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If I\u2019ve said it once, I\u2019ve said it a thousand times: I\u2019m tired of mashing coffee grounds onto my face only to have them fall right off. These grounds need to have some sort of hook-like system so you can affix them behind your ears. And maybe sections where your eyes go that come in varying degrees of opacity so you can see where you are going. I\u2019d call them Coffee For Your Mug.<\/p>\n
Well, turns out one Ukrainian company has already beat me to the punch. They\u2019re called Ochis Coffee<\/a>, and they use spent ground to make \u201ccoffee glasses\u201d (coffee isn\u2019t usually served in glassware, but whatever), and much to the chagrin of my very well thought out business plan, they\u2019re actually pretty stylish.<\/p>\n As reported by Forbes<\/a>, most glasses frames are still made of petroleum-based plastic, which as you may have guessed from the words \u201cpetroleum\u201d and \u201cplastic\u201d, production of which aren\u2019t all that great for the earth. Like so many companies across innumerable industries have done, Ochis looked to used coffee grounds as a sustainable alternative. By mixing the grounds with flax and a vegetable oil-based biopolymer, Ochis are able to create a durable material that, when you\u2019re done with them, will \u201cbiodegrade 100 times faster than standard plastic glasses.\u201d<\/p>\n The result is a frame that \u201chas a pleasant to the touch matte texture\u201d and \u201csoftly [smells] like freshly roasted coffee,\u201d per their successful 2018 Kickstarter<\/a>. Ochis are water-resistant with an expected lifespan over five years, and when you are done with them, you can leave them in water and\/or soil and they will become fertilizer.<\/p>\n The driving force behind Ochis, founder and CEO Maksym Havrylenko, \u201cgrew up in a family of opticians\u201d and has 15 years experience in the eyewear industry. His goal was to \u201ccreate something new and natural,\u201d Havrylenko tells Forbes. \u201cWe started our search for a perfect material that can be recycled. Coffee was that perfect one because it is a very popular drink. People consume 2.5 million cups of coffee per day all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Currently, Ochis Coffee has a \u201csmall series production\u201d but Havrylenko expects production to expand significantly in the coming years: to 10,000 pairs by 2020 and 100,000 in 2021. The original line is currently available for $89 (with free international shipping) via Ochis\u2019s website, and their new Lite Edition\u2014with a brand new color option that looks like a reimagined tortoise shell\u2014is available for pre-order for $139 through September 16th.<\/p>\n For more information or to order a pair of your own, visit Ochis Coffee official website<\/a>. And be on the lookout for my Coffee For Your Mug Kickstarter once I figure out how to get coffee on your face without directly infringing on Ochis intellectual property.<\/p>\n Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Top image via Ochis Coffee<\/em><\/p>\n The post Coffee: It\u2019s Not Just For Mouths Anymore Thanks To Ochis Coffee Sunglasses<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Coffee News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If I\u2019ve said it once, I\u2019ve said it a thousand times: I\u2019m tired of mashing coffee grounds onto my face only to have them fall right off. These grounds…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[714,716,718,720,722,94],"tags":[63,982,45,65,872,61,59,67,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2705,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions\/2705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}