The coffee lid’s entire purpose is to prevent the loss of coffee due to movement of the cup, but it still must have a penetration to enable drinking.’ — NYT
Back in April, Sam Anderson highlighted a sentence from 'Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture' (Princeton Architectural Press, 2018, Page 24), for the series New Sentences.
Any Archinectors read the book? If so share your thoughts in the comments below.
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You shouldn't drink coffee through such a plastic lid, you drink coffee in porcelain or glass, sitting down peacefully, taking your time and enjoy it, or standing at the bar if it's an espresso and you're in Italy. That lid is a horrible design for a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place and don't get me started about all the plastic waste this horrible invention has led to, the designers of that lid should be ashamed, very ashamed for what they have created. Sorry, haven't read the book :)
Agreed. Coffee is best served in my yellow M&M peanut guy mug (not a paid endorsement, I picked it up in TimeSquare 10years ago)... or on my front porch from my single serve Creuset french press.
Ditto. I almost always end up taking the lid off...though I suppose that is because I don't usually drink purchased coffee on the go...
Complete agreement on the favorite mug concept. One of my best friends from HS gave me one like this for a birthday in my 30s.
Then came heartbreak when the office cleaning staff broke it. I was bummed for weeks
buying coffee on the street is like buying bottled water, equally unnecessary and equally polluting
Coffee itself is extremely wasteful. The grounds just get thrown away - although there are a handful of innovators trying to find re-use opportunities for coffee grounds.
Haven’t read the book, but the concept is intriguing. Similar to windows and doors in the building envelope. We want to let some air in, but not all of it at once. We want to move in and out of a building, but we don’t want everybody coming in whenever.
Solution? Baby bottles with a ‘nuk’ on top.
#rickitect
The grounds from my local roaster (walking distance, and the best within 100 miles) get composted by local farmers who eagerly take it all including the chaff from roasting too.
I get paper cups without lids and reuse them in the shop for a variety of purposes from mixing paint and epoxy, holding parts, etc.
One of the best inventions of the 20th century.
It sure would be great to have the moments to sit and enjoy the coffee in a proper container, but when you have to be in many places at once and require the stimulation of coffee's active ingredient, the lid does a great job.
Before it was available, I used to remove the lid and cut our a small opening so I can sip as I go.
Another solution-
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