Cupfee (the world’s first edible coffee cup)

Cupffee is as tasty as a cookie! It’s still resistant to hot temperatures and doesn’t leak, and won’t change the taste of your takeaway cup of tea or coffee.

Made from seven (vegan) ingredients (including oat bran, wheat flour and coconut oil), the small size is good for espresso, the large one for other coffee drinks. The paper label can also be branded for coffee shops.

Avoid caffeine for pregnancy/nursing (NHS says if you do drink it, no more than 1 cup of mild coffee or cola, or 2 cups of weak tea daily). Also avoid caffeine for affected medical conditions (like insomnia!)

Swishing coffee grounds into sinks could clog drains, so use a SinkShield. 

We like Sanctuary Coffee (profits help animals!) You can bin coffee grounds and tea leaves in food waste bins (usually broken down by microorganisms in a sealed oxygen-free facility – anaerobic digestion). If you don’t have one, just bin them (acids could harm compost creatures – same for rhubarb/tomato/citrus scraps and allium scraps – onion, garlic, shallots, leeks and chives).

Most coffee cups have plastic lining, so they can’t be recycled. This means that billions are littered worldwide. When it’s so simple to either drink coffee from a mug, or choose a reusable mug that will last years.

This saves littered mugs from breaking down into microplastics, and falling down storm drains and going into the sea. And also stops wildlife getting their heads stuck inside.