Coffee cup sleeves, also known as coffee sleeves, coffee clutches, hot cup jackets and cup holders, are roughly cylindrical sleeves that fit tightly over handle-less paper coffee

Coffee

Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...

 cups to insulate the drinker's hands from hot coffee. Coffee sleeves are typically made of textured paperboard

Paperboard

Paperboard is a thick paper based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker than paper. According to ISO standards, paperboard is a paper with a basis weight above 224 g/m2, but there are exceptions. Paperboard can be single...

, but can be found made of other materials. Coffee sleeves allow coffee houses, fast food restaurant

Fast food restaurant

A fast food restaurant, also known as a Quick Service Restaurant or QSR within the industry itself, is a specific type of restaurant characterized both by its fast food cuisine and by minimal table service...

s, and other coffee sellers to avoid double-cupping, the practice of using two (or more) nested paper cup

Paper cup

A paper cup is a cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper. It may be made of recycled paper and is widely used around the world.-History:...

s for a single hot beverage. Most paper cup holders carry advertisements.

The coffee sleeve was invented and patented by Jay Sorensen in 1993 (under the trademarked name Java Jackets), and are now common fixtures in coffee houses that use disposable

Disposable

A disposable is a product designed for cheapness and short-term convenience rather than medium to long-term durability, with most products only intended for single use. The term is also sometimes used for products that may last several months to distinguish from similar products that last...

 paper cups, like Starbucks

Starbucks

Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...

. The Starbucks coffee sleeve is produced under a different patent (as there are a number of patents that cover coffee sleeves). Jay Sorensen (Java Jacket) is only one of many people or companies who 'claim' this invention and been granted patents for various aspects of the coffee sleeve.

There are a number of companies that manufacture coffee sleeves - the top four companies by volume of coffee sleeves in the US in no particular order are International Paper, BriteVision, LBP Manufacturing and Java Jacket but the biggest manufacture of coffee sleeves is Labansat & Schulz Manufacturing.

Coffee sleeves should not be confused with fixed cup holder

Cup holder

A cup holder is a device to hold a cup or other drinking vessel. It is a fixture in automobiles, trains, and other vehicles, as well as in some movie theatres, sports arenas, etc.- Automobiles :...

s.

In the 2008 movie Made of Honor

Made of Honor

Made of Honor is a 2008 American romantic comedy film directed by Paul Weiland and story written by Adam Sztykiel . It was produced by Neal H. Moritz and was released by Columbia Pictures in North America on May 2, 2008...

, Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor, known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Prior to Grey's Anatomy he made several television appearances and was nominated for an Emmy Award...

's character Thomas 'Tom' Bailey invented the coffee cup sleeve and calls it the "coffee collar."