The man in the above photo is a model. It’s staged. To get that photo, I put “coffee” and “sad” into Getty Images, and voila: Sad Coffee Guy.

Ford Motor Company and McDonald’s USA will soon be giving vehicles a caffeine boost by using part of a familiar staple in the morning routine, coffee beans, in vehicle parts such as headlamp housing. 

Coming in at the 11th hour as a dark horse candidate for best coffee news of the year: dogs that look like tigers. That’s right, it’s a dog, but it’s been made to look like a tiger. And why was this dog given racing stripes (other than to look pretty sharp, of course)? Apparently to scare away monkeys.

The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause. And with that awareness comes new eco-conscious products that can help us chip away at the problem. The Unocup is a simple yet clever example, using a paper folding design to give coffee drinkers a takeout option without the need for a plastic lid.

You can now measure your coffee with coffee, thanks to de Palo Products, who produced delightful scoops made from the wood of Honduran coffee trees.

If you’re like me, you often find yourself in between  a coffee shop a half block this way and another other coffee shop half a block in the other direction thinking, “why can’t there be a more convenient way to get coffee?”

Ketel One Vodka is partnering with Bourne & Hollingsworth in London to host a month-long indoor garden pop-up focused on sustainability. By turning used coffee grounds from Bourne & Hollingsworth’s espresso martinis into compost for an indoor garden, Ketel One aims to educate consumers about the alternative ways to reuse and recycle their coffee grounds.

Turn those cold dregs in the bottom of the coffee pot into something delicious.

Emilia Clarke, better known as Queen Daenerys, blames Conleth Hill for the Game of Thrones coffee-cup gaffe.

If you love a little coffee flavour then the Kraken Espresso might make a welcome change from the usual. With the spice of Kraken Rum, the Almond-y taste of Amaretto, a little Vodka and finishing with a good jolt of Espresso, you’ll be surprised at how well they work together.