Lost Sheep Coffee: Making sure the grass is always greener
We’ve been following Lost Sheep Coffee for a while, and we couldn’t not notice their continual bleating about their green credentials, and their new packaging in particular.
[Sassy_Social_Share]And who wouldn’t? It’s pretty mint. If you didn’t see the very bright sunshine-in-your-eyes yellow rectangle bags, you probably noticed the bespectacled sheep peering at you from the packet. The names are kinda unique as well. I mean, where have you seen a coffee called “Kiss My Face”, or “Show Me The Honey” before?
Not in this field, we guarantee that.
Who is Lost Sheep Coffee?
“In 2011 we quit our careers working the 9-5 (although it was more like an 8-8) to spend a year backpacking across the world! When we arrived Melbourne, Australia we discovered Aussie style coffee and we knew instantly that we had to bring this style of coffee back to the UK. We didn’t realise it at the time but at that moment, Lost Sheep Coffee was born.”
Fast forward to 2021 and you can now get their capsules on Amazon, and supermarkets are starting to stock their coffees.
The Lost Sheep Coffee Beans
Lost Sheep Coffee are a fussy bunch, and only used Grade 1 coffee beans. Every single bean is checked, one by one, to make sure that only the very best quality is used. This means that when you buy coffee from Lost Sheep, you’re actually getting coffee from the top 5% globally. The best bit is that the farmers get up to four times more money per crop than they would for bog-standard commercial coffee beans.
My personal favourites from Lost Sheep were the Brazil Peaberry (natural fermented Red Catuai peaberry, with tasting notes of Apricot and Melon) and the Rwanda Huye Mountain (natural process Bourbon with tasting notes of Tropical fruit, mango, grape and hard candy).
Treat yourself!
Lost Sheep Coffee environmentally friendly packaging
But apart from the bright and bold graphics, there’s a serious side to the packaging. Lost Sheep Coffee are on a mission to move us away from traditional coffee bags, which although some look very earthy and environmentally friendly, (we’re looking at you, kraft “paper” bags) they’re actually a lousy cocktail of glue, metal and plastic. Baaaaaaad!
Lost Sheep’s new bags are 100% recyclable. When you’re done, shove them in your recycling bin and you’ve done your bit.
Lost Sheep Coffee 100% Compostable & Plastic Free Capsules
Lost Sheep Coffee Nespresso compatible coffee capsules are clever little things. Apart from that they’re very, very nice for drinking. These compostable capsules are made using a waste product from the paper industry, which is normally incinerated. This product is whisked away before it’s burned and used to make these gorgeous little capsules, in a carbon-neutral factory. Winner!
In case it wasn’t green and happy enough, the factory runs off hydro, solar and wind power. It’s operated completely by sheep-loving hippies wearing recycled coffee sacks.
OK, we might have used artistic license on the hippie bit. The hydro, solar and wind power bit was true.
Compostable and Plastic Free coffee capsules
The Lost Sheep Nespresso-compatible coffee pods are certified by TUV Austria as industrial compostable. But what does this mean? Drop them in your “peely bin” and they’ll compost along with your other waste food when it’s collected.
They’re also certified by A Plastic Planet as free from oil-based plastics.
We rounded up Stuart Wilson, Lost Sheep Coffee Founder, for a few questions
If I had to buy just one product from Lost Sheep, which one would it be, and why?
“Get To The Hopper. It is the original coffee that we launched with and is by far the absolute favourite with everyone, and used by all of our wholesale customers.”
What’s the next big challenge for Lost Sheep?
“The next big challenge? As the brand continues to grow, and we enter uncharted territory, i.e. the world of commercial coffee, but selling speciality ultra high-grade coffee in the commercial world. It is making people aware in educating the consumer as to why and how our coffee is different.”
Where do you see the coffee market heading over the next 12 months?
“I think the coffee market in the UK is going ahead, and it’s 12 to 24 months into the direction of the craft beer market, like we saw about a decade ago.”
Want to know more about Lost Sheep?
Head over to their website, and give them a go.
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