Selecting coffee as a holiday gift can be challenging, but we’re here to help
Gifting coffee requires a certain attention to detail — knowing the recipient’s likes, dislikes, and daily habits. A coffee that may be your favorite might not suit the next person at all, and that can make finding the perfect bag feel tricky.
But that’s where we come in. This is our specialty. We were born for this. We love recommending coffees to our customers every single day, whether they’re browsing our retail shelf or exploring our pour-over menu.
So without further ado, let’s look at some of our coffees and the personality traits or tendencies they best pair with. Here’s how to choose the perfect bag for your loved ones, whether for a holiday gift or the coziest stocking stuffer.
Rwanda Ejo Heza | Washed — For the Book Lovers
This coffee is characteristically sweet and floral — a daily sipper you can rely on to make cold mornings feel cozier. Lifted by a grapefruit-like acidity, this cup delivers holiday comfort, especially on those slow mornings spent wrapped in a blanket with a great book in hand.
Choose Rwanda Ejo Heza for the book lovers and bibliophiles in your life. Balanced and comforting, it offers notes of fresh-picked stone fruits like peach, delicate cherry blossom florals, and the gentle brightness of red grapefruit. A perfect match for anyone who could spend hours tucked away reading.
Read more about Rwanda Ejo Heza in our blog post, From Seed To Cup, and purchase it on our website here.
Peru Germán Carranza | Tres Cogollos — For the Campers & Climbers
This one’s tough mainly because of how universally appealing it is. This is what I’d call a crowd-pleaser — approachable, bright, and exciting. Even if your loved one hasn’t fully dipped their toes into specialty coffee, this one just might leave them starstruck.
With tasting notes of strawberry laffy taffy, lime, and grape, it’s a dazzling, fruit-forward cup full of complexity and sparkle. This coffee is perfect for campers, indoor climbers, friends who love rolling up their sleeves after work, plant lovers, and yoga enthusiasts. If they’re big nature fans, this one is sure to land beautifully.
Read more about Peru Tres Cogollos in our blog post, From Seed To Cup, and purchase it on our website here.
Peru Germán Carranza | Geisha Natural — For the Plant Lovers
Everyone has that friend whose house feels like a serene forest — plants everywhere, natural textures, earthy energy. Maybe they love hot yoga. Maybe they spend every possible moment outdoors. If someone comes to mind, this Natural Geisha is their match.
Delicate, floral, and expressive, this Peru Geisha shines with notes of blackberry, grape, and papaya. The natural process amplifies the fruit-like sweetness while preserving the Geisha variety’s elegance, creating a cohesive, refreshing cup. Perfect for the plant lovers, nature seekers, and calm, grounded friends in your life.
This coffee is our first of the Highlight Series, with a special designed holographic label, and it's sold in a lovely amber glass jar — a stunner of a presentation and perfect for a stocking stuffer!
Read more about Peru Geisha Natural in our blog post, From Seed To Cup, and purchase it on our website here.
Myanmar Anaerobic Natural | Shwe Yi Mon — For the Tech-savvy Gamers
If you’re searching for the perfect gift for the gamers in your life, look no further. This Myanmar Anaerobic Natural is bold, vibrant, layered, and just a little dramatic — almost reminiscent of saturated graphics and neon LED setups.
Brimming with dark berries, silky sweetness, and tasting notes of loganberry, mulled wine, and caramel, it’s rich yet surprisingly approachable. This one is sure to impress the video-game fans, late-night streamers, and tech-obsessed creatives in your circle.
Read more about Myanmar Anaerobic Natural in our blog post, From Seed To Cup, and purchase it on our website here.
Brazil Vinhal | Triple Fermented Honey — For the Alternative Folks
If you know someone who lives just slightly left of center — the friend who gravitates toward the unexpected — this is their coffee.
With tasting notes of grape jello and starfruit, this triple-fermented tropical stunner is anything but typical. (Especially considering the triple fermentation includes a thermal shock — no pun intended.) This one tastes more like grape jello and less like traditional coffee — and that’s exactly why your alternative, experimental friends will love it.
Purchase our Brazil Vinhal coffee on our website here.
Costa Rica Aquiares | African Washed Esperanza — For the Coffee Lovers
When in doubt — or when gifting for parents or anyone who just loves a great cup of coffee — choose our Costa Rica African Washed.
With tasting notes of blackberry, lime, and brown sugar, it’s an approachable, satisfying daily drinker. The balance of sweetness and bright citric acidity creates a dynamic yet comforting cup, one that just about anyone can enjoy.
Purchase our Costa Rica coffee here. We also sell this coffee roasted for espresso if you're gifting it to a pal with an at-home espresso machine!
Burundi Turihamwe | Washed Bourbon — For the Gentle Souls & Deep Thinkers
For the friends who speak softly but feel deeply — the journal keepers, the quiet observers, the calm creatives — Burundi Turihamwe is a perfect match.
Bright, juicy, and tea-like in its elegance, this cup bursts with red currant, sparkling lemonade acidity, and delicate chamomile florals. It’s vibrant without being loud and refreshing without being sharp. A cup that feels like opening the curtains to soft winter light.
It also comes from a meaningful project: Turihamwe is the first washing station in Burundi built and owned entirely by women farmers. Their intentionality shows in every sip — sweet, clean, balanced, and full of clarity.
Choose Burundi Turihamwe for anyone who appreciates nuance, thoughtful details, and quiet brilliance.
Purchase our Burundi coffee on our website here.
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Explore all of our coffee on our website, or stop by one of our cafes to peruse our selection. You can also check out our brewing equipment — to pair perfectly with your coffee gift!
If you have any questions about our coffee or brewing equipment, don't hesitate to ask our baristas while you're visiting, or email our Education Managers, Emma and Tyler, emma@dessertoasiscoffee.com and tyler@dessertoasiscoffee.com.
Happy Shopping (and Happy Holidays!), friends!
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About the writer: Emma LaVoie is the Education Manager for Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters. She's the brains behind this blog and lit a fire under our team to follow suit. You can almost always find Emma reading a book with a coffee in hand. If you're interested in reaching out to Emma, shoot her an email: emma@dessertoasiscoffee.com. She'd be happy to geek out over coffee with you. (Seriously, don't hesitate to reach out — she'll love it.)