How To Make Your Morning Coffee Ritual More Sustainable

When you throw away coffee grinds and filter paper on a daily basis, you miss an opportunity to make a small dent against your disposable lifestyles. Sustainable systems and methods can apply to the sacred daily coffee ritual. For those who have embraced manual brewing, I want to focus on one resource intensive, yet indispensable component – the filter. While filter paper can be composted, it’s not practical in a city, and the sheer volume of filters used is staggering.