Wake, sip, brew, repeat. It’s a lifestyle. Australians love their coffee. But takeaway coffee cups are having a devastating impact on the environment.

Aussies send almost three million disposable cups to landfill every single day. And while keep-cups have certainly made an impact, there’s something to be said for not lugging one around constantly.

Enter stage left: the Good-Edi Cup. It’s a takeaway coffee cup you can eat. 

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Designed in 2020 by friends Catherine Hutchins and Aniyo Rahebi, the cup is one part vessel, one part biscuit. Which means you can take your morning coffee with a side of fibre-filled cookie goodness. 

Local enterprise Good Edi makes all their cups in Melbourne, and in 2020, they were accepted into the HATCH: Taronga Accelerator Program, an initiative which supports innovative approaches to environmental issues. 

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The cup won first place, earning a $50k prize, and went on to crowdsource almost $150,000, which the team put towards production. Since then, they’ve begun distributing the cups to events and corporate initiatives. 

While the cups aren’t yet available in cafes, they are available to purchase via the Good Edi website. There’s even free samples for those who are keen to give it try before committing. 

The Good Edi team is aiming to make them available to cafes who are keen, and Aniyo encourages any coffee joints who’d like to place an order to get in touch.

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