Vegware Cup Coffee Test - Results

So the results are in.  Vegware makes some great organic and compostable coffee cups, however one style of cup did not pass my test.  It was only a matter of about 4 hours when I noticed the first leak.

Oddly enough, the brown cup in the video has had coffee in it for 2 weeks.  There was absolutely no sign of leakage or breakdown at all!  It's actually quite impressive to see a cup so strong that it keeps stinky coffee in it leak free for 2 weeks!



Perhaps I should test some Tim Horton's and McCafe tests just to be fair.

Any Roll Up The Rim Winners?

So has anyone won any free coffees, donuts or big screen TVs yet?





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Vegware's Coffee Lids Are The World's First Compostable Lid!

I just spoke with a very friendly representative from Vegware who is interested in my project.  I'm hoping that I can convince at least 1 coffee shop to consider using Vegware's compostable coffee cups and lids.

Brace Yourselves, Roll Up The Rim Is Coming

Created by Karen Furlotte

So as mentioned in my previous post, I found 2 Roll Up The Rim cups yesterday, which is sad because the campaign JUST started that morning.  I'm keeping a separate category for RUTR cup finds over the next few weeks.

February Totals So Far

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It's that time of year again, Canadian Christmas.  Roll Up The Rim is back and the internets are buzzing up a storm!  Canadians LOVE Roll Up The Rim.  And why wouldn't you be excited?  Tim Horton's is giving away 40 Toyota Camry Hybrids, 100 Panasonic 3D Viera Tvs, Coleman Camp Gear, 5000 Panasonic Lumix cameras, and 47,000,000 DONUTS!!!

In fact, the first words I heard anyone speak today was about Roll Up The Rim!  I was waiting for my bus and a guy got out of his truck and yelled "It's Rim Rollin time again!".  At least, I assume he meant Roll Up The Rim.

While I was on the bus on the way to work, I saw my first RUTR cup, but I didn't make the bus stop so I could pick it up.  It was about 8:30 am ... and I'm betting the Tim Horton's opens at 6:00 am.  So within 2 and a half hours of the campaign starting, I saw a discarded RUTR cup.

Here are February's totals thus far:

Tim Horton's 66

McCafe 5

Other 8

Roll Up The Rim 2

Reids 4

Styrofoam 1

Timothy's 1

February total 87

*  36 of those cups were found in parking lots on prospect and they were mostly Tim Horton cups.

Roll Up The Rim is Back

The campaign just started today and I saw my first red RUTR cup on the sidewalk downtown Fredericton.  I couldn't grab it because I was driving by on the bus.

*sigh*

I will be on the lookout for you Timmy cups.

Vegware Coffee Cup Water Test - 1 week later

So after 1 week, water remains in each cup (except for the small one because it either evaporated or the cats drank it)



So I'm quite positive that the cup that I filled with coffee was not leaking but rather, I spilt some on the exterior of the cup.

Let's see how long coffee will live in a vegware cup before it leaks.

Vegware Coffee Cup Test: Hour 30

So far there have been zero leaks with Vegware's cups I've tested with water.  These cups have kept water for over 30 hours now with no sign of leakage or breakdown at all.  Perhaps I will have different results with coffee but I'm going to give these water filled cups some more time.

Vegware Cup Test

I decided to test a few Vegware cups out to see how long they will last without leaking the contents of each cup.  I used boiling water for this test.  Stay tuned for follow up videos.

Vegware is based out of Edinburgh, Scotland and make all sorts of compostable take out containers. 

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How Paper Cups Are Made

These are not recyclable.

Vegware Coffee Cup Samples Arrived Today!

So giant package arrived from Purolator today.  It was samples of a bunch of Vegware coffee cups! 

I connected with @vegware and asked them for a sample and 1 week later, voila! 

These cups are compostable and will begin to break down in 8 - 12 weeks.  The glue that holds the cup together and lines it to keep the content warm is made of organic materials rather than oil based resources. 

I've heard arguments against using these types of cups ranging from prices being too high, to cups falling apart within hours, but I wanted to check them out for myself.

I am going to test some of these cups out to see how long it can keep a coffee without falling apart.

For more info on Vegware products:  

 www.vegware.com

Best Cup of Coffee I've Ever Had

So I was going through the twitters and stumbled upon this tweet by @lonelyplanet :

@lonelyplanet
Where have you had the best coffee? Here's our top 10:http://ow.ly/8W1K0 #lp #travel #coffee

It made me think of the best cup of coffee I've ever had with my brother.

My brother shot this after we toured the Rio Tempisque, Costa Rica.

Cup Hunt!

A friend and I found 36 cups in about 1 hour and 15 minutes!

This is the map of today's finds