Photo credit: Kaffeform
Designer Julian Lechner saw other people using coffee grounds to create composite materials. So, he decided to combine his love of coffee with practical design, and thus Kaffeeform was born. These espresso cups and saucers are made entirely from old coffee grounds called, and he spent over five years developing the process.
It all starts by mixing the grounds with sustainably sourced wood and natural glues to create stunninng accessories for the perfect cup of coffee. Now if only there was a way to turn these coffee grounds into other utensils, as we imagine the amount of grounds a single coffee shop produces may be enough to be used for plates, forks, knives, etc.
- BREW BY THE CUP OR CARAFE: Brews both K-Cup pods and coffee grounds.
- MULTISTREAM TECHNOLOGY: Saturates the grounds evenly to extract full flavor and aroma in every cup, hot or cold.
- BREW OVER ICE: Adjusts temperature for maximum flavor and less ice melt for single-cup iced coffees and teas.
Lechner creates the coffee cups by first collecting the leftovers from local cafes in Berlin. He then combines them with natural glues and particles of wood from sustainable sources to produce a liquid that can be injection molded to create the reusable cups,” reports Design Boom.
