In 2020 I lead a design project to create a new brand of Coffee. My design team was made up entirely of young adults with disabilities and we partnered with SEND Coffee - a Hackney based coffee roaster and importer who also train and mentor young people with disabilities to become Baristas and become employed within the Coffee industry.
I LOVE coffee. So it was a dream come true for us at enterprise19 to be able to partner with SENDCOFFEE so that we could create our own brand.
The young adults who we worked with have a variety of disabilities and despite their enthusiasm to work and be a valued part of their community, their access to real work experiences is limited. At enterprise19 we supported our young adults in a variety of ways and this allowed us to have our own shop in which we stocked Bean19 coffee.... as well as a wide range of greetings cards, crafts for the home, gifts and accessories.... We worked with SEND to ethically source the very best Coffee from their network of Fairtrade linked farmers.
For this project, I mentored and worked alongside a small team of young adults to create the packaging and all point of sale Designs in regular Graphic Design workshops and we sold the end result in our online shop, which was stocked and run by our Young adults, delivered to the Post Office or locally by our young adults and also served at our events, as delicious coffee - by our young adults.
Bean19 is no ordinary coffee. It is the very best quality, from the very best organic, fairtrade farmers and selected for it's deliciousness. Whether you are buying Bean19 coffee as a gift, for a special occasion, or just because you really love GOOD coffee. We know you wont be disappointed. Plus by buying Bean19 - you are positively contributing to a wonderful not for profit chain that supports and mentors young people in the very best environments.
