Coffee For Less Blog

Who doesn’t want to save money and save the environment at the same time? In this bleak economic climate everyone is forced to tighten their budgets and learn how to spend their money wisely. It’s really not that difficult; all you need to do is take a good, hard look at your day-to-day lifestyle and make appropriate adjustments.

Coffee is a routine most people treat somewhat frivolously – a $4 latte here, a trashed paper cup there. It can add up in both dollars and environmental waste. Each year Starbucks trashes nearly 2 million pounds of paper from their coffee cups, lids, holders, etc. According to Starbucks, if as little as 50 customers a day in each store were to use reusable mugs, the company would save 150,000 disposable paper cups daily. This equals to 1.7 million pounds of paper, 3.7 million pounds of solid waste, and 150,000 trees a year.

Fortunately for the millions of coffee lovers in America, there are many ways you can cut costs with this daily expense. By simply weeding out the excess and adding more efficiency to your coffee intake, you can save hundreds over the course of a year, as well as reduce the overabundance of waste piling up in our landfills.

To get on a cost-saving and environmentally conscious path, simply look at your mug. By reusing your coffee mugs you can save the earth from, as of now, inevitable deterioration. Reusable mugs also help when it comes to coffee purchases. The benefits are twofold:

1. With an easy to carry mug at your availability, you can make coffee at home and tote it to work in a snap – no expensive coffee shop coffee required.
2. If you do need to make the occasional stop to the café for your morning jolt, having a reusable mug will inspire you to spend less on your coffee selection. It’s too easy to purchase a double latte (with two pumps vanilla syrup and a puff of whipped cream) when you stop in a coffee shop unprepared. When you have your mug available, most shops offer free refills on house blend coffees or discounts for those who choose to go paperless.

At Coffee For Less, we provide a variety of reusable mugs, including our signature Thermal Travel Mug, which allows you to carry your coffee on the go and keep it hot to sip on the run. We also offer a Stainless Steel Electric Mug Mixer with all New York Coffee purchases.

Much like the reusable grocery bag trend, reusable mugs provide a purpose: They save money (both you and store owners), save waste, and enable a more personal coffee experience. There’s really no reason why you shouldn’t feel comfortable bringing your favorite, polka dot mug into a coffee shop. They’ll even clean it out beforehand if you want!