The edible coffee cup you didn’t know you need

You have 40 minutes to eat this edible coffee cup: Australian startup and maker of edible, biodegradable, and plastic-free coffee cups Good-Edi is looking to expand its sales to international markets this year, Bloomberg reports. The cups — made from a mixture of rye flour, wheat bran, oat bran, sugar, salt, coconut oil and water — can hold a hot drink for about 40 minutes and a cold one for about eight hours. The startup — founded in 2021 by a team of bakers — produces about 500 cups a day for clients across Australia, including coffee shops, roasteries, and concert venues, in an effort to put a dent in the 2.7 mn disposable cups that pile up each day in the country’s landfills. According to their own analysis, one of Good-Edi’s edible cups generates 0.08 kg of CO2 equivalent over its lifetime, 27% lower than the 0.11 kgs produced from a standard paper cup imported from overseas.