Packaging

We love roasting coffee, and we also love drinking coffee ... but a byproduct of this marvellous job is the inevitable issue of packaging our product.

In good old Pilgrims fashion, you will have noticed a gradual shift in our packaging over the past couple of months, from paper to some generic labelled white bags to our now more sleek looking pre-printed PCR(post consumer recycled) LDPE4(Low density polyethylene no.4) bags. 

Why the shift from paper? 

We felt absolutely smitten with our paper bags. They ticked the boxes; functional, UK manufactured, recycled and recyclable, FSC approved, simple to responsibly dispose of, and with our cute custom designs we thought we had secured the perfect vessel to house our freshly roasted coffee. 

That was until the manufacturer fell into administration and ceased to offer FSC approved paper. Our faith in the validity of other sustainable claims was in question also, so it was time to seek another option.

Andrew has exhaustively searched for alternative paper options, but with the imminent need for bags, there was no paper option that we could find that we felt confident about.  

That is why, at least for now, we have chosen to move to PCR LDPE4 bags. 

This may seem like a strange direction to take given our endless quest for the most sustainable packaging, but after extensive research we feel that in the current climate LDPE4 offers the lowest environmental impact, and compared to other packaging, is becoming easier to responsibly dispose of nationwide.  

You may still receive your coffee in our previous paper bags until such times as we run out of our remaining stock, it'd be nice to just make a clean break but it would involve unnecessary waste. These bags are paper curbside recyclable. 

To explore the options for your local LDPE4 disposal, please click the link here.

I hope you understand our reasonings, we are constantly searching for the best available option. And remember if you live nearby you can always pop in with your reusable container and we can fill it for you.