Last week, you saw our first installment of this year’s holiday gift guide, with ideas for everyone from the craft coffee addict to the tea devotee to the home mixologist. This week, gifts for everyone else on your list—because there’s just so much good coffee stuff out there.
For the hipster: Enamel Percolator and Mug – Meriwether of Montana splashes ironic yet easy-to-love imagery and quotes on beverage and lifestyle products from bottle openers to pint cups, but we love their whimsical camp-ready percolator and cheeky “Carpe the Hell out of this Diem” mug. || Meriwether of Montana: $30/percolator, $13/mug.
For the foodie: Cascara Coffee Cherry Tea – Many people know that coffee beans are in fact seeds of a fruit, but most haven’t tasted the deep red “cascara” that surrounds the seeds up until they are harvested. Nevertheless, brewing the dried husks into a hot tea is a common practice in coffee-growing countries including Bolivia and Yemen. Leave it to Vancouver’s Forty Ninth Parallel to bring us the full experience.|| Forty Ninth Parallel Roasters: $14/5oz.
For the DIY enthusiast: How to Make Coffee Before You’ve Had Coffee – From Ristretto Roasters comes a catch-22-averting guide on the basics of great coffee when what’s basic seems impossible. It’s just one of numerous Northwest-born coffee tomes, all of them equally worthy gifts. || Ristretto Roasters: $10.
For the giver on-the-go: Holiday Blend and Kanteen — Seattle’s Fonté Coffee Roaster releases a new holiday blend that gives back to the Pike Market Child Care and Preschool on the annual. Purchase the 22-year-old blend as a gift package complete with a 12-ounce bag plus a sleek, black Fonté Kleen Kanteen to guzzle from the road. || Fonté Coffee Roaster: $35.
For the art lover: Retro Coffee Print – Jenny Tiffany, “modern illustrator” by trade, resides in Portland and showcases her clean, contemporary-meets-throwback vibe through colorful prints of her own artwork on thick white matte cardstock in fade-resistant ink. || Jenny Tiffany (via Shoppe): $18.
For the hostess: Walnut-Lidded Glass Jar Set – Three glass jars of varying sizes, each one hand-blown in the USA, are topped with three rich black walnut wood lids, hand-turned by the craftsmen and women at Turnco Wood Goods on Whidbey Island in Washington. With their airtight lids finished with natural waxes and oils, they’re a lovely way of storing whole beans, ground coffee, or sugar. || Turnco Wood Goods: $98.
For stocking stuffers: Espressoap – Handcrafted in Medford in the shape of Oregon state, this rugged, exfoliating bar of soap includes brewed and ground coffee alike (both organic, no less) along with olive oil, peppermint extract, and trace caffeine perfect for anyone’s morning shower. || EspressoapEnergy (via Etsy): $5.50.
