Coffree foldable soluble coffee cup
Coffree is a foldable disposable cup with the soluble coffee allready in it. Tear it open, add hot water and your coffee is ready to drink. The cup itself is bio-degradable.
Coffree is a foldable disposable cup with the soluble coffee allready in it. Tear it open, add hot water and your coffee is ready to drink. The cup itself is bio-degradable.
It’s possible to mix your own drink at Burger King. That’s because the fastfood chain has introduced the Coca-cola Freestyle in its American restaurants. With this machine you can choose from more than 100 different beverages, for example caffeine-free, diet-coke or extra lime.
Do you have to drink champagne at New Years Eve but rather you would have a beer instead? Brewer Bosteels has an alternative “champagne beer” called Deus Brut des Flanders. The brewing process takes place in Belgium and the maturation process in France, the ‘Champenoise method’ is used.
This carafe poors the wine out of eight little holes in the side of it. Surprise customers with the showerhead-like effect. Designed by Matilda Sundén Ringnér, for Skruf Glasbruk
‘Krijg de kleren!’ (litterally ‘get the clothes’ but in figure of speech ‘F*ck off’) is an monthly initiative from Annemijn Boon and Rosan Brunger in a club in Amsterdam. Visitors –mostly women- bring old clothes with these and trade them with others while having a drink. The clothes that don’t have a new owner at the end of the evening will go to the next edition or are donated to Humana. Every edition has a theme, this Sunday it’s ‘Let’s Go Sjiek’.
In November there was a big soccer derby in Lissabon and the tickets were sold out in advance. Coca Cola tested the honesty of the shopping crowd with a wallet that contained a ticket for the opposite team. More than 95% returned the wallet to the cash registry and got a special ticket for the match in reward. They deeds were shown and the whole stadium cheered to these honest people.
In various cities in the Netherlands the cafes that tap Brand beer have joined hands to form the “Brandslang” (Fire Hose). The collaboration gives lots of opportunities for pub crawls and other activities. Venlo and Den Bosch go a bit further and organize a total package with culinary, cultural and quiz elements with the ‘Brandslang’.
Heineken gives beer lovers the opportunity to give away a BeerTender to a total stranger. The stranger (or new friend) gives one in return. Nicely packed with a note. The promotion is a wink to the Christmas spirit.
Mathieu Lehanneur and David Edwards have designed a bag that is inspired by biological cells. The Cellbag can carry a liter of liquid and has a compartment for other stuff. The Harvard students donate a part of the first profit to water projects in Africa.
From the beginning of 2012, passengers of KLM can choose their own neighbour by selecting an interesting contact through using Facebook of LinkedIn. After check-in, passengers can open up their profiles. In 2012 a pilot will be started.
Update (7 February 2012) The Meet & Seat service is now available
This environment friendly cup is especially made for ice-coffee. It keeps your drink cool and with this cup you can reduce the use of plastic and paper cups, because you can re-use the Eco-Cup-On-Ice.
Green Trade Company developed Bampa, toilet paper made of Bamboo, organic fibers like (sugar)cane and fibres. This is much more sustainable than normal toilet paper, because hacking trees is prevented, bamboo grows 500 times faster then trees, this bamboo is not from the living environment of the giant panda, and they re-use the water and bio-fuel is used. Bampa is already popular in United States, Asia and Australia, in Europe the Netherlands are the first.
An organic beef provider “Mycow” in Germany lets customers decide how they want their beef. It’s not the choice between rare, medium or well-done, the customers can decide the breed of the cow, the farm it’s coming from and the way the cow is slaughtered. Customers have the opportunity to choose for a cow that is slaughtered in the field instead of in a factory. This causes less stress for the cows and so it will be better meat. Thus more tasteful and animal friendly.
ESB Electric Ireland came up with the Tweet Café during the Dublin Web Summit. Instead of a regular café format, visitors could choose for a variety of mini-boxes with different food and drink combinations. To order, users had to tweet #tweetcafe followed by the number of the box containing the snacks they wanted. When the order was ready, the users Twitter profile appeared on a large screen and the box containing the treats was opened.
Michelin-starred chef Rowley Leigh is offering cinema visitors gourmet food while they watch the film. Instead of popcorn or nacho chips you can order burgers or risotto at the Odeon Whiteleys cinema in West-London. If you order when you arrive, your meal will be served when the trailers are on and you can have your dinner while watching the movie.
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