When you order a coffee from a barista, you may expect to get a little biscuit on the side. 

But a cafe in Bristol has taken it a step further by making their whole cup edible – all in the name of zero waste.

Zero Green, a zero-waste store in Bedminster, has started serving hot drinks in a thick wafer cup – which can be eaten when the drink has gone. 

They are similar to a thick ice cream cone with a ‘slightly nutty, wheaty taste’. 

They are designed to hold a hot drink for around 40 minutes before going soggy. Once it has been eaten, the cone leaves behind a thin biodegradable paper sleeve, which can be recycled. 

Zero Green, a zero waste store in Bedminster, has started using edible coffee cups

They are designed to hold a hot drink for around 40 minutes before going soggy. Once it has been eaten, the cone leaves behind a thin biodegradable paper sleeve, which can be recycled

The wafer cups were developed by Bulgarian retailer Cupffee

It is an environmentally friendly way to comply with a ban on single-use plastics, which is set to come into law on October 1. 

The cups were developed by Bulgarian retailer Cupffee.

A Zero Green barista told Bristol Live: ‘It’s made from wheat and barley and it’s very much like a sort of thick ice cream wafer, so it’s got that kind of slightly nutty, wheaty taste. 

‘It’s a good zero-waste option. We also, obviously, fill any cups that anyone brings in because reuse is better than use once, but this is as close to a zero-waste cup as we can get.’