I didn't found Sussen until several months after we started development of The Kivu Mason jar French press, but I knew from the very beginning that I wanted to create a company whose purpose would be to make sustainable, sensible, everyday products with social purpose. By dumb luck, at the very fist meeting with Ratio Product Lab, I met a coffee roasting mechanical engineer (check out Docent Coffee) who knew Jonny Golden and knew about The Nziza Collective. I connected with J

Several years ago, Newell - the company that makes Ball and Kerr brand Mason jars - came out with a cylindrical 24 ounce wide mouth jar. Perfect for a French press, right? If you say the phrase "Mason jar French press," people immediately understand the value proposition; the carafe on a French press breaks easily, is hard to replace, and is often almost as expensive as the whole press itself. Mason jars are rugged, inexpensive, and easy to find. It seems obvious to make a co