The coffee industry is one of the most wasteful industries in the world.

Not just cups, but upstream, too. For every gram in your cup, around five grams of waste is created along the way.

One of the biggest offenders in the production process? Coffee sacks.

Heavy-duty jute bags used to transport beans across the world are built tough to withstand the journey. But often used once and tossed away. 

So three companies decided to do something about it.

Coffee Mentality.
MUSHEE.
Skipper.

At Skipper, we’re built around one idea: waste is a design flaw. So when Sid came to us with a new way to turn coffee waste into packaging, it made sense.

Not because it was easy, but because it was better.

First, Meet the People Behind It

A quick intro to the three people who made this happen:

Sid — Founder of MUSHEE
A young and hungry materials scientist experimenting with ways to give waste another life.

Ian — Founder of Coffee Mentality
As one of the best roasters in the world, you won't meet someone more passionate about making our addiction more sustainable.

Lach — Founder of Skipper
Our co-founder who hates waste and loves innovation.

Turning Coffee Waste Into Packaging

Within an industry that creates a lot of waste… comes a lot of coffee sacks.

And they’re actually pretty remarkable:

• Natural plant fibre (jute)
• Fully biodegradable
• Strong enough to carry heavy loads across oceans

Sid saw an opportunity to turn waste into something worth keeping.

He cuts the jute, soaks it in a plant-based binder, and moulds it into durable, home compostable packaging.

No plastic.
No styrofoam.
No mixed materials.

Just waste, redesigned.

For this collaboration, those same coffee sacks from Coffee Mentality have been transformed into bespoke packaging for our shower steamers.

Why This Matters

This isn’t just a packaging experiment.

It’s a small step toward a circular economy, where materials don’t get used once and thrown away - they stay in circulation.

Most packaging today is designed for convenience, not recovery. Which is why so much of it ends up as waste.

This flips that:

• Waste becomes input
• Local materials replace virgin resources
• End-of-life is designed in (compostable, not landfill)

It’s exactly the kind of system shift we need more of, and it only works if people are willing to try something new.

Why We're Proudly Sid's First Customer

Sid’s had a long list of “no’s”. Too early, risky and not proven enough.

We get it, new materials are hard to commercialise. But this is how better systems start.

So we said yes.

We’re proudly Sid’s first customer, helping him bring this idea out of the lab and into the real world.

Because, if this project works:

• More waste gets repurposed
• More innovators get funded
• More circular systems scale

That’s how you move from concept → impact.

The Product: Limited Edition Shower Steamers

Inside the box is something simple.

Our Shower Steamers Gift Pack, designed to turn your everyday shower into a proper reset.

Think of them as a bath bomb, but for your shower:

• Place one on the floor
• Let the steam activate it
• Breathe in and switch off (or switch on)
  

Whether it’s unwinding or revival you’re after, these steamy cubes will lift your shower experience a notch (or ten).

The difference here? The box it comes in.

Each one is:

• Made from recycled coffee sacks
• Fully biodegradable
• Home compostable

And we’ve only made 1,000 of them.

Be Part of the Yes

Sid’s idea only exists because someone backed it early. Now you can too.

If you want to support Sid, back local innovation, and help push circular packaging forward, this is your chance.

Shop the limited edition Shower Steamers

Because better systems don’t scale on their own. They scale when people say yes.