NOT ENOUGH, BUT WE’RE WORKING ON IT

Protecting and saving what we love is important to us. A river; A mountain; Our people; The Coffee Industry. It all matters, because it’s all connected. What’s become apparent to us is that when we treat our coffee products as disposable, it impacts how we care for our coffee farmers. There is also a connection between the way we trash and discard our stuff and the way we are trashing the planet, which is the ultimate source of all of it.

We’ve spent enough time digging into our supply chain to know that even “greener” options have their issues. Such is the nature of outsourcing.

What we can promise is a sincere attempt to address the core tensions between the market’s demand, our need to protect our business’ growth alongside the planet and people’s need for a break.

We’re not here to greenwash, or add to the overuse of the word “sustainability”. Like many businesses, we’re far from perfect but we will never stop striving to do better and analyse our practices as we grow. 

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

"If you use a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance you will never be in need."

One of our key objectives was the removal of single use plastic takeaway cups, packaging and unnecessary waste. Seeking to minimize our consumption of natural resources through reusable product and operational conservation. We've achieved this through the following actions:

• In 2014 we became one of the first coffee shops in Ireland to source 100% compostable packaging for all our single use products.
• Adopted the use of reusable keep cups early on, with more than 45% of our customers adopting this practice. Rewarded our customers for their efforts by offerring a 15c discount on all drinks. We work exclusively with Irish suppliers to supply our keep-cups.
• Reduce container and bag waste by roasting our own coffee and using reusable containers. By roasting our own beans and using reusable buckets, we cut our Roastery packaging waste down to zero.
• Our Coffee Pods are a 100% compostable bioplastic (Terrablend®), which is made of renewable raw materials. The additives are also biodegradable and environmentally friendly. Terracaps ® is certified as CO 2 / climate neutral by Climate Partner. Similarly, all our coffee packaging is certified carbon neutral.