Eliminate Coffee Pods With Terra Kaffe

About the Brand -

Meet Terra Kaffe, the maker of our CEO Cora’s new favorite coffee machine. Terra Kaffe started in Berlin in 2018. This company, born in Berlin and raised in Brooklyn, is making waves in both tech and coffee.

Before we start the machine review, let’s highlight Terra Kaffe’s focus on ritual, design, education, and sustainability. These are all things we here at Rêve En Vert are always looking for in new brands. Making coffee is a beautiful moment. Their roasters offer a chance to pause and enjoy a busy day. Their design is meant to cut down on waste whilst maximizing the flavor of beans. Working with a like-minded brand is a joy. We can’t wait to explore more with our co-founder Cora as she uses hers on her new farmhouse in Maine!

“When my husband and I moved to our farmhouse in Maine, we wanted a coffee machine that we could rely on. Finding Terra Kaffe made us so happy. It was the perfect choice for us.”

– Cora Hilts, Co-Founder & CEO of Rêve En Vert 

Reasons Why We Love it:

A Great Alternative to Coffee Pod Espresso Makers!

I was thrilled to find Terra Kaffe. We wanted a coffee machine that didn’t use plastic capsules, made great coffee, and matched our farmhouse kitchen style. My husband and I have busy jobs and work from home. A quick morning coffee or afternoon boost is essential for us. So, we looked for a machine that could make me a cappuccino and my husband Jamie an espresso easily. Meet the new TK-01! It’s been a joy to have in our home. This machine gives us what we wanted and avoids the waste I faced with other espresso makers.

Avoid Micro Plastics In Your Coffee!

Why are we so committed to drinking coffee at home? Well first there is the environmental impact of take-away coffees. The US alone throws away more than 50 billion coffee cups every single year. 99.97% of coffee cups you get given out at coffee shops can’t be recycled. Also, many of these single-use cups have plastic linings. This means that when you use them, you may accidentally ingest micro plastics. Also, many of the espresso pods we use aren’t recycled well. This means millions end up in landfills every year. I love the simplicity of whole coffee beans, and Terra Kaffe is one of the few machines we can use with them with no superfluous waste.

Barista Style Coffee At Home!

Terra Kaffe’s TK-01 Coffee Machine enables you to have the taste of a barista-made coffee at home. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be too skilled – their machine is so user-friendly. The TK-01 machine grinds beans on its own. It makes your favorite coffee. Choose from lattes, cappuccinos, espressos, or my favorite, the Americano. You can change your espresso shots, milk levels, temperature, and pressure.

This way, you get your perfect drink just the way you like it. You can use whole beans or pre-ground coffee and it is 200% cheaper than using coffee pods. Most at-home coffee machines use pods. We learned that 29,000 single-use coffee pods go to landfill every minute. That adds up to over 120,000 tonnes of waste each year. Plastic coffee pods can take about 500 years to decompose. This pollutes our already fragile ecosystems. No need for that kind of waste with Terra Kaffe! Plus, we’ve found from experience that espresso really does not taste as good in pods as it does from fresh whole beans. Not to mention the bean grounds we just put right into our compost or garden for zero waste brewing!

Available in different colors!

The machine is available in black or white. Its neutral look fits any kitchen or home. It’s both chic and minimal. We went for white which has been a bright and much loved addition to our countertop. For anyone now curious, Terra Kaffe even offers a 30 day at home trial, so you can make sure it is right for you! The TK-01 is priced well compared to many machines. It saves you money after just one year, instead of buying daily coffees. Visit their website to use the savings calculator. It will show you how much you can save by using their machines.

Also there is a new Terra Kaffe Machine Available for Pre-order! -

Available for pre-order now, the brand-new TK-02 is set to begin shipping orders in fall 2023 with only a fully refundable $250 deposit to be paid now. This new espresso machine offers top precision, customization, and quality for your coffee. The machine itself is highly intelligent and will be connected to an app on your phone, so you can change all your settings remotely. This machine will be the first to do both espresso and true drip coffee without having to swap filters or anything else – just a simple press of a button. You can literally make your coffee before you even get out of bed. Sign me up!

Coffee Membership – something I would highly recommend -

Terra Kaffe has made drinking good, sustainably grown coffee easy with their bean subscription. They’ve curated the best of the best beans from different roasters, so you can try new flavors out each month. They also have an amazing bean calculator so you can easily figure out how many bags you need per month. Terra Kaffe selects great coffees to fit various budgets, tastes, roast styles, and more. They designed a system to roast coffee to order. This means customers get the freshest beans possible. You can’t always find this quality at a grocery store or some coffee shops! Subscribers to this coffee membership also save 10% on their orders. A win win and something we signed up for when we realized how great the selection was.

Cora’s Bean Picks -

Equator Coffees – Jaguar 

A complex blend that combines organic and Fair-Trade certified coffees from the world’s major growing regions: Latin America, East Africa and Indonesia. Founded in 1995 in a Marin County, CA garage, Equator Coffee has had a commitment to better coffee since day one. From one garage to nine cafés across Northern California, Equator delivers high-impact coffee rooted in quality and social responsibility.

Onyx Coffee – Monarch

Monarch is a bold medium roast, which Onyx recreates year-round to keep it fresh with the seasonal growing conditions. It is sugar-dense with notes of bittersweet dark chocolate, a mulled wine sweetness, molasses, and a hint of dried berries. Onyx is our first independent roaster representing the American south, based out of Northwest Arkansas. They were co-founded by Andrea and Jon Allen in 2012 and are well-known in the coffee industry for their numerous coffee awards, coffee excellence, and transparency. Onyx’s motto has always been “Never Settle for Good Enough.” 

Olympia Coffee – Big Truck 

The blend’s ingredients change seasonally, but to keep the flavor fresh, Olympia carefully selects beans in their prime, so the notes of sweet chocolate and ripe berries stay consistent year-round. Terra Kaffe’s first roaster partner from the Pacific Northwest (the specialty coffee capital, some might say), Olympia exists to “improve the quality of life of our farmers and staff by providing quality service to our community.” From cultivating these relationships with coffee farmers to the roast of their beans, Olympia values quality in everything that they do.

Thank you to our friends at Terra Kaffe for sponsoring this editorial!

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