As you plan your wedding ceremony and reception, you want a thoughtful way to thank your guests for celebrating with you. That’s where favors come in, but with so many possible wedding favor ideas out there, it seems like an overwhelming decision. Not to worry. Find inspiration with favor ideas and narrow your search by going with coffee wedding favors. This guide offers 10 coffee-themed wedding favor ideas and tips for choosing your wedding favors.
Why Gift Coffee Wedding Favors?
Even if your wedding isn’t coffee-related, coffee wedding favor ideas are an excellent gift for your guests. Why gift coffee wedding favors? The themed thank-you gift also gives your guests the gift of:
- The warm, inviting scent: Coffee is a comforting fragrance, whether or not you drink it. Its warm and cozy aroma will be a wonderful complement to a ceremony that celebrates the warmth and happiness of your love.
- The energy boost: If guests can’t enjoy their coffee at the wedding, they’ll need an energy boost at some point. Your celebration will have guests partying all night, and they’re going to need a pick-me-up in the morning, and coffee is the perfect solution.
- The beloved beverage: Plenty of people love coffee — some even have a few cups a day. Celebrate the love for this beverage while you celebrate the love you have for your partner, and give coffee at your wedding for something your guests will appreciate.
10 Coffee-Themed Wedding Favor Ideas
When it comes to giving coffee wedding thank-you gifts, you have an array of options. Possible favors range from on-the-nose to coffee-inspired, but either way, you’ll give your guests something special to remember your wedding by. Consider these wedding coffee favors for your celebration:
1. A Custom Coffee Blend
The ultimate personalized coffee favor is coffee itself. Many couples have a custom cocktail for their wedding day, so why not send your guests home with a custom coffee?
Have the coffee of your choice packaged in custom wedding favor coffee bags. Include a thank-you to your guests for celebrating with you, and add other details, such as the date of your wedding. That’ll help guests remember when they received the coffee so they’ll have an idea of when they should use it.
How much coffee you give your guests will depend on your budget. Aim for about 10-12 ounces, whether you give whole or ground beans. Ground beans will be universal since you don’t know if all your guests have a coffee grinder at home. If you’re using clear packaging, you may like the look of whole coffee beans better.
2. Personalized Coffee Pods
Many of your guests likely have a single-serve coffee maker at home. Those who traveled to your wedding could have a Keurig in their hotel rooms. Give your guests convenient coffee pods as favors they’re sure to use. You can have the cups personalized with details of your wedding or a thank-you message to your guests.
Depending on how many guests you have and your budget, you can give your guests a few coffee pods as a favor. With a few single-serve cups in each gift, include different roasts to suit different tastes. Stack the coffee pods in clear gift boxes and tie those with a ribbon that complements your wedding theme. Use the gift box as an opportunity to customize your favor further. Print labels to put on the box or tie to the ribbon.
3. A Coffee Bar
Save time with your wedding setup and have a coffee bar for guests to pick their favors. Display different roasts or varieties of coffee beans in glass containers and include a scoop in each. Place a basket of custom printed bags, and encourage guests to take one and fill it with their beans of choice.
Even guests who enjoy coffee may not be aficionados. Include a card with the origin and roast details of the beans that describes the tasting notes and flavor profile. Coffee beans grown in Brazil have notes of chocolate and nuts, while Colombian coffee has grapefruit and oak flavors, for instance. The roast will also factor into the flavor, so be sure to give your guests relevant information with these roast characteristics:
- Light has a milder taste.
- Medium is a standard roast with a familiar flavor.
- Medium-dark has a richer body than the previous roasts.
- Dark has a robust flavor.
Serve the coffee at your reception, as well, so guests can sample what they might like to take home as their favor.
4. A Customized Mug
A coffee mug is a practical wedding favor that your guests are sure to enjoy. It’s versatile for coffee lovers and those who enjoy other hot drinks, so you can’t go wrong. Give this favor with coffee or on its own, but either way, have the mug customized with details like:
- You and your partner’s names or initials
- The date of your wedding
- The location if it was a destination wedding
If you want to offer your guests a universal mug, leave out the personal details or have them printed or stamped on the bottom. Use a coffee saying or pun to decorate the mug or keep them simple. Find mugs in colors that match your wedding decor. Set them at every place setting or create a favor table with a variety of colors so everyone can pick their own. Create a sign instructing your guests to take a mug as their favor.
5. A Personalized Coffee Spoon Set
For personalized coffee wedding favors that are practical, give out spoon sets. An engraved or personalized heart-shaped spoon is a popular wedding favor, and it fits right in with a coffee theme.
If you give everyone a spoon set, include a coffee scoop, which should hold about two tablespoons of coffee. Include a small spoon for adding in sugar and stirring the coffee, and you’ve given your guests a convenient set of useful spoons. These spoons aren’t only for coffee, though. Tea and hot cocoa drinkers can also use these utensils to scoop and stir their favorite drinks.
Again, you can give your guests a universal gift with less personalization. Keep the spoons plain and add wedding details on the box instead. Putting your wedding date and other information on the box will also cost less of your wedding favor budget.
6. A Coffee-Themed Kitchen Item
If you want to give a unique wedding coffee thank-you gift, consider a practical kitchen item. Tie these favors into your coffee wedding theme:
- Cocktail shakers: Perfect for the adults on your guest list, a cocktail shaker is a simple yet practical gift. Include a recipe card in the shaker or tied around it for an espresso martini to incorporate it into the coffee wedding theme.
- Tea towels: A decorative tea towel is functional and stylish all in one. Have customized ones or look for coffee-themed towels to suit your wedding. Place one between the charger and the plate or simply under the plate at every place setting.
- Carafes: These glass vessels are perfect for serving iced coffee or storing cold brew. They can also function as vases for the non-coffee drinkers at your wedding. As a bonus favor, encourage guests to take flowers home, using the carafe as a vase.
7. Coffee Cup Treat Holder
For a cost-effective alternative to mugs, give compostable or recyclable coffee cups and lids. Include a cardboard coffee sleeve with a personalized label that displays you and your spouse-to-be’s names and the date of your wedding.
Fill the coffee cup with classic wedding candies — Jordan almonds or soft mints are popular. You can also emphasize the coffee theme with themed candies inside. For an even more obvious coffee theme, include a coffee podor a small sachet of ground coffee inside the cup. Guests who traveled for your wedding and are staying in hotel rooms will appreciate the practical gift, and everyone will be able to use it.
8. Coffee Confections
These treats will satisfy coffee-lovers and those who don’t drink coffee alike. No matter their coffee opinions, your guests could be fans of desserts and sweets like:
- Cappuccino cheesecake fudge
- Tiramisu cups
- Chocolate-covered espresso beans
- Mocha brownies with coffee frosting
- Espresso marshmallows
Plenty of treats pair well with coffee without containing the flavor, as well. These baked goods make excellent wedding favor ideas for a coffee theme without the coffee flavor:
- Coffee cake: Gift miniature loaves of coffee cake — a treat that doesn’t contain coffee but is delicious with a cup of joe or other warm drinks. Order these from a bakery or make your own. You can gift the cake in its loaf pan or wrap it up on its own, tied with ribbon that matches your wedding color.
- Donuts: You and your partner are a pair as great as donuts and coffee, so gift the treat to your guests. Give individual donut boxes with heart-shaped donuts inside. You can also tie the donut theme with bridal shower coffee-themed items and have confections that look like engagement rings at your bridal shower party.
- Biscotti: These double-baked treats make the perfect addition to a hot cup of coffee and to your wedding favors. Find a bakery that can customize your biscotti and pipe your wedding date onto the cookie.
9. Coffee-Scented Soap
Coffee-scented soap is a delightful treat and another practical gift for anyone who doesn’t drink coffee. With its comforting scent and bits of coffee mixed in, a bar of coffee soap is exfoliating and luxurious.
Make your own or special order coffee soap for your wedding favors. If you do make your own soap, have your wedding party help or enlist help from close family and friends who you invited to the wedding. If your budget doesn’t have room for you to make your own soap or you don’t have the time, feel free to buy handmade options from local shops or small businesses.
Wrap each bar with compostable or recyclable kraft paper printed with the date of your wedding and a thank-you to your guests. You may want to place these favors on a separate table instead of at place settings so your guests can enjoy the coffee scent after they eat instead of during the meal.
10. Coffee-Scented Candles
Everyone loves the smell of coffee — why not send it home with your guests in candle form? Order coffee candles and customized labels with your wedding details to attach to the candles. If you want to keep the gift universal, add your label onto the lid or the back of the candle. Your guests can then display and light this candle while remembering your wedding but without having it on too prominent of a display.
You could also combine a customized mug with a candle gift. Either make the candle in the mug or use a cup that fits a small pillar candle that’s coffee-scented. Use different coffee-related flavors in different mugs so guests can pick their favorite. Vanilla, pumpkin, and caramel are sweet and comforting scents that all reflect delicious coffee flavors, and if you present them in mugs, they still fit in with coffee wedding favors.
Tips for Choosing Your Wedding Favors
As you select, create, and set up your wedding favors, keep a few tips in mind to offer your guests the perfect thank-you gifts:
1. Suit Your Theme
If you’re giving coffee favors at your wedding, your theme may already be coffee-related. It could be a cozy winter wedding or fall celebration. But for your wedding, coffee favors are perfect for any season and any reason. If you do choose coffee-themed favors but don’t necessarily have a coffee-themed wedding, incorporate the favors into your theme with these ideas:
- Use twine instead of ribbon to wrap coffee favors for a rustic celebration.
- Use elegant glass containers to hold coffee for a high-end wedding.
- Gift detailed favors with antique vibes for a vintage wedding.
- Add greenery or flowers to gift boxes that you use in your floral displays.
2. Use the Coffee Theme in Your Labels
While you could only put your names or initials and the date of your wedding on favor labels and tags, add something else. A cute coffee-themed saying is a wonderful addition to personalized coffee wedding favors. Customized coffee wedding favors will show off your and your partner’s personalities, so choose sweet sayings such as:
- We’re the perfect blend.
- Love is brewing.
- Thanks for “bean” here.
- Grounds for celebration.
- Thanks a “latte.”
3. Offer an Alternative for Kids or Those Who Don’t like Coffee
If kids are on your guest list or you know certain guests don’t enjoy coffee, give them alternatives. Hot chocolate is popular, but tea or other beverages could make a good thank-you gift. If you give coffee-themed items, like mugs or soap, you won’t need to worry about drink alternatives. But giving your guests choices is a thoughtful way to say your thank-yous.
Offering alternatives will work best with a favor table instead of placing a gift at each place setting. Unless you know for sure which guests do and don’t drink coffee, your best bet would be to let guests pick their own drinks. Add these beverages to your favor table:
- Black tea
- Herbal tea
- Green tea
- Chai latte mix
- Hot apple cider mix
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