What do bingo, glittery suits and cappuccino have to do with concentration, attitude and joie de vivre? Quite a lot - at least for Hendrik Menken, entertainer, presenter, PR professional, cult figure on the German bingo scene for over 20 years and this episode's guest on 5 cups a day.

Instead of leaving used fully automatic coffee machines unused or disposing of them, the new Tchibo buy-back and resale model gives the appliances a second life. This conserves resources and extends their useful life.

Imagine you walk into a shop and the smell of fresh coffee immediately fills your nose: warm, aromatic, familiar. And suddenly you feel more at ease and perhaps even a little more in the mood to buy...

What happens to the Tchibo laptops and smartphones after they are taken out of service? Have they always been treated with care? Or are there lots of stickers on the notebook, while the iPad is covered in coffee grounds?

"Refurbished" stands for a new understanding of product value: tested, cleaned, repaired and with a guarantee. In this way, we give our Esperto Caffè a second life and our customers the opportunity to enjoy coffee in a sustainable and price-conscious way.

Fully automatic coffee machines are very popular and offer many advantages. According to the Coffee Report 2024, 37% of Germans already use a fully automatic machine. However, many functions often remain unused. With a few adjustments, you can significantly improve your coffee enjoyment.

Listen for yourself,

• ☕ why good coffee is a must at the hairdresser's

• ✂️ which hairdresser names really exist

• 🌍 why climate targets often seem too abstract

• 💡 what climate measures Tchibo will implement

Finally, facts and figures again, or in our case: coffee consumption, coffee habits, coffee preferences - we have plenty of hot facts about our favourite drink in the new episode of "5 cups a day" coffee knowledge to go.

How sustainable is your favourite cream? And how does the new EcoBeautyScore make the environmental impact of cosmetics visible to everyone? The Tchibo podcast "5 cups a day" is all about transparency and the scientific criteria behind sustainable skincare products.

Sharing things instead of buying them? That's exactly what Tchibo mietbar, our internal sharing platform for sustainable lending and renting, is all about. Instead of items gathering dust in the cellar, they can bring joy several times over by sharing and save resources at the same time.

Tchibo is once again one of the finalists for this year's German Sustainability Award (DNP) and has been selected as a finalist in two categories: Consumer Goods Retail and Textile Retail.

How big is the footprint of ChatGPT & Co? Can AI use its computing power to protect the environment? And how do we deal with the topic at Tchibo? Our Tchibo AI expert Omar Hairani talks about the ecological light and dark sides of the technology in the Tchibo podcast "5 cups a day".

Grey and wet: it's still not quite summer in Hamburg at the end of July. So it's all the more important to find those summery feelings of happiness somewhere else. For example, at the Tchibo Community Summer Coffee Event!

Conny and Lotte from the Bridge & Tunnel manufactory introduce us to the topic of repair. Normally, the two of them are all about upcycling and repair in a highly professional style, but today you can join in.

The biggest highlight of 2025 in the world of coffee machines is also the smallest. At just 16 centimetres wide, the Esperto mini fits into any kitchen. But it makes coffee like a big one: freshly brewed espresso or caffè crema at the touch of a button, even in XL format.