Espresso pods higher for surroundings than different brewing strategies: examine

Right here’s a pick-me-up for lovers of espresso pods.

Espresso pods are literally higher for the surroundings than conventional filtered espresso, in keeping with a examine launched earlier this month.

The pods, utilized in Keurigs and comparable machines, had been decried as horrible for the surroundings as a result of lots of them can’t be reused or recycled.

However a gaggle of Canadian researchers on the College of Quebec determined to take a look at your complete coffee-making course of, from farm to landfill, to find out environmental impacts.

Their findings, printed Jan. 5 in Australia-based tutorial media outlet The Dialog, confirmed that filtered espresso is definitely essentially the most environmentally unfriendly technique to brew espresso. Solely prompt espresso could be higher for the planet than pods, in keeping with the researchers.

“The air pollution ensuing from the preparation of espresso at house is simply the tip of the iceberg,” the authors wrote.

The overwhelming majority of a cup of espresso’s environmental footprint comes within the manufacturing course of, in keeping with the examine.

Researchers discovered that espresso pods are extra environmentally pleasant as a result of they brew an optimum quantity of espresso. Different strategies typically result in extra espresso, which includes extra manufacturing and extra greenhouse fuel emissions.

“On the shopper stage, past lowering espresso consumption, avoiding losing espresso and water is the simplest technique to scale back the carbon footprint of conventional, brewed and soluble coffees,” the authors advised.