Eco-friendly coffee cup that turns into a biscuit used by Bristol cafe
Take a break! The eco-friendly coffee cup that turns into a biscuit you can have after your caffeine fix
- Zero Green, a cafe in Bristol, has made the entirety of their cups edible
- Cups are designed to hold a hot drink for 40 minutes before going soggy
- Ban on single use plastics is set to come into force on October 1
When you order a coffee from a barista, you may expect to get a little biscuit on the side.
But a cafe in Bristol has taken it a step further by making their whole cup edible – all in the name of zero waste.
Zero Green, a zero waste store in Bedminster, has started serving hot drinks in a thick wafer cup – which can be eaten when the drink has gone.
They are similar to a thick ice cream cone with a ‘slightly nutty, wheat-y taste’.
They are designed to hold a hot drink for around 40 minutes before going soggy. Once it has been eaten, the cone leaves behind a thin biodegradable paper sleeve, which can be recycled.
The wafer cups were developed by Bulgarian retailer Cupffee
It is an environmentally-friendly way to comply with a ban on single use plastics, which is set to come into law on October 1.
The cups were developed by Bulgarian retailer Cupffee.
A Zero Green barista told Bristol Live: ‘It’s made from wheat and barley and it’s very much like a sort of thick ice cream wafer, so it’s got that kind of slightly nutty, wheat-y taste.
‘It’s a good zero waste option. We also, obviously, fill any cups that anyone brings in because reuse is better than use once, but this is as close to a zero-waste cup as we can get.’
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