The Paper Cup Manufacturing business is so volatile and shape changing that veterans like Steve or Leslie have to be always on their toes to look above and beyond what's happening in the coffee and coffee cup market at this moment, and predict what's to come, and yes, Organic Coffee is set to rule now.

Cannabis and Coffee affect the same regions of the brain, that's been written about earlier, now, Leslie writes next on how cannabis planting techniques are helping grow quality coffee at places where normally coffee wouldn't grow.

The reason why Scyphus has shifted its manufacturing focus to Bioplastic and other non-petroleum resins for its coated paper cup products.

Coffee is a stimulant while marijuana is, mostly, a depressant. And although a mix of coffee and cannabis is gaining popularity as a super drug, some experts are wary of the confusing effect of the effective neuro-chemical reaction in your brain. But, here is another one, that is set to prove the skeptics wrong. Leslie Carr writes about Coffee and Cannabis and the research that shows otherwise.

Paperboard is what Scyphus is all about. Like a good cup of coffee begins with the perfect coffee plant, the perfect coffee cup needs the ideal paperboard. For decades now, Leslie Carr had been traveling to the Far East, Europe, and all over searching for the best source of paperboard. His experience with paperboard is now further enriched by the recent surge in compostable cups.

With the amount of innovation that goes into the food industry, it is only natural that coffee would see similar trends too. Artisan coffee, Healthy Coffee and so on, the trend keeps abreast of the mood of the consumer. Consumers today are connected, well informed and aware, and thus the trendsetters of the food and beverage industry are trying hard to keep up, so is the coffee industry.

Blaine Hurts, president and incoming CEO as of 2018, Panera said that 2018 is the "Year of the Guest"; indeed, guests are more savvy today, and demand not just quality but more options and preferences today, and thus, the fast food market is going to see innovation and serious competition, and that is what the ancillary industry thrives on. Scyphus are pretty upbeat about this trend.

This is not the first time Sycphus have stressed that the Coffee Shop Business, both Branded and Boutique are growing to grow by leaps and bounds for the coming many years. They write again on Coffee Market and Possibilities.

Active Packaging, Smart Packaging or Intelligent Packaging refers to the Packaging of Food and Pharmaceuticals with programmable, smart packaging material. Intelligent Packaging can actively and intelligently alter the inner atmosphere of a package to maintain freshness, prevent corrosion, and at the same time provide information on the quality of the food and its freshness to the consumer.

Coffee has evolved from the morning caffeine fix to a fine experience akin to good wine. In the UK, experts indicate this to be the 'third wave' in the coffee industry, where the English coffee enthusiast is moving from a simple cup of coffee to a more eclectic gourmet coffee.

Biodegradable Food Service Disposable Containers are fast becoming the standard. With improving technology and better heat resistant bio-plastic resins, this will become the de facto standard in the near future. Leslie Carr of Scyphus, writes about the Biodegradable Disposable Market, its future and how Scyphus Biodegradable Section is coping with the growing demand.

Scyphus being a manufacturer of food and beverage packaging products viz. biodegradable and recyclable paper cups and boxes, food safety, food quality and trends in food quality and safety assurance are issues they keep an eye on. In this article, Lez talks about how UK is adopting organic food, increasingly.

With growing demand of popcorn boxes, what Leslie Carr of Scyphus, says they noticed most, is the demand of these paper popcorn boxes in the trade fair and exhibition circuits, and at the same time, the scarcity of readily available popcorn vending machines and accessories. That is when they decided to offer a one stop solution to trade shows, event managers and exhibitors.

Dr Theo Hacking, Director of Graduate Programmes, will be speaking at the Annual Sustainable Food & Beverage Conference at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Scyphus Director Leslie Carr, writes about Food Safety and a safer Food Industry.

Just like takeaway, which caters to fast food enthusiasts, a new dining culture is taking over. It's the 'home delivery' culture, online food delivery services, or direct from restaurant, home delivery of fine dining is in vogue in UK. Restaurants are gearing up with high-quality branded boxes, paper cups, pots & bags to extend their brand impression beyond the restaurant, to your dining table.

Branded paper cups are a winning marketing strategy, printed coffee cups over plain whites and blacks have proven to be a win-win way of brand promotion, but why?

Coupon Cups are the latest fad all across the B2C marketing industry.The closest analogy is coupons, prizes and tickets distributed by Cola companies on the reverse side of the sleeves on their PET bottles. Scyphus tells us about how and why this unique paper cup, that goes beyond its regular avatar and end up being quite quirky, is catching up so well with the non-hospitality people as well.

Humans are visual creatures. In fact, 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual. There's no denying it — images are what we notice first. Leslie Carr of Scyphus has written on how Branded Paper Cups are one of the most minimally visible yet present visual tools of advertising, As Ogilvy said — "a good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.

Scyphus in one their blog posts from the past has debated on who should take the responsibility of being the eco-friendly partner in the whole coffee consumption cycle. They said that they have been actively researching and developing the 100 percent Compostable Paper Cup along with their Recyclable and Biodegradable Paper Cup (after extraction of the PE layer) but more research is required.