Re-usable Logo Sleeves Available

NAPA VALLEY COFFEE ROASTING OFFERS ‘GREEN’ SLEEVES
Re-usable sleeves to keep your coffee hot

St. Helena, March 2012----Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company has found a re-usable sleeve for its paper cups, which are now on sale for $2.25 each. “By offering this re-usable sleeve, customers won’t be wasting a java jacket,” Doug Dunlap, General Manager says in describing the sleeve. “As a Bay Area green business, one of our obligations to remain certified is to expand our green business practices, and this new sleeve can be used many, many times and is of course very planet-friendly,” he adds. The sleeves measure 4.6 inches by 3 inches high and are made of neoprene; they easily slide onto a variety of paper or plastic cups and protect hands from hot liquids. The Roasting Company is one of the first to offer them in northern California.

Among other green practices the Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company has in place is offering its used grounds to customers, gratis. Used coffee grounds have a huge number of uses, most popularly, for augmenting soil in gardens(more at groundtoground.org ). The Roasting Company asks that customers bring a 5-gallon (empty) plastic bucket and leave it to be filled and return to pick it up in a day or two. This service is offered at both of the Roasting Company’s locations.

As another green initiative, the Roasting Company also sells permanent filters for Kuerig brewers. “This gives our customers the option to use our freshly roasted coffee in their Kuerig brewers at home,” explains Dunlap. “It’s a way to not only save our customers money but also not fill up the local landfill,” he adds. These filters sell for $19.95 at the Roasting Company. Find out more about this issue at http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/kuerig-and-other-coffee-pods-piling-landfills-across-america.html.