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Coffee Tees
San Diego-based Domestic Stencilworks was inspired by kale juice dripping
on a tile ﬂoor. Co-founder Alex White's
wife was using their juicer, and he was
amazed by the juice's intense pigments.
He began experimenting with foods and
juices to create food-grade dyes for the
printing he does with his father-in-law
and co-founder John Mohr.
"It took more than two years to develop a dye that was viable on garments
and that would last through washings,"
White says. They ﬁnally found something that would last: coffee.
"All we need is spent grounds." he
says. After approaching local coffee
shops to collect their spent grounds,
White says he has found they are open
to it - provided he leaves a bucket with
them. "It's a free waste product."
White and Mohr use laser-cut stencils and a manual screen-printing press
to apply the dyes to garments and ﬂat

Domestic Stencilworks
uses spent coffee grounds from
local coffee shops to create foodgrade dyes for screen printing.

stock products like posters and cards.
Mohr has more than 35 years of printing
experience under his belt and, according
to White, is a perfectionist. The tandem
focuses more on producing high-quality

work than on high-quantity orders, although they are set up to print about
10,000 products per month.
They print on garments that are
made of 100% cotton, 50/50 cotton/
poly blends and tri-blend fabrics, and the
dyes hold up through multiple washings,
White says.
The local coffee community provides
a big customer base. White says it's a
cool way of marketing, as coffee shops
can order shirts made with their own
spent grounds.
As for the future, White says he and
Mohr are having so much fun that they
are focused on staying busy with small
batches of quality, hand-crafted products. "We really want to stand behind
any print we do," White says.
We'll drink a cup o' joe to that!
For more information, please visit
domesticstencilworks.com.
- M.M.H.

alphabroder Launches Team-Concept Brand
The Ladies'
Championship
jacket (style TT74W) is
part of alphabroder's
new Team 365 collection,
and features a 2.8-ounce
abrasion-resistant 100%
nylon taslan shell with
polyurethane coating for
enhanced wind and water
resistance, according to
the company.

alphabroder, Trevose, Pa., has released its new Team 365 collection.
Drafted with brand partners ALO
Sport, Champion, Dyenomite Apparel,
Headsweats and Flexﬁt, this proprietary
team-concept brand is committed to
the singular vision of providing teams
- and those who coach, cheer and support them - with the best gear in the
industry, according to the company.

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Rooted in the tradition of classic
team sports, the collection includes 16
team colors and multiple product categories across all price points, and targets
end-user categories such as competition
and training, coach and staff, warm-up
and travel, sideline, team and championship jackets, fan and support gear, and
hats and bags.
alphabroder also offers Team 365

accessories, including performance
headwear and bags. The Team 365 Convertible Sport backpack (style TT102)
acts as both a backpack and duffel. It
features straps in special zippered sections that convert the bag into a backpack, as well as several compartments
for shoes, wet clothes and a cell phone.
For more information, please visit
alphabroder.com. - L.M.

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