Innovations to Recycle Spent Coffee Grounds The coffee industry creates the second most traded good in the world, coffee. An estimated 90% of brewed coffee ends up as Spent Coffee Grounds (SCG). Up until recently, companies have been sending their grounds to the landfill. To maintain coffee’s immense presence in daily life, we must understand […]
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch In the North Pacific Ocean there are over 79,000 metric tons of floating debris. Humans have created this immense patch of trash which mainly consists of plastic. In addition to the huge amount of debris, scientists are concerned about the ability of the plastic to break down properly. In this […]
Guatemalan Coffee Farms Guatemala holds the title of 9th largest exporter of coffee in the world. Combined, Guatemalan coffee farms make up 2.7% of the world coffee market. Diverse regions throughout this small country contain varied soil, rainfall, humidity, altitude, and temperature. The result, seven distinct types of Arabica coffee. Coffee Production in Guatemala Traditionally, […]
The Partially Hydrogenated Truth Whether you’ve heard it from your doctor or your health-nut friend, partially hydrogenated oils are not good for you. As of June 18, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration prohibited most manufacturers from adding partially hydrogenated oils (or trans fats) to their products. However, the food industry is complicated and can […]
Green Bean Coffee Processing 101 Many factors influence coffee from the cherry to your morning cup. The green bean coffee processing method chosen is one of the most influential factors. This process takes the coffee cherry and turns it into dried green coffee beans. Traditionally, two methods of processing were used; washed or natural. Recently, […]
Plastic Straws: Coffee’s #1 Pollutant Chances are that you’ve in some way or another stumbled upon a chilling viral video of a Costa Rican sea turtle getting a 10cm plastic straw pulled out of its nostril. The emergence of the video sparked a stronger movement of activism to ban all single-use plastic products worldwide. Though […]
Fitting Fruit Into Your Morning Coffee Ritual We all know that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but why? According to the USDA, the optimal recommendation for fruit intake is 5 servings per day. Leading busy lives, it can be difficult for people to maintain those 5 servings each and every day. Therefore, […]
To the modern day environmentalist, the new reeling question is “what’s the deal with paper coffee cups, are they recyclable?” Most people will tell you that these “paper” products are recyclable. The staff at Achilles is here to tell you about the plastic paper coffee cup dilemma. According to CNN, each year about 60 billion […]
Community Composting At Your Local Coffee Shop The United States creates 30% of the waste in the entire world. However, the U.S. only holds about 4% of the world’s population. That means each American creates approximately 7 pounds of waste per day. And even more dismal, according to a report, landfills will reach capacity in a […]
Coffee Cultivators Papua New Guinea is a popular coffee cultivator in the specialty coffee world. Coffee from Papua New Guinea, PNG, as roasters refer to it, have a bright and delicate acidity. PNG’s typically have a less earthy profile than other Southwest Asian Archipelago coffees such as Sumatra and Sulawesi. The country predominately uses wet […]
