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The Concept.
Coffee & Clove specializes in creating hand-poured candles using spent (or used) coffee grinds from local specality coffee shops. Clove, is a spice also known as kruidnagel in Dutch, and the two mixed together make a pleasant, subtle scent that is not only refreshing, and order neutralizing, but vastly healthier for you then strongly fragranced and perfumed candles and sprays.
Maybe you’ve already started making small changes for less ingredients in your food, reaching for healthier options. Seeking out non-toxic ingredients for your home like soaps, detergents, and fabrics. Coffee & Clove brings that together, in a novel idea mixed with quality and collaboration with other local businesses. We want your home and life to smell fresh, natural, and for you to feel good about what you're being exposed to, embracing the moment every time you light a candle.
Coffee straight from the cafe
Is exactly that! Real coffee, or 'spent' coffee as we say- is the grinds that are left over after your fresh cup was made. After the water drips through the filter, or your shot is pulled from the machine, typically this ends up in the gft to be composted, or waste.
These real coffee grinds get dried up and given a second use, as they still smell wonderful, is a safe scent for everyone, and even beneficail for your indoor air!
Clove is an all encompasing beneficial ingredient
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Organically sourced clove (both powder and whole) is also known as kruidnagel here in Belgium- but it contains endless benefits that have been sought after for centeries. Its warm spicy and comforting smell creates a calming, purifying effect when burned, relax the mood and atmosphere, as well as deter pests.
The idea conceptualized
Or It started from being fed up with all the mosquitos in the house during the summer. I learned that burning coffee griends (often seen outside at some restraunts or bakeries) keeps the pests and wasps away. However, this wasn't the best option for our indoor space, so I began experimenting with turning my idea into a candle! It evolved over time to something much more encompasing! (.. and no guarantees for the pests) But using organic and recycled ingredients got me really excited to bring my naturally smelling, non-toxic candle to life!
The more I worked on the formulation, optimized wick size and pouring temperatures, I was thrilled to be reuing the coffee from my favorite local cafes, knowing how much healthier the faint, natural scents are for you than synthetic and petroleum based fragrances and perfumes. β
hand-poured.
small batch.
Take home the benefits
Each candle is hand poured in small batches making them all slightly unique, and may vary with their own characteristics, but always made with a personal touch of heart and soul.
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Most candles, perfumes and sprays contain synthetic fragrances which are compounds that disrupt your endocrine system, effect hormone levels, and can cause headaches, dizziness and respiratory issues. Also burning paraffin wax releases phthalates, and volatile organic compounds into your indoor air and is a petroleum by-product, releasing more pollutants when burned.
Thats why its best to choose soy wax which comes from hydrogenated soy bean oil. It is renewable, biodegradable, and clean-burnig! Its naturally creamy and mild scent mixes perfectly with spent coffee, and organic clove. Both will improve your mood, enhance your focus, and naturally freshen your air with a plesant, non-toxic scent to create a cozy clean atmosphere!
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Thinking about a custom order?
Send an email to coffeeandclove@gmail.com or a direct message on instagram!
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Pick up every day at both Take Five Espressobar locations: Voldersstraat and Grote Huidvettershoek. Pay directly with QR code (bank app) or by credit card via website- see the sign board
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Grab one at Full Circle Coffee Bar and Roastery - Zuid- or their Astrid location near the Gent Sint-Pieters train station. Pay directly with QR code (bank app) or by credit card via website- see the sign board
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Order online via the website for local delivery in the Gent Region. DM on Instagram or email for inquiries!
Have questions or want a custom order? Send an email to coffeeandclove@gmail.com
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