There have been no shortage of coffee-shoe collaborations over the past few years. I know this because Iโve struck out copping a free pair through not-so-subtle pandering on no less than three occasions. But itโs fine, whatever, Iโve found a new tack: not-so-subtly pandering for a free pair of shoes that ARE coffee.
According to VegNews, a German engineer by the name of Sebastian Thies recently debuted a brand new line of sneakers featuring an โupper made of up to 50 percent coffee grounds sustainably sourced from various regions.โ Itโs the lastest release from Thiesโ nat-2, โa luxury state of the art footwear brand based in Munich, Germany,โ per the companyโs website.
For the Coffee Line, Thiesโa sixth generation shoemaker “from one of the oldest shoe-dynasties in Europeโโis using on eco-friendly, 100% vegan components; along with the reused coffee, the shoe incorporates recycled PET bottles, cork insoles, glue โfree from animal products,โ real rubber, and โsignature reflective glass details.โ The unisex Coffee Line comes in both low- and high-top versions, both with just a faint smell of coffee. Finally, shoes you donโt have to worry about spilling coffee on (I think it only makes them stronger)!
Itโs a good thing, too, because a pair of nat-2โs Coffee Line sneakers runs a cool โฌ390.00 ($441 USD). The shoeโs first run has already sold out, so I couldnโt buy a pair even if I had the money to. Which I donโt. I guess Iโll just have to wait for the second release to get that free pair of shoes Iโve decided I deserve, right Sebastian. Sebastian?
Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.ย Read more Zac Cadwaladerย on Sprudge.
*all photos via nat-2