Tamper box : foam no more!
We're working with German espresso-wood-specialists https://wiedemann.coffee/ to make a new Decent Tamper (the Wiedecent tamper) with a nice wood handle.
When we arrived to the point to discuss packaging, Lukas at Wiedemann pointed out that they were committed to 100% plastic free. Our tamper packaging, sadly, has not been. I'd gotten lazy, and simply had our supplier design our tamper box: they chosen die-cut foam to safely hold the tamper, probably because it was what they were used to. It's something I was embarrassed about, and wanted to eventually get around to rectifying.
Wiedeman kindly shared their die-cut, folded cardboard design with us. We adapted it to the Wiedecent tamper. The sample arrive arrived today, and it looks great.
This was the only coffee accessory we sold that was packed in foam, so I'm really happy to be addressing that.
We're still a few months away from having this tamper ready. Making it work with wood, instead of a metal handle, required a redesign of the internals, but it's almost done.
-john
Updated 2023/03/01