a good coffee experience can ask: how can we know a coffee more intimately? a better one asks how can we experience our own sensing more deeply?
in designing Sieve studio experiences, we wanted the first encounter to feel like a broader personal ritual; a small ceremony to offer a kind of orientation at the start of a new journey. in this, even the oft-overlooked packaging can offer meaning through metaphor where the invitation begins before the beverage settles in the cup.
our textile wrap yields, almost formless. it nudges toward openness. it asks: can you leave prescription outside its edges? a collaboration with sans sens studio for the artwork and hocus manila for the screen print. it unfolds a map and each collection carries new original artwork that expands into a larger story.
within are a set of narrative guides: cards printed on recycled stock, imperfect yet singular, their tooth catching on your fingertips.
the postcards are archives of natural histories or indeed shared personal histories and reminders of the terrain that shapes a coffee; a story you can add to, reshape in your own language, and pass along.
our sensory echoes cards are meditative prompts that lead you past the culture of isolation into individual characteristics in a coffee, meant often for score sheets, and, instead, into quieter nuances that hold the coffee in fullness and companionship—past distinct flavor notes, and closer to your own sense-memory.
what could our senses begin to remember again?
each element of our studio experiences, including how we’ve wrapped our coffees, is part of a larger encounter; a step further into our values and maybe where ours meet yours. our aroma-lock foil bags forego the plastic escape valve in favor of a fabric film. wherever we could, without compromising the coffee, we sought elements that were compostable and, if you wish, collectible.
we offer them in a ritual of pause: to draw closer attention to the coffee, its distinct yet layered personalities, to celebrate its completeness.
or perhaps this is an invitation to allow a rare few minutes of peace within ourselves — to sit with our own singularity and our own wholeness.
what could some quiet with our coffees bring you?
images by @arabellapaner
all our art and graphic design work by https://kriskala.com/
screenprint with water based ink and sourcing our 100% natural cotton linen blend wrap by @hocusmanila
our aroma lock foil bags were sourced in japan
the rest were printed on recycled paper stock, inconsistencies are part of their charm