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To help promote their new Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss, Nestlé outfitted a NYC coffee shop with their product and a bunch of naked people.
With baristas and patrons wearing little more than smiles and body paint — Nestlé was promoting the ‘naked’ ingredient list of their creamer, while endorsing full-frontal first thing in the morning.
The Natural Bliss Café was a one-day pop-up back in April, and you can see some results of the experiment here…
[via AdWeek]
Sure, they make perfect Tic-Tacs and Twinkies, but Minions could also be immortalized in milk foam.
Barista and coffee artist, Melannie Aquino, is in on the Minions craze. She creates these adorable little guys, and a lot of other coffee cartoon characters, at Elite Audio Coffee Bar in San Francisco.
[link… Thanks Karen!]
Coffee spills are gonna happen. So, why not make these unfortunate little accidents as adorable as possible?
Coffee Monsters, by German creative professional Stefan Kuhnigk, sees the potential in these brown splotches. After some pencil to paper, Stefan turns coffee spills into adorable little creatures.
Although Stefan’s first spill was an accident that he made the best of, we assume that the 300 Coffee Monsters that followed were done on purpose. Check out more below and over at Kuhnigk’s Instagram.
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When you spill your coffee… Does it just look like, you know, a spill?
It’s OK, we can’t all be artists like Giulia Bernardelli, who sees spilled coffee as an opportunity. The best part is, her coffee paintings are done spontaneously, meaning that Giulia does not plan these ahead of time, and uses whatever means are available to draw with.
See more below and over at Instagram.
[link, via Bored Panda]
If you’re looking for a critical hit of caffeine in the morning, you should be drinking from the D20 Mug.
Designed to look like a 20-sided dice, the ceramic mug will effectively and geekily hold your favorite hot beverage.
The mug is microwave and dishwasher-safe, but please refrain from rolling it across the breakfast table. At least finish your coffee first. Available here.
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