{"id":1171050,"date":"2025-10-01T09:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?post_type=living&p=1171050"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:15:13","slug":"coffee-shoes","status":"publish","type":"living","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/lifestyle\/personal-care-fashion\/coffee-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Coffee Shoes and How Are They Made?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You already know that coffee can support your wakefulness, but did you know it can also support \u2026 your feet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ccilu<\/a> has created the first sole made from upcycled coffee grounds. Dubbed XpreSole, the material is vegan, light, flexible, and water repellent. Every pair of XpreSole coffee shoes<\/a> upcycles five cups of spent coffee grounds from businesses in Taiwan, where the shoes are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee Shoes Liberate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many shoes are made from parts of animals\u2019 bodies, including skin torn from cows and bulls and wool violently cut from sheep. Imagine being kept alive, imprisoned in tight quarters and denied your natural needs for sociability and exploration\u2014only to be executed for your skin. Or imagine being kicked and punched by an overworked shearer who puts you in a headlock and roughly slices the wool from your body, leaving you bruised, bleeding, and afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now imagine wearing shoes without any of that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ccilu is pronounced \u201cChee-Loo\u201d and means Liberate<\/em> in Japanese. The company is dedicated to reducing waste and plastic going into landfills and the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For their coffee shoes, Ccilu collects spent coffee grounds from cafes, restaurants, offices, and factories. Not only does this save landfill space, but it also prevents the release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane as the grounds break down. They dry, grind, and sift the grounds, then pelletize them and, through patented technology, create upcycled fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ccilu also gathers raw materials in ways that support the community around them. The company collects plastic bottles by hosting beach clean-up events throughout Taiwan. It also has a plastic bottle collection program and relationships with local semiconductor manufacturers to upcycle their waste into award-winning sandals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to close the loop, the company encourages people to send their shoes back when they are done with them so they can be upcycled again into oil to create clean energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We love the XpreSole Cody<\/a>, slip-on sneakers festooned with cute illustrations of coffee flowers. They\u2019re vegan and PETA-approved, and they\u2019re ideal for standing in line waiting for your oatmilk latte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cody Coffee Shoes Features Include:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n