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Cool collection of various hot beverage lids. I think I’ve used about half of them, although now I try to avoid coffee from places that would use most of these. One ceramic mug for here please!

via sarcoptiform’s Flickr

Coffee & Doughnuts

“Remember the little things.” Sometimes I just feel like shitty diner coffee and a doughnut. Combine that with everyone’s favorite typographic glyph, the ampersand, & you get this! Dan Beckemeyer created a fabulous series of illustrated ampersands using various “food groups.” This, for obvious reasons, was my favorite.

See the rest on Behance

Espresso is not

After posting my last print, I decided to make a series of them that address many of the errors I encounter daily in the world of coffee. These are things I find annoying or just plain wrong, yet are continually perpetuated by marketers, and the uninformed. So think of these as Espresso 101 flash cards. There will be a test, so find a partner and study up!

The Dreaded X

I have a long list of coffee related agitations, but number one on that list developed during my years as a barista. The dreaded X that so many people use while confidently ordering their espresso makes me cringe every time. I can’t explain the severity of my reaction other than it’s such an obvious mispronunciation that’s too often repeated.

Recently at my local market, I heard a woman condescendingly attempt to school an employee about espresso, while continually referring to it as expresso. I stood quietly behind her biting my lip. I’ve designed this in response to eventually offer as a print for interested parties to proudly display wherever their shots are pulled.

Heart Bean

To love coffee is one thing, to get up close an intimate is another. This coffee grinder was conured up by a group of students at the Bezalel Academy for Arts and Crafts (Israel’s national school of art) to make a statement about the disconnection we have to our purchased objects. So they designed one that needs to be embraced and caressed in order to function.

Their protest takes form in this beautifully designed “Heart Bean” coffee grinder. Made from a single piece of carved wood, this coffee grinder has a built-in heart beat monitor and will grind your beans to the rhythm of your heart … So basically, you wake up, you make sweet, sweet love to this giant piece of wood and it spits out coffee grinds. Gosh I love humans, we are so weird and wondrous.

Designers: Adi Navwany, Michal Shamsian, Itamar Paloge & Danielle Ram
via Yanko Design

A coffee lover’s Moleskine

I came across Susan Rudat’s beautiful illustrations on her Flickr stream and had to share some of them with you all. I’m not much of an illustrator, so I’m always fascinated by what can be done with a marker, a Moleskine, and a major love for coffee!

Check out more of Susan’s work on Flickr

Magic moka

This is a cool concept for a stove top moka pot, designed by Joey Roth of Brooklyn, NY. I met Joey last month at a PSFK salon about design, which featured one of Joey’s newest products—a pair of beautiful ceramic speakers. I discovered this moka pot months ago, but just recently connected the dots, realizing it was the same guy.

The pot is made from porcelain, cork and steel and offers a new perspective on the iconic Bialetti moka pots most people are familiar with. It makes 2 shots of espresso and looks good doing it.

more from Joey Roth

Interactive Coffee

Sometimes good ideas don’t always make it to fruition. This is one of them by Félix Ajenjo from Madrid. A cool looking illustration for a web project that never made it to the finish line.

Multiplied Moka

This beautiful print was done by Luzelle van der Westhuizen (aka mengsel), a South African designer based in London. While the Moka pot isn’t my favorite way to brew coffee, it is one of my favorite looking coffee objects—and seeing its form repeated makes a really wonderful pattern.

See more of Luzelle’s work on Felt and Wire

Coffee Comics

Jameson Shroyer draws comics about coffee. They make me smile.