The best coffee packaging designs (in America)

It’s National Coffee Day, and never before have we had so much to be thankful for. Over the past ten years, the number of independent roasters in the U.S. has absolutely exploded. Portland, Oregon alone was at one point home to nearly fifty (and that was in 2012).

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Much like the similarly ballooning craft beer movement, the coffee wave(s) has brought good tidings for lovers of design. It seems that the well-caffeinated also have good aesthetic taste, as can be seen in the many awesome packaging designs we now find on shelves.

There is a fine line between merely good coffee packaging, and the truly superlative variety. We picked out 10 examples of the latter, from roasters everywhere from Santa Cruz, California to Springdale, Arkansas. In a nod to the information typically found on coffee packaging, we have included each roaster’s city of origin, along with an aesthetic summary in the form of three “design notes.” Enjoy.