As big corporations argue in favour of plastic and aluminium coffee capsules, small businesses like Blue Goose Coffee are positively embracing environmental technology to provide eco-conscious consumers with sustainable alternatives.

Proof of this is their new range of speciality, single-origin and organic coffees in plastic-free coffee capsules. Compatible with Nespresso® original domestic drop-through coffee pod machines (excl. Expert), their innovative wood bark capsules turn into compost within 12 weeks of being placed in council food waste collections. 

This is in stark contrast to aluminium and plastic capsules which can take 200-500 years to degrade in landfill.  A sobering statistic considering a predicted 52 billion non-recyclable plastic coffee pods will be produced globally by the end of next year, despite the world waking up to the plastic crisis.

Sustainably and organically grown in the world's most respected coffee growing regions, Blue Goose's eco coffee pod range has already received national accolades for their trio of coffees.  Varieties available include Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, organic Peruvian and the UK's only Swiss Water Decaf capsule, filled with organic coffee from Honduras.

Not content with providing an alternative to plastic and aluminium capsules, co-founders Lex Thornely and Nick Ratsey consciously set out to match their range's eco-credentials with the finest tasting, ethically sourced speciality Arabica coffees.

“We wanted to prove just how good capsule coffee could and should taste without compromising on our ethical approach to business. So we naturally selected speciality grade coffees for which we pay our growers a premium beyond the Fairtrade Minimum Price”, said Lex Thornely.

Lex continues: “By sourcing the highest quality speciality coffee over commodity-grade coffee, our customers get the very best tasting coffee while our farmers earn greater income to re-invest into their livelihoods, ensuring their families, workers and local communities can thrive long into the future.”

Blue Goose Coffee's GM-free compostable coffee pods are also produced using renewable energy and packaged in sustainably sourced, recyclable cardboard printed using vegetable inks. 

Further evidence of Blue Goose's purpose-driven approach to business is through their donations to chosen charities and projects, according to Lex Thornely. He adds: “In a world where big businesses are only changing their environmental ways due to mounting consumer pressure, we wanted to prove that small businesses really are at the heart of creating positive change, putting people and the planet before profits. This is why we are supporting water and wildlife charities in our origins, in particular the conservation of the Bale Mountain National Park, which is the source of water for 21 million people across Ethiopia and Somalia and home to the endangered breed that inspired our brand, the Abyssinian Blue-Winged Goose.”

Oxygen-sealed, the eco coffee pods ensures a superior tasting, speciality grade coffee which stays fresh for up to 12 months, with 10% more coffee than a standard Nespresso® capsule too.  Available across the UK via Amazon, each coffee costs £18.00 for 40 biodegradable capsules, with free Amazon Prime next-day delivery available.

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

Awarded the 'Best Buy' accolade in May's edition of a UK's leading consumer champion magazine, their Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee is grown as 'garden coffee' in small lots in the world's most famous coffee growing regions. The birthplace of coffee itself, Ethiopia produces some of the highest quality and most prized Arabica coffees in the world, and this coffee is no exception, with bright, sweet aromatics and blackcurrant and subtle jasmine flavours coming through.

Organic Peruvian

Farmed organically and in harmony with the environment, this smooth, balanced coffee delivers hints of fruit & spice for that morning treat or afternoon lift. The speciality Arabica coffee is slow-grown in Peru's northern mountains on six neighbouring smallholder farms under forest canopy, resulting in beans with a fruity, smooth and syrupy sweetness. 

Organic Honduran Swiss Water Decaf

Using a natural, 100% chemical-free decaffeination process, which harnesses water, temperature and time to decaffeinate the coffee beans rather than man-made solvents, these coffee capsules really are good for you and the environment.  Organic Honduran Swiss Water Decaf is a rich coffee with a medium to high acidity, a lovely body and subtle notes of chocolate, fruit and caramel. 

For more information about Blue Goose Coffee visit www.bluegoose.coffee, follow on twitter @BlueGooseCoffee and 'Like' Blue Goose Coffee on Facebook and Instagram.

Notes to editor;

• Blue Goose Coffee was founded, in Devon, by Lex Thornely and Nick Ratsey with the aim of proving small businesses really are at the heart of creating positive change, putting people and the planet before profits.

For further information, photography or an interview with Lex Thornely co-founder of Blue Goose Coffee, please contact:

Danielle Merchant
RAW Food & Drink PR
Email: danielle@rawfoodanddrinkpr.co.uk
Telephone: 07964 321 789