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Your Daily Cup of Coffee is Costly to the Planet. Here’s How to Fix It.
By: Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL and the Natural History Museum of Denmark & Carmen Nab, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, UCL
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Compostable Seaweed-Coated Coffee Balls Are Coming for Your Nespresso
Your coffee habit is on notice. Swiss retail giant Migros says it is launching a proprietary coffeemaking system aimed at replacing single-use coffee pods.
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Atomo Coffee Raises $40 Million in a Series A for Its Climate-Friendly Beanless Brew
Seattle's climate-friendly 'beanless' Atomo Coffee has announced the closing of its Series A, with a $40 million investment led by S2G Ventures, AgFunder, and Horizons Ventures.
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Danone and Green Monday Invest in Barista-Favorite Minor Figures Oat Milk
U.K.-founded Minor Figures has confirmed that both Danone, through its Manifesto Ventures investment arm, and Hong Kong's Green Monday have become investors in the oat milk brand. The startup was founded in 2015 to supply barista-quality!-->…
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James Cromwell Stages ‘Glued-In’ Protest At Starbucks Over Plant Milk Surcharge
Actor and activist James Cromwell, best known for his roles in Succession and Babe, superglued himself to a Starbucks counter in New York City earlier this week. The act was a form of protest against the coffee chain’s continued!-->…
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Ethical Pantry Staples Maker Voyage Foods Bags $36 Million To Accelerate CPG Aspirations
Californian food tech startup Voyage Foods is a step closer to launching its ethical pantry staples. The company has confirmed a $36 million Series A raise co-led by UBS O’Connor and Level One Fund. This brings total funding to $41.7!-->…
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Voyage Foods: The Company Making Chocolate, Peanut Butter And Coffee Without Cacao, Peanuts or Labour Scandals
Budding Californian CPG Voyage Foods has emerged from stealth development to announce the successful reverse engineering of certain favourite foods. The food tech is focussed on reproducing items considered unsustainable, allergen-heavy or!-->…
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Starbuck Unveils New Dairy-Free Bottled Oat Milk Frappuccinos
Coffee giant Starbucks has announced it is launching a line of dairy-free bottled frappuccinos. Historically slow to react to plant-based demand, Starbucks is making up for lost time. The Frappuccino announcement comes after a slew of new!-->…
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New Research Claims Coffee May Become Harder To Source And More Expensive As Climate Change Rages On
The world could lose half of its best coffee-growing land under a moderate climate change scenario. Brazil, which is the currently world’s largest coffee producer, will see its most suitable coffee-growing land decline by 79%.
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Cell-Based Coffee, Anybody? Finnish Scientists Just Grew Coffee In Labs
Fancy a cup of lab-grown coffee? Finnish researchers have managed to produce coffee cells in a bioreactor using cellular agriculture. According to the team, it smells and tastes exactly like your regular cup, but comes at a fraction of the!-->…
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Coffee Won’t Taste and Smell The Same Due To Climate Change, Study Finds
The taste and smell of your morning coffee could be very different in a few years from now. In fact, it has probably undergone slight changes already due to climate change. In a new study, researchers found that shifting climate conditions!-->…
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Starbucks Chooses Shanghai For First Circular ‘Greener Store’ Outside North America
Starbucks has chosen Shanghai as the first destination for its Greener Store concept outside of North America. Opening this week, the new store is fitted with repurposed materials and zero-waste initiatives and marks the first in a series!-->…
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Exclusive: Starbucks Launches Global Reusable Campaign, Will Offer Up To 2 Million Cups Across APAC
Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, is going circular. In a new global campaign, the company will be serving handcrafted beverages in reusable cups, offering increased discounts for customers who bring in their own cup for a!-->…
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Compound Foods Closes $4.5M Seed To Ferment Sustainable Beanless Coffee
Compound Foods, a San Francisco startup brewing coffee without any beans, has just secured $4.5 million in its seed round. The biotech has developed coffee that tastes, looks and smells and even the same caffeine dose as its conventional!-->…
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This All-Season Rain Boot Is Upcycled From 15 Cups Of Coffee
One-third of this upcycled rain boot has waste coffee grounds and the other materials include coffee yarn and recycled plastic bottles.
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Starbucks Japan Works With Farmers To Reduce Coffee Waste By 50%, Commits To Reusable Cups, Renewables
Through its coffee grounds recycle program, Starbucks Japan will deliver new menu options to consumers, and promote reusable cups.
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Caffeinated Trees? Scientists Find Coffee Waste Can Speed Up Forest Recovery
Coffee pulp, the byproduct of coffee production that ends up as waste, could be upcycled and used to speed up tropical forest recovery. In a new study, scientists found “dramatic” results, with a small forest emerging in post agricultural!-->…
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Oatly: Starbucks To Offer Plant-Based Alternative At All Outlets Across India
Global coffee chain Starbucks recently announced that it will be introducing Swedish food tech Oatly's dairy milk alternative made from oats at all its outlets across India, in order to offer consumers more plant-based options. Oatly!-->…
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Starbucks Partners With Beyond Meat To Launch New Plant-Based Menu Options In The Middle East
Global coffee chain Starbucks recently announced the launch of its new plant-based food options in two major Middle Eastern markets, including 190 outlets in the city of Dubai. Developed in collaboration with California-headquartered food!-->…
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Almond Milk Nescafé? Coffee Giant Launches Vegan Latte Pods In The U.K.
Nescafé has announced that it will launch a line of vegan flat white latte pods in the U.K that will be available in almond, oat, and coconut variations. With this launch, the company hopes to meet the demands of the people in the U.K. who!-->…
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Hong Kong Siblings Launch First Ever Compostable Adaptogenic Coffee Capsules
Hong Kong and Australia-based siblings Herman, Sharon and Chamani Wong started Beams Coffee after a stressful experience that saw Herman go through heart surgery, when the trio decided to create a brand “allows everyone to take control of!-->…
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