S. Cafe Shirts Are Made From Coffee Grounds
“One medium cup of coffee can make two T-shirts,” according to the general manager of Singtex, makers of S. Cafe shirts.
While most of us dump coffee grounds into the garbage (OK, some of us might use them for compost or fertilizer), eco fashion company Singtex has taken three years to patent a process that converts used coffee grounds into yarn. And this yarn can weave shirts that aren’t just Starbucks-approved, but that feature fast-drying, anti-odor properties. (S Cafe shirts look like any typical performance sportswear.)
Now if only they managed to infuse the fabric with a little of the coffee’s caffeine we’d be onto something. [Singtex via Taiwan News via Greenlaunches]
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@TheyCallMeStacey_GitEmSteveDave: That's too complicated. Screw Consumerist.
Fight the power (that fights the power)!
@sqeakytoy of the apocalypse: Mmmm, creamy coffee.
NurseDave
Fresh-brewed panties. Yowsah.
Walljasper
@Curves: Seriously?
1) Almost certainly the product is not going to smell like coffee.
2) They have processed the grounds so much that they have managed to make yarn out of it, then into sheets of fabric, dyed and then stitched into clothing. The dyes used after the process should be more of a concern and no more than any other article of clothing.
@92BuickLeSabre: That was a very depressing comment.
johnhamdun
I am curious at how color fast this material is. I would worry SOME coffee properties would remain and its very staining. I dont want coffee spots all over the laundry. (They should make this into a robe, what better thing to smell like coffee.)
Once upon a time this sort of innovation was done here in the United States.
Now a lot of people here can't even afford the shirts that are literally made of someone's trash.
If my shirt smelled like Starbucks all day I'd be sure to get the ladies.
tok3ninja; is still in Beta
@TheyCallMeStacey_GitEmSteveDave: "DD" cups are a little too much for some people to handle.
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
It's amazing what people can do with things like coffee grounds.
@92BuickLeSabre: After being lambasted on Consumerist, I believe the official abbreviation is "Dn'D".
Uhh, Folger's in your cup joke.
America runs in dunkin.
anything else?
@CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: I know, right? And they used to have the best coffee around.
Quit screwing up your coffee DD!
(I don't really believe they will read this, but it's worth a shot.)
I understand the odor control.. For many years drug smugglers used to try to mask the odor of pot and stuff with coffee grounds.. After a day of jogging, you could go home and squeeze out a cup full of joe for refreshment
Uncletwitch
From tempering my morning's homicidal rage, to providing the fabric for the stylish shirt I will be arrested in once its effects wear out and I finally snap. Is there anything coffee can't do?
CoolRiver45
Also, since they make yarn out of this, will their slogan be "Good till the last drop...stitch"?
I think Dunkin' Donuts is already using this tech, as their coffee tastes like it's filtered through an old t-shirt.
@92BuickLeSabre: Those are the best invention ever! I was never a coffee drinker until our office got one of those machines. Now I'm hooked. It was sort of a gateway drink, and now I enjoy a wide assortment of coffee beverages.
In this tough economy, I just resell my used coffee grounds to the people on the floor below me, and then they do the same, until the guy who lives on the corner (like, literally on the corner) is squeezing rainwater through the last coffee remnants, just so he can get a hint of the taste of what the Green Mountain coffee pods in his corner office once tasted like.
@Guymann: Not sure why that got me to giggle, but it did.
The best part of waking up
... Folger's is your shirt!
Do they have that fresh roasted smell?