There's more than just coffee: giving new life to waste

For our 85 years old in fact we decided to look to the future, developing a project program which have as their focal point inclusion and sustainability. Keyword of #CaffèMilani85 is truly 360° sustainability: environmental, social, and economic.

An idea that also comes from craftsmanship all Italian, thus uniting two worlds that seem distant but are united by craftsmanship and passion.

New life for supply chain waste

Among the projects launched for our anniversary, we're happy to share our collaboration with In-Presa , an organization in Carate Brianza that has been providing vocational training, job placement, orientation, academic support, and socialization for young people of compulsory education age for years.

With them we created a line of exclusive eco-fashion accessories , Handcrafted from waste materials from the coffee industry : bags, clutches and backpacks created by the young people of the cooperative starting from reuse, giving a new life to the waste from the supply chain.

A limited collection, made from jute and bobbins, where each object will be unique and will embody the artisanal skills of the young people. In this project I am two workshops were involved: the tailoring workshop and the creativity workshop.

The first edition is now available on site and from October it will also be in the branded shops Coffee&Coffee (in the cities of Como, Lecco, Monza, and Padua). Like the first, the subsequent series (always in limited and exclusive editions) will also be available on our website, which is constantly updated.

Our anniversary

This project is part of the broader 85th anniversary program, culminating in an event on the occasion of International Coffee Day , the October 1st .

On October 2nd, instead, there will be an open day where the public, by reservation, can tour the company. Visitors will be able to admire the unique collection of antique coffee machines, told through a 300-year journey through coffee.

“ Our eco-fashion accessories convey many messages” underlines Elisabetta Milani, marketing and communications manager at Caffè Milani . “ Certainly of sustainability, but also inclusion, solidarity And the training , as well as the taste and imagination of Italian style . Values in which Caffè Milani fully recognizes itself and which it promotes in the many international markets in which it is present ."

85 years of coffee, courage, evolution, quality—85 years to celebrate!