Corporate Christmas 2026

We went back to Ethiopia in September. This is what we brought home.

We have just come back from Kaffa, the forest where coffee grows wild. In December, a small number of companies will send their most important clients the story of that journey, with coffee we roast and a card written in our own hand.

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Order by Friday 13 November for December delivery.

Where we areBack from Ethiopia and writing it up. Orders for December close on Friday 13 November. From 20 gifts: £440, delivered to one UK address.

A kraft Band of Beans gift box holding a pouch of coffee and a story card

The gift

What arrives

A small box. Plenty to discover.

Coffee we roast

250g from our range, whole bean or ground, in our own kraft pouch.

A card from the journey

An A6 card: a photograph from September on the front, a page of the story on the back, and your company's name written by hand.

A way to look closer

A code on the card opens the photographs and the full story.

Packed and sealed by us

A kraft postal box. Your own printed insert goes in at no charge.

Being straight with you: the story comes from Ethiopia. The coffee comes from our range. We did not carry green beans home in a suitcase to sell as a December gift. What the box carries is the journey itself, alongside coffee we know and roast.

The journey behind the gift

“Do you know the hands that picked your coffee?”

A farmer in Vietnam asked us that. We did not know. So we went to find out, and we have been going back ever since.

In September we went back to Ethiopia, to Kaffa and on to places we had not reached before. We walked the forest and learned from the people we met. The photographs and the account of that journey are being edited now, and checked with the people in them before anything is printed.

Our co-founder Solomon Tekle was born in Kaffa. His knowledge and introductions shaped the journey.

Most Christmas gifts start in a catalogue. This one started in a forest.

Mesfin on his farm in Bonga, reaching up to show Alice a coffee branch — Mesfin on his farm in Bonga, 24 September 2026.

Illustrative card, front and back

September 2026

Do you know the hands that picked your coffee?

From the journey

A story that begins with a question.

In September we walked into the coffee forest in Kaffa. This card carries some of what we found there.

The story is from our journey. The coffee is from our range.

Written by handFor Claire, with thanks from Hartley & Rowe

What your clients hold

More than a card in a box.

Your client opens a gift with your company's name on it, written by hand. Send us the list of recipients by 27 November and we write each of their names too. Then they follow the story onward, into the photographs and the people from the journey, at their own pace and with a cup in hand.

The names are handwritten, not printed. On a card about a forest, that is the right thing to do. A mail merge is not.

A6, 105 × 148mm, on 350gsm uncoated board, so a pen writes on it cleanly.
On the front, a photograph from September and the question that started it all.
On the back, a page of the story, a code to the photographs, and the panel we write in.

Layout demonstration. Final card, story and destination are in preparation.

Timing and cost

Enough numbers to know whether this is realistic.

Gifts	Per gift	Delivery
20 to 39	£22.00	One UK address included
40 to 99	£20.50	One UK address included
100 or more	£19.00	One UK address included

Posting to each recipient individually adds £5 per address. 50% with your order, the balance when it ships. Prices current at October 2026.

We never charge more than the next tier would cost: 38 or 39 gifts are priced as 40 (£820), and 93 to 99 gifts are priced as 100 (£1,900).

Work out your budget

Number of gifts

Delivery

Your total, delivery included

£820

40 gifts at £20.50 each. Delivery to one address included.

There is no VAT to add. We are not VAT registered, so this is the full price.

Ask for a quote for 40 gifts

From your first email to their first cup

Three steps, and we do the packing.

Tell us who it's for.

Roughly how many gifts and where they are going. We reply within 24 hours.

Make it yours.

Send the names for the cards, choose whole bean or ground, and your own printed insert if you want one.

Leave it to us.

We roast, weigh, seal and box every gift by hand, ready for December.

13 NovemberOrder by this date for guaranteed December delivery.

27 NovemberRecipient names due. Late orders close, subject to stock.

7 to 18 DecemberDelivered to UK addresses, aiming for 11 December.

Talk to Alice & Nick

Tell us who it's for.

Roughly how many gifts and where they are going. We will come back with a quotation and show you what their December could look like.

Can our company be part of the gift?

Yes. Your company's name is handwritten on every card, and each recipient's name too if you send us the list by 27 November. Your own printed insert goes in at no charge, and a ribbon or belly band is available at cost, roughly 15p a gift.

Can you put our logo on the coffee bag?

No, and we would rather say so now. The coffee carries a story from the people who grow it, and your name goes on the card that explains why you chose it. That is a better gift than a branded pouch.

Can you post to each client individually?

Yes, to UK addresses, for £5 per address. Delivery to one UK address is included in the gift price.

Is there VAT on top?

No. We are not VAT registered, so the price is the full price, with no VAT to add and none to reclaim.

Whole bean or ground?

Either. Tell us which, or mix them, and we will confirm it in your quotation.

Is this right for a staff gift?

Usually not. It works best for a small number of relationships that matter: key clients, partners, introducers, investors. If you need four hundred boxes for a staff party, we are the wrong people.

We don't know our numbers yet.

Give us your best estimate. Orders start at 20 gifts, and the final names are not due until 27 November.

Alice or Nick reads every enquiry themselves. We reply within 24 hours.

Thank you. It's with us.

Alice or Nick will reply within 24 hours.