There have been no shortage of coffee-shoe collaborations over the past few years. I know this because Iโ€™ve struck out copping a free pair through not-so-subtle pandering on no less than three occasions. But itโ€™s fine, whatever, Iโ€™ve 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 โ€œupper made of up to 50 percent coffee grounds sustainably sourced from various regions.โ€ Itโ€™s the lastest release from Thiesโ€™ nat-2, โ€œa luxury state of the art footwear brand based in Munich, Germany,โ€ per the companyโ€™s website.

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For the Coffee Line, Thiesโ€”a sixth generation shoemaker “from one of the oldest shoe-dynasties in Europeโ€โ€”is using on eco-friendly, 100% vegan components; along with the reused coffee, the shoe incorporates recycled PET bottles, cork insoles, glue โ€œfree from animal products,โ€ real rubber, and โ€œsignature 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 donโ€™t have to worry about spilling coffee on (I think it only makes them stronger)!

Itโ€™s a good thing, too, because a pair of nat-2โ€™s Coffee Line sneakers runs a cool โ‚ฌ390.00 ($441 USD). The shoeโ€™s first run has already sold out, so I couldnโ€™t buy a pair even if I had the money to. Which I donโ€™t. I guess Iโ€™ll just have to wait for the second release to get that free pair of shoes Iโ€™ve 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

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