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Brewing instructions for Wedding Favor / Gift Bag

You have in your hands, a thoughtfully selected gift from your friend or loved one.

Every bag comes with a single serving of freshly ground coffee, tea leaves or flower tea, best consumed in an 8 oz / 237 ml cup.

i.e. similar size to a coffee or tea you’d get at a specialty coffee shop before there were size options.

You’ll find simple instructions to brewing the drinks on the bag itself as well.

However, if you’d like to know more, we share some of our recommendations to enjoying it to the fullest on this page.

P.S. If you liked the wedding favor or gift bag you’d received and want to get some for your friends, feel free to email us or FB message us for the latest catalog and pricing! 😉

Coffee

All coffee bags contain specialty coffee, delivered at their peak.

Most coffee will come grounded (at the max of 2 days before it reaches you) and packed into brewing bags.

Brewing instructions for your Coffee Bags

This is how we’d recommend you enjoy your coffee:

All you need to do is:

  1. Remove the coffee bag from its pouch
  2. Place it into a cup
  3. Add hot water (90 C is recommended, although water off the boil works as well)
  4. Wait for 6 mins
  5. Remove the bag and enjoy your coffee. (This ensures that the coffee extraction yields an balanced cuppa. If you like your coffee slightly over-extracted or more bitter, feel free to leave the bag in the cup as you drink.)

In special cases, whole bean coffee may be requested, should you wish to explore other methods to brewing your whole bean coffees, we have a selection of coffee brewing guides that you can read here.

Here are some of the frequently asked questions that you might have:

When is the coffee best consumed?

We would recommend you to brew the coffee within 2 days from receiving it for the best drinking experience.

How should I store the coffee?

If you are planning to consume it within 2 days, just keep it in a cool area, away from direct sunlight.

If you are planning to keep it for a longer period, it is advisable to place it in container away from items with strong scent.

When does the coffee expire?

There are no fixed guidelines to determining the expiry of coffee. However, we’d recommend you to chuck your coffee if it hasn’t been brewed in 2 weeks.

Alternative Uses for Stale Coffee

If you can’t enjoy it in time, there are other ways to use the coffee you’ve received:

  1. Use it as an odor absorber / freshener of sorts : Coffee absorbs smells from its surrounding easily, leave the bag where you’d like to remove bad odors.
  2. Fertilizer / Compost: Coffee grounds are known to contribute nitrogen to compost or soil. If you know someone who likes to plant, they’d probably love to get their hands on your stale coffee grounds.

Black Tea / Flower Tea

All tea bags contain a single portion of premium tea or flower tea, prepacked into ready to use teabags.

Our black tea features Dilmah’s premium range that also happens to be served at higher end restaurants. While our flower teas are from a local supplier that specialises in importing fresh flower tea and herbs from around the world.

Brewing instructions for your Black Tea

It’s really easy to enjoy the black tea you’ve received:

  1. Remove the tea bag from its pouch
  2. Place it into a cup
  3. Add hot water (90 C is recommended, although water off the boil works as well)
  4. Wait for 3 mins
  5. Remove the bag and enjoy your tea. (This ensures that the tea is extracted optimally, if you like your tea slightly heavier or more bitter, feel free to leave the tea bag in the cup as you drink.)

Brewing instructions for your Flower Tea

  1. Remove the tea bag from its pouch
  2. Place it into a cup
  3. Add hot water (90 C is recommended, although water off the boil works as well)
  4. Wait for 5 mins
  5. Remove the bag and enjoy your tea. (If its too troublesome, you can leave the tea bag in the cup while you enjoy your cup.)

Flower teas can be brewed direct without the tea bag as well.

Here are some of the frequently asked questions that you might have:

When is the tea best consumed?

As early as possible.

For the best drinking experience, we would encourage you to enjoy your tea within a week.

How should I store the Tea?

If you are planning to consume it within the week, just keep it in a cool, enclosed area, away from direct sunlight. If you’re planning to keep it for a longer period, you might want to consider keeping your tea in the fridge.

When does the tea expire?

Like coffee, tea leaves doesn’t really expire, however it will lose its quality over time.

Most teas can be kept for up to 6 months, however we would strongly recommend that you consume it within a week for the best experience.

Hey! before you go…

If you enjoyed your coffee / tea bag and would like to KIV it for your special occasions in the future, you can find out more here. Otherwise, please let us know your feedback using the FB messenger pop up that you’ll see near the bottom of your screen.

For live brewing or coffee catering services, do consider Alliance Coffee as well. We provide both Specialty Coffee catering and Traditional Coffee catering.