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 COFFEE                                                    Cof fee-colored  &  orange  peel-like

                                                           lampshade

                                                           Biohm, a London biotech and biomanufacturing startup,
 +                                                         has created a line of sustainable lampshades called
                                                           Obscure that are made of 100 percent coffee chaff and
                                                           orange peel. For these lampshades, Biohm has used a
                                                           material they call Orb, or organic refuse biocompound,
                                                           to combine food and agricultural bioproducts with a
 ART                                                       plant-based binder. Orb can be molded or formed into
                                                           sheets to create products such as lampshades. Obscure
                                                           is inspired by nature's geometric shapes and is born
                                                           out of environmental intentions.
 =         New  p o te n t i a l  i n  t h e  h u m b l e  c o f f e e  b a g




 BALANCE   Ros ana  Escobar,  a  graduate  of  the  Design  Academy
           Eindhoven in the Netherlands, is reimagining use of the
           humble  coffee  bag.  Escobar  cooperates  with  local  fique
           producers,  recycling  the  discarded  coffee  bags,  then
           unravelling the woven fabric to create hair-like fibres to
           make  benches  and  stools.  Meanwhile,  Escobar  found  as
           the fique is combed, it creates a "kind of fluff" byproduct,
           which Escobar has turned into felt to create rugs. She also
           developed  a  project,  titled  Unravelling  the  Coffee  Bag,
           for  the  bachelor  degree  programme  at  Design  Academy
           Eindhoven (DAE) in the Netherlands. She wants to give
           a  voice  to  this  material,  to  produce  new  products  that
           could give new narratives and could make people connect
           with the fiber differently.






                                                           Seaside-feeling canvas bags, Indian
                                                           coffee beans

                                                           Tulum, a boutique coffee company based in Mumbai,
                                                           India was launched by founder Pallav Haria in 2020,
                                                           using the brewing and roasting methods he learned
                                                           in  Mexico.  The  boho-style  Tulum  bags  made  by  a
                                                           designer specializing in textiles, used elements like
                                                           dots,  lines,  curves,  and  circles  in  the  design,
                                                           interpreting them as sand and waves, bubbles in the
                                                           sea. The Tulum bags are made out of canvas, with a
                                                           velcro closure, and are both beautiful and reusable. It
 How should I portray the coffee? Origin, packaging,       is reported that the next coffee they are going to launch
 or flavor? Add a little artistic spice, and it all comes   is a red honey process, and the one after that is a fruit
 down to balance.                                          fermented coffee. They are also working on a coffee
                                                           for a dark roast and Cold Brew cans.


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