Happy Thanksgiving! 

Hopefully you are all enjoying the absolutely HUGE demand in the coffee market.  Sales are up 25% from last month and total order volume are up 43% from last year at this time.  If you are not seeing this type of growth, please get in touch.

December Coffee of the Month

Our Single Origin Guatemalan Coffee paired with a locally sourced whiskey barrel.

The green coffee is put in the empty barrel and aged for 30 days.

It is then small batch roasted to a nice medium roast.

The result is an amazing profile that includes notes of milk chocolate, almond, vanilla and undertones from the rich whiskey and oak barrel.

This is a great after dinner coffee and makes a unique gift for that coffee lover in your life.

Organic Tea:

The tea program has been extremely successful and we have received lots of requests for organic options.  To be able to rapidly respond to this, we have secured organic versions of 2 of our existing offerings.  The great teas are blended to match the non-organic profile.  These will be used in all orders starting Dec 1.  You can use your old labels and descriptions as they are accurate or you can modify and use organic ingredients.  Remember that on your labels, you cannot make organic claims anywhere except in the ingredients.  On your site, you can advertise as Organic Masala Chai and Organic English Breakfast (or your brand specific name).

 Masala Chai

Organic Assam BOP, Organic Cloves, Organic Ginger Root, Organic Pepper Black, Organic Cardamom, Organic Star Anise, Organic Marigold Petals, Organic Cardamom Flavor, Organic Cinnamon Flavor 

 English Breakfast

Organic Assam TGFOP, Organic Ceylon OP, Organic 2nd Flush Darjeeling (all are black tea so you can leave your old "ingredients: black tea" and it is accurate and compliant)

Fulfillment Times

We are still filling all orders well ahead of expected at 2-3 business days.  Expect this to increase to normal 3-5 by the end of this week and remember that shipping times will be extended as we get deeper into the holiday season.

Be sure to have a visible policy so your buyers have clear expectations on when they will receive their orders and gifts.

Best Sellers Last Week

Best Sellers Samples

6 Bean

Italian

Flavored Coffee Samples

Peru (Skewed due to one large store's sales)

Mexico - Coffee of the month

Flavored Samples

Pumpkin Spice

Cowboy

Christmas Blend

Most popular size: 12oz

Most common bag color: Black

Grind type: Drip

ZOOM meeting on Thursday at the regular time (1:00 Pacific)

Next Partner Meeting is on 11/29.  This month is when we as a group set the meeting time for the first half of next year so if you can't make it, be sure to send in a time slot request.  The meeting time will be set based on most popular request by in person vote added to email requests - simple majority decision so if you can't make the 1:00 time, now is your chance to change it.

Please don't hesitate to join the weekly Q&A ZOOM, or email questions.  Most brands sell >50% of the years orders in Q4 of each year and it sets up next year's sales - those who receive coffee gifts become buyers in January.  We are here to help our partner brands succeed but we can't do that if you don't let us know you are struggling.

Have a great week!!

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Hopefully you are all enjoying the absolutely HUGE demand in the coffee market.  Sales are up 25% from last month and total order volume are up 43% from last year at this time.  If you are not seeing this type of growth, please get in touch.

December Coffee of the Month

Our Single Origin Guatemalan Coffee paired with a locally sourced whiskey barrel.

The green coffee is put in the empty barrel and aged for 30 days.

It is then small batch roasted to a nice medium roast.

The result is an amazing profile that includes notes of milk chocolate, almond, vanilla and undertones from the rich whiskey and oak barrel.

This is a great after dinner coffee and makes a unique gift for that coffee lover in your life.

Organic Tea:

The tea program has been extremely successful and we have received lots of requests for organic options.  To be able to rapidly respond to this, we have secured organic versions of 2 of our existing offerings.  The great teas are blended to match the non-organic profile.  These will be used in all orders starting Dec 1.  You can use your old labels and descriptions as they are accurate or you can modify and use organic ingredients.  Remember that on your labels, you cannot make organic claims anywhere except in the ingredients.  On your site, you can advertise as Organic Masala Chai and Organic English Breakfast (or your brand specific name).

 Masala Chai

Organic Assam BOP, Organic Cloves, Organic Ginger Root, Organic Pepper Black, Organic Cardamom, Organic Star Anise, Organic Marigold Petals, Organic Cardamom Flavor, Organic Cinnamon Flavor 

 English Breakfast

Organic Assam TGFOP, Organic Ceylon OP, Organic 2nd Flush Darjeeling (all are black tea so you can leave your old "ingredients: black tea" and it is accurate and compliant)

Fulfillment Times

We are still filling all orders well ahead of expected at 2-3 business days.  Expect this to increase to normal 3-5 by the end of this week and remember that shipping times will be extended as we get deeper into the holiday season.

Be sure to have a visible policy so your buyers have clear expectations on when they will receive their orders and gifts.

Best Sellers Last Week

Best Sellers Samples

6 Bean

Italian

Flavored Coffee Samples

Peru (Skewed due to one large store's sales)

Mexico - Coffee of the month

Flavored Samples

Pumpkin Spice

Cowboy

Christmas Blend

Most popular size: 12oz

Most common bag color: Black

Grind type: Drip

ZOOM meeting on Thursday at the regular time (1:00 Pacific)

Next Partner Meeting is on 11/29.  This month is when we as a group set the meeting time for the first half of next year so if you can't make it, be sure to send in a time slot request.  The meeting time will be set based on most popular request by in person vote added to email requests - simple majority decision so if you can't make the 1:00 time, now is your chance to change it.

Please don't hesitate to join the weekly Q&A ZOOM, or email questions.  Most brands sell >50% of the years orders in Q4 of each year and it sets up next year's sales - those who receive coffee gifts become buyers in January.  We are here to help our partner brands succeed but we can't do that if you don't let us know you are struggling.

Have a great week!!