Green Coffee? Mobile Espresso Van Fueled by Sun & Biodiesel
It was the summer of 2011, a summer of eco-friendliness, of solar power, of green coffee. Besspresso rolled into Silver Lake and is changing the way L.A. makes coffee.
Housed in an appropriately colored green van, the mobile, solar-powered specialty coffee business serves up fair trade, organic coffee with organic milk and sugar in 100% compostable cups. The lids and straws are compostable, too. Powered by caffeine, their product's creation method is powered by the sun.
"Everything past the chairs to drive the van is not on solar power, so we're not completely solar-powered," explains Anna Erickson in a NBC LA video. The van runs on biodiesel.
Erickson and Dave Bess - founders of Besspresso - brought their sunny idea from Iowa to Los Angeles.
"Reduce, reuse, recycle - the three Rs. We're trying to just reduce our impact," says Bess.
NBC4's Toni Guinyard breaks down the solar benefits. "One full day of sun equals about two full days of solar power, which equals about 1,000 cups of coffee." We'd say that's quite efficient, wouldn't you, L.A.?
Check out the KNBC-TV story below.
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Bess and Erickson give an informative tour of their green coffee biz back when they were based in Iowa in the below video.
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