Ethiopia is widely considered to be the birthplace of the coffee plant and of coffee culture. It is believed that coffee was discovered there as early as the ninth century. Today, coffee remains an integral part of Ethiopian culture, with over 15 million Ethiopians farming, picking and processing coffee.

Introducing Ethio

There is more to coffee than just waking you up in the morning. 

Brewing coffee utilizes about 1% of the coffee’s actual benefits. And while some coffee grounds end up in plant pots as fertilizer or in our bathrooms as homemade body scrubs, the other 99% simply end up in landfills. This is a huge waste of a valuable resource. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

The grounds are incredibly valuable and useful resources that can be utilized more wisely as material to make everyday items like pens, chairs ‌and‌ ‌drinkware.

Named after the country of Ethiopia, Ethio brings you quality drinkware made from recycled materials. Rather than sending coffee grounds to landfills, we use these otherwise wasted resources to make products you can use and enjoy every day. 

Our Cups

In the United States alone, 50 billion paper cups are dumped into landfills every year. In fact, to accommodate 50 billion coffee cups, you would need approximately 22.5 Empire State Buildings.

Our solution? Reusable coffee cups made with coffee grounds.

The inside of our cups feature a single-walled 304 stainless steel body to keep your drinks hot, while the outside is coated with recycled coffee ground material to keep your hands safe.

As the first brand ever to use coffee grounds as the coating for stainless steel cups, our to-go cups are stylish and a great alternative to disposable coffee cups.

It is important that we treasure these natural resources and the beautiful products they can create. 

So what are you waiting for? Get your hands on an Ethio cup today!