” ... on behalf of mother earth I wanna say “thanks for being in our life “ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
those cups ( disposable-cups-designed) are more expensive, and people usually dont want to spend more when their coffee is expensive already
This needs to be rolled out across the globe!
If store like Starbucks will give the people cups they can re-use it the next day i think this will be great
They already do.
Such innovations help us become optimistic about the future of humanity 💟
I have shared this idea, on FB. I would love, to see this, brilliant idea in Australia 👍💜
This is making me sooo soo happy to see that certain companies are investing into making the world a better place ❤️🌍
putting coffee,
*IN COFFEE*
AMAZING IDEA I ALWAYS FELT BAD THROWING USED COFFEE GROUNDS OUT SO I USED THEM NOW IN GARDENING
My mom just shoved all our banana peels, egg shells, fish heads, old fruit, and even coffee grounds into a hole she made in the ground
KMS it’s called compost you uncultured swine.
James jones no it’s a hole in the ground
James jones He’s making a point about the stupid idea of these brown cups, in a clever tongue in cheek, facetious & indirect sort-a-way. It’s a sarcastic dry form of humor you’ve the apparent inability to detect... you unintelligent & uncultured
B!+€H.
casualsweater lol no the idea is actually amazing, I just wanted to tell everyone what my mom does
KMS Oh. Lol. This stupid brown cup is actually a terribly stupid idea though ... if you wanna know why, just look around, I’ve made several comments & reply’s detailing why.
All respect to these beautiful people who care about environment. I'd love to have coffee there 😍☕
In my city we use coffee grounds for soil to grow organic mushrooms!
but is the coffee grounds organic though?
Good idea really. We do need to preserve our planet
Great 👁🦌
How much does these paper cups cost?! Many thanks
Warsame Adam I just searched their website because I wanted to buy one , apparently they only have the product available through wholesale at the moment :(
Sheila Montserrat thank you
If Major coffee selling companies like starbucks and DD take this kind of measure, it can mostly make a massive difference. These are more cuter and aesthetically pleasing than your normal plastic and paper cups.
Bruh, my dad goes to coffe shops and asks for the grounds to grow his plants
This is genius! Great work keep going. The world will benefit. I would buy, I live in the USA.
Thanos in alternate reality as a Starbucks barista: *"I used the coffee to hold the coffee"*
He became a famous recycler
Great idea, I work with coffee and have even worked closely with Shell who were using coffee grounds to power buses in London. Who'd have thought coffee had so many uses?
I do live in Berlin and go to that Coffee shop daily.
and the coffe there is also really good -^-
Aren't you concerned about the 60% of something else that is in that cup?
This is very cool. They should do this in the US. We certainly drink enough coffee on a daily basis.
Australian company huskee is doing this with coffee husks as well
What you listenin to son?
He's saying there's an Australian company called Huskee that's repurposing husks from roasted coffee beans into reusable cups.
It's a nice idea but I just think when you're using waste as a construction material, you should be charging consumers LESS than the price of a cup which doesn't use waste. Otherwise it's just profiteering off of society's fears about global warming.
Wish the products and techniques get popular around the world soon
Damn I hope he gets there that would be amazing!
Such simple technique yet such best results
When he says expresso cup... 2:34
So that's where all the dislikes came from
Oh damn, I didn't even notice!!!
In English expresso is an acceptable pronunciation as the it means fast as does the word espresso in other languages and regions.
Its a super fantastic idea combining environmental friendliness with recycling!
Grind your cup and make coffee again. That would be great :D
This is a wonderful idea and very practical going forward; however, I've other uses for my spent coffee grounds so i'll continue using my ceramic cups.
that's wild I usually throw my coffee grounds around my plants
They should do coffee ground straws 👏👀
"And natural resin" So it is plastic cup with a filler... I wonder how long it takes it to decompose in a landfill. PLA is estimated at 150 years, it is marketed at compostable
This is what I was thinking too; "natural resins" isn't descriptive enough. Looking at it this way, it's really more "plastic products with coffee grounds as filler" than "a cup made from coffee grounds."
that's actually a cool team doing all this.
Message I took from this: drink more coffee so more cups can be made.
We are already drinking large quantities of coffee daily around the world.
Great idea! Why the hell no one thought of this before?
Coffee grounds are great for your garden. It is not waste. #learntocompost
#ifyouhaveagarden
@@jamillx as some one above said "I ground my own coffee, and throw ALL my bean waste on my grass lawn !
Coffee is good grass proteins, and keeps Liberia snails away :-)" so you don't need a garden just a lawn.
I hope such Sustainable mindset will soon be the agenda of whole world.
Such Little steps are inspiration to create an eco-friendly world without compromising to the comfortable lifestyle but rather accomodating a more conscious and sustainable approach of life.
I bet it makes the coffee even more expensive
This has been in my recommended for days. Fine TH-cam I'll watch it
Oh wow. It looks like durable plastic!! O_O
I am so proud of you.I love the dark brown colour.
"How A Company In Berlin Is Turning Coffee Grounds Into Reusable Cups"
Idk, but they turned my great grandfather into soap.
excuse me but, can you explain?
@@ifossug that's a sad joke, you don't wanna understand
@@Mark778. well i kinda got really curious now
can someone explain this joke?
Gaming Fury Read some history and you will understand it.
Wow! Impressive! I'm glad people are creating more innovate ways to recycle!
son: dad what did you drink back then?
me: c u p
son: of coffee?
me: no. cups
i love the idea. German ingenuity as usual.
Caffeine overdose waiting to happen.
Just kidding this is awesomeness!
Great idea :) I like mate, so no problem with waste - i use one cup for few years and when it's not usable, there are 2 pieces - metal to recycle and simple piece of wood...
Lol, I thought they recycle asphalt into coffee cups
This is literally... impressive.
“And even furniture pieces”
Me: Man...this essay is too much for me and it’s already 10:30pm...I need some coffee...
*later*
Mom: Where’s half of the table?
Me: *chews and swallows*
Starbucks needs this GLOBALLY.