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Grind size and coffee pods - everything you need to know!

The base of a great coffee, is using the right coffee grounds. Did you know that the way you grind your coffee is the first step toward influencing how the final brew tastes?

When it comes to coffee capsules, hot water is basically forced through your grounds: too fine, and it won’t get through, too coarse, and it will gush through.

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Ecommerce waste - what we're doing to reduce our impact

Shopping online is saving us all time and money, but the environment is coming off second best.According to Play Market Research, Australian ecommerce is growing five times faster than traditional bricks and mortar stores. And, as the ecommerce industry grows, so too is the amount of packaging used to distribute products direct from warehouse to consumer - think boxes, bubble wrap and all of those packing peanuts!What’s more, ecommerce businesses often use packaging materials inefficiently, which is further contributing to the rise in packaging production and the waste associated with it. Packaging authority, Smithers Pira predicts that the global market for ecommerce packaging will...

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Crema Joe is making a difference, one capsule at a time!

Australia's increased awareness on the negative impact of single-use coffee cups has fortunately amassed affirmative change country-wide, with many coffee lovers now making a conscious effort to swap disposable coffee cups with KeepCups and the like. But what about at-home coffee pod machines?

Appallingly, we use an estimated six million coffee pods every day. But the good news is it’s easy to make a simple "small swap" to your daily cuppa routine - if most of those 6 million capsule coffees per day were brewed with reusable pods, we’d be saving our precious resources, including billions of gallons of water and massive amounts of energy each year. In 2014 the team behind Crema Joe decided to do something to combat the issue, launching a range of reusable and sustainable coffee pods, and we'd love you to choose us to help you start your mission to brew more sustainably - here's why: 

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13 Tips For A Very Merry Waste-Free Christmas!

Keen to make the most of the festive season without the avoidable waste?

Christmas day is on the way, along with all the extra consumerism that it entails. But the holiday season doesn’t have to be such a wasteful time! By getting creative and rethinking some traditions, you and your family can have a healthy, happy Christmas with minimal waste!

Here we've compiled some easy ways to help get you on your way to a zero waste Chrissy.

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COMING SOON: ALDI K-fee® Expressi® & Map Caffitaly® compatible eco-friendly pods!

Good things come to those who wait!

Looking for a sustainable alternative for your Expressi® or Caffitaly® coffee capsule machine? You got it! But wait - what's that smell? It's the smell of brewing real, fresh coffee with refillable pods at home! Our manufacturing team are in the process of engineering and finalising the reusable prototype for Aldi and Map coffee machines. The resulting design will be a stainless steel capsule that allows you to brew with your choice of coffee in a much more eco-friendly way.

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