Coffee Silverskin

The delicate inner husk of coffee beans, repurposed as a subtle speckled material.

Origin Italy

About this material

Silverskin is the thin membrane that wraps each coffee bean and is removed during roasting. Produced in large quantities worldwide but rarely reused, Highsociety Studio harnesses its fine texture and subtle colour to add warmth and visual interest to material surfaces.

Senilia lamp made from coffee silver skin by Highsociety Studio
Senilia coffee silver-skin lamp, detail

Properties

Coffee silverskin — the thin husk of the bean removed during roasting — recovered together with Italian roaster Hausbrandt. Dark, finely speckled surface.

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