The bar that earns its place in your shower.

Bold, earthy, and built to perform. 2nd Ground's Cedar & Bay Leaf Coffee Soap is a patented 2-in-1 bar handcrafted in Brooklyn from upcycled espresso grounds rescued from local cafés. The dark coffee side scrubs; the cream side delivers a rich, moisturizing lather that leaves skin clean.

What it does

• Exfoliates with real upcycled espresso grounds — a natural physical scrub, firmer than sugar, gentler than nut shell
• Cleanses with a rich lather from organic coconut, olive, sunflower and castor oils, so skin feels soft, not stripped
• Made with caffeine-rich spent espresso, a familiar skincare ingredient, and nothing synthetic
• Skin feels smoother with regular use of the scrub side
• 100% vegan, palm-oil-free and plastic-free

The scent: Deep, woody, and grounded. Cedar bark and bay leaf over the roasted warmth of espresso — the kind of scent that makes a bathroom smell like somewhere worth being. Complex without being loud.

Ingredients

Saponified organic coconut oil, olive oil, sunflower oil and castor oil; upcycled coffee grounds; naturally derived fragrance. That is the whole list — no palm oil, no synthetic detergents, no plastic microbeads. Full ingredient documentation is available to retailers on request.

How to use

Wet skin. Lather with the smooth cream side to cleanse. Flip to the dark coffee side to exfoliate, then rinse. Most people use the cream side every day and the scrub side two or three times a week. Let the bar dry between showers (a dish that drains helps) and it lasts roughly four weeks of daily use.

Questions people ask

Is coffee soap okay for sensitive skin?
The cream side is a plain organic-oil soap and most people use it daily. The coffee side is a physical exfoliant, so start with it once or twice a week and go by how your skin feels. As with any new product, patch-test first.

Will it make me smell like coffee?
Faintly, on the scrub side, while you're using it — a warm roasted note under the scent, not a coffee shop. It rinses clean and doesn't linger.

Where do the coffee grounds come from?
Spent espresso we collect from cafés in Brooklyn, dried and worked into the bar. Grounds that would otherwise go to landfill are the whole reason 2nd Ground exists.

Can I use it on my face?
It's designed as a body bar. Plenty of customers use the cream side on their face; keep the scrub side away from the eye area and use it gently if you use it there at all.

Handmade in Brooklyn, NY. Vegan. Palm-oil-free. Plastic-free packaging. U.S. Patent No. 10,465,148.

Each bar is poured by hand in small batches — slight variations in color and texture are the point, not a defect.