2024 Bloom Fund Recipient

ONDO Coffee Co. in Los Angeles, CA. received a BLOOM grant to reduce coffee waste and introduce a unique, sustainable product: Coffee Jelly! The café has long recognized the significant amount of coffee grounds discarded daily, particularly during the process of dialing in espresso and routine grind adjustments. To repurpose these grounds, ONDO plans to create coffee jelly by collecting espresso purge grounds and transforming them into an innovative treat. The process involves brewing the grounds, adding sugar and agar agar, and chilling the mixture to form small coffee jelly cubes, which can be used in signature beverages or offered as an add-on to iced lattes, much like boba pearls. This initiative not only minimizes waste but also provides an eco-friendly, creative addition to the café’s menu.

Bloom Fund

Counter Culture Coffee collects $0.01 from every pound of coffee sold to fund our Bloom program. Annually, $1 per pound of our spring coffee blend, Perennial, goes to further increase our contribution. Bloom provides grants to support sustainability initiatives at Counter Culture Coffee partner cafes. Rooted in the belief that everyone’s path toward sustainability looks a little different, this program supports projects of all shapes and sizes our partners identify as impactful.