Brew the coffee you will drink
Why this can help
Discarded coffee carries impacts from growing, processing and brewing. A coffee life-cycle study shows that waste and keeping coffee hot can materially affect the result.
One possible next step
Before brewing, count the cups people want and measure the appropriate coffee and water.
What changes the outcome
Use your actual recipe and brewing method. Results from Finland do not supply a universal annual saving, and this comparison does not establish that one type of coffee machine always wins.
The action
One possibility
Brewing a full pot and discarding the surplus
Another possibility
Brewing the amount that will be consumed
Discarded coffee carries impacts from growing, processing and brewing. A coffee life-cycle study shows that waste and keeping coffee hot can materially affect the result.
Before brewing, count the cups people want and measure the appropriate coffee and water.
Sources and calculation references
- Usva et al. (2020) — Carbon and water footprint of coffee consumed in FinlandKirsi Usva et al. · 2020
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