Coffee Gift Ideas
As a coffee fanatic, my friends are rarely surprised by my gifts. Invite Duncan to your soiree and you’re bound to get some sort of gift related to coffee or tea, depending on your preference.
Along the way, I’ve come up with a good list of coffee gift ideas, gifts for just about anyone on your shopping list. These five coffee gift ideas should be more than enough to get you started the next time you want to give a present to the coffee junkie in your life.
Keeping your coffee mug distinct from those of your family and co-workers is much easier when you have a personalized mug. Matching a friend’s personality to a funny mug, printed with some witty phrase or picture, is the kind of gift I might bring at the last minute, if I haven’t properly prepared for the occasion. It’s also a good gift for someone you don’t know all that well.
Yeah, I know, the gift basket thing is a little bit played-out. If you’ve got a friend who, like me, is fanatical about coffee, a gift basket full of coffee-themed items will not be much appreciated; it may even result in you getting to sample some of the goodies along with your mate.
3. Homemade Coffee-Infused Cookies
This recipe for coffee-hazelnut-chocolate chip cookies always impresses, and they’re so easy to make that you won’t believe it. I have my wife gift-wrap them, and sometimes include a few packets of coffee to go along with the cookies. Perfect gift, every time.
4. Basically Anything from Whittard of Chelsea
They’ve been in business since the time when Oscar Wilde was roaming around, and for good reason. When I’m totally stumped on what to give someone, a quick browse over at Whittard (either in-store or online) usually points me in the right direction.
I personally love any coffee that comes out of a French press. This method of making coffee is certifiably old-school. If you learn how to use one properly, you’ll enjoy the full bouquet and flavor profiles of any coffee you put in it. Just make sure you show the person you give it to how to use it if they look confused.
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