Coffee cream lid
As coffee cream lids (also coffee cream lids and Kafirahmdeckeli ) in Switzerland, the sealing films of coffee cream portion packs , as z. B. be served with a cup of coffee, called. These usually have a diameter of just under 4 centimeters and a thickness of 0.03 to 0.04 millimeters and have a tab, also called a "tip", to remove the lid from the plastic cup. Coffee cream lids are printed by the manufacturers with various motifs and are therefore very popular among collectors, especially with older people.
Manufacturing
The starting material for the lids is a 0.7 millimeter thin raw aluminum strip, which is rolled down to a strip thickness of 0.03 to 0.04 millimeters. This thin tape is then varnished first so that the printing ink adheres well. Then it is printed with up to eight colors, depending on the subject, using the gravure printing process. The printed side is painted with non-sealable and constantly on the unprinted side, in addition a thermal paint applied. This thermal lacquer is the binding agent between the aluminum lid and the plastic cup. The sealing process takes place in the dairy on the filling system after the cup has been formed and filled.
development
With the general trend towards portion packs, the packaging of coffee cream in deep-drawn portion cups that were thermoplastically welded and sealed with aluminum and composite foils began around 1970. These lids offered an eye-catching and effective decorative surface , which over time was printed with various individual images and series of motifs.
This development, which can be observed in Central Europe, was of particular importance in Switzerland, as the milk market there is regulated and competition is only possible to a limited extent. The incipient interest in collecting was seen by the manufacturers as a welcome way of increasing sales (see The Collector Problem ) and as a means of increasing market share and supported accordingly.
Motifs
Coffee cream lids are manufactured worldwide, but mostly only with fixed motifs or advertising / brand imprints of the respective manufacturer. In contrast, there are hundreds of series and individual motifs in Switzerland every year. B. Flowers, animals, cars, landscapes, sights, planes, sports etc. pp. There are also isolated thematic series in Germany, Austria and Belgium.
Collect
The center of collecting coffee cream lids ("Dechele") is Switzerland, where the number of collectors ("Decheler") is estimated at around 30,000. There are also regular exchanges for so-called "lidis", for which the acronym KRD was developed. There is also a notable collector's scene in Belgium, Germany, France and Austria.
The first isolated collectors existed in Switzerland as early as the 1960s. Collecting began to a greater extent in the late 1970s, when the changing images caught the attention of coffee drinkers and the first series of 30 motifs appeared. The first related newspaper article was published in 1983, and the collector boom began in 1989. In 1990 the first cover catalog (black and white printed sheets to be glued in) was published by ED Emmentaler Druck AG in collaboration with Marietta Freitag, long-time chairwoman of the Club Kaffee-Doppelcrème, founded in 1986 . The first Käppeli volume for the years 1968 to 1994 was published in 1995 and the volumes are also called "Deckeli-Bibel". In 1998 a counterfeiting ring was discovered and in 2000 counterfeits appeared again as "rare series". Sometimes foils are put into circulation immediately after printing, but they tend to have a lower value. The Burra advertising series “Blick” from 1979, which was withdrawn from circulation because of so-called “foreign advertising” that was forbidden at the time, is particularly rare. This issue reaches five-digit Swiss francs among collectors. The first regular advertising series came out in 1995.
In 1993 the Association for Coffee Cream Lid Collectors Germany was founded.
Media and further reading
- VOX, broadcast "Spiegel TV Special" on May 10, 2003: "From Bugatti to beer coaster. The world of junk dealers and collectors" Spiegelartikel
- 3sat, broadcast "schweizweit" from January 4, 2004: "Kaffeerahm-Deckeli" as an object of desire
- Switzerland
- Waltraut Bellwald: Collecting coffee cream lids or the fascination of the useless. In: Swiss Society for Folklore (Ed.): Swiss Archive for Folklore , Volume 92, 1996, pp. 199–220 ( online )
- Thomas Käppeli: Swiss Coffee Cream Lid Catalog 2008. Volume 18
- Thomas Käppeli: Swiss coffee cream lid catalog. Catalog suisse des opercules de crème à café. Volume 1: 1995 (1968–1994) - Volume 7: 2007 (2005–2006), since then ring binder with single sheets to insert.
- Decheli lightning bolt. Coffee cream lid information. Information couvercles de créme à café. , monthly magazine since 1999
- Europe
- Friedl Wolaskowitz (Vorarlberg): Coffee cream lid catalog Europe 1999. with supplements until 2011
- world
- KRD from all over the world. Catalog for 12 non-European countries excluding USA, Canada and Japan
- Coffee cream lids - Catalog 2007. Japanese unique pieces
Web links
- Association for coffee cream lid collectors Germany
- Club Coffee Double Cream Switzerland
- KRD from all over the world
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Waltraut Bellwald: Collecting coffee cream lids or the fascination of the useless. In: Swiss Society for Folklore (Ed.): Swiss Archive for Folklore , Volume 92, 1996, pp. 199–220.
- ↑ a b Historical outline of the collection history on the pages of the double cream club