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Three years ago, our coffee advent calendar went into John Lewis for the first time.

And t’s back on the shelves for the third year running.

When Alice Wainwright and I started RISE in lockdown, we were packing boxes on the floor of our South London flat. The idea of our product sitting in John Lewis felt like something that happened to other brands.

What I’ve learned since:

Getting in is one thing. Getting asked back is the real test. Retailers don’t re-list you for a nice story. They do it because the product sells, customers come back for it, and you deliver when you say you will.

It doesn’t get easier, you just get better at it. Every year there’s something: boxes the wrong size, packaging dramas, pallets too high, a 4am wake up worrying (we even had coffee crackers that exploded, but thats another post!).

This year we even planned a whole day to film the launch in store and got the date wrong.

The shelf was empty and the hoarding said “coming soon”. Classic.

Small brands can win big shelves. We’re up against huge names, but people still want something with a real story behind it: specialty coffee, a B Corp business, 1% given back to our own project, and us two founders who obsess over every detail.

So, a huge thank you to the John Lewis & Partners team for backing us again, and to everyone who’s bought one, gifted one, or sent us a photo of door number one.

Year three. Let’s go ☕

If you spot it in store, send me a picture. I’m still not over seeing it on the shelf.

Get yours 👉 https://lnkd.in/es4asGr6

#Johnlewis #Adventcalendar #Smallbusiness #founder #BCorp

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I thought I had moved the dates for my next @risecoffeebox but ended up getting delivered today

Coffee from a very local roaster @riseandgrindroastery cheers Sam 🙌 and a new one for me to try from @liftcoffeelondon

And a wee dark hot choc for @jacquimclaren4

Looking forward to these unexpected coffees

#coffeesubscription
#freshroastedcoffee
#homebarista
#coffeeaddict
#coffee

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Avoiding burnout.

Since we started RISE in lockdown, our default setting has been ON. Orders, emails, logistics, kid’s bedtime, back to emails. Repeat!

And for ages we thought that was the price of building something and the hustle needed to grow and run a business.

But, honestly, it’s not. It’s how you burnout.

The best ideas I’ve had this year didn’t come at our desk. They came on a muddy walk together, phone in pockets, doing absolutely nothing useful except enjoying the nature around us and chatting.

Switching off isn’t slacking. It’s refuelling.

So this weekend: no laptop, boots on, bikes out, get somewhere green.

Where’s your go-to spot to properly switch off? Drop it below, I’m after new places to drag the family 👇

#founderlife #smallbusinessuk #switchoff #natureheals #burnout

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WILD! 200 applications in 24 hours from one LinkedIn post 😁

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Sometimes this job is pretty sweet. Go to a farmhouse in Suffolk and be fed delicious food and artisan coffee?
IF I MUST

Thanks for having me on Jimmy and Shivi’s Farmhouse!
(Also; me and @shiviramoutar had the same piano teacher growing up, hope we get to perform a duet someday!)
And I got to hold a baby chameleon!! 🦎
Thanks to @jimmysfarm @risecoffeebox and @victoriapenrosemakeup for the gorgeous makeup and hair (while fighting the rain and wind!!)
Episode not out til Spring but I’ll shout more about it the !

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IT’S BACKKKKKK
Our sell out coffee advent calendar
Available online and in store @johnlewis

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A farmer we’ve met, here’s the story

The Bonilla family run Don Mayo. Three generations of coffee in the Tarrazu Costa Rica, a farm sitting between 1,600 and 2,000 metres up, right in the clouds (we know, we trekked up there!). They process everything themselves at their own micromill, from cherry to dried green bean, and buy cherries from neighbouring farmers too so smaller growers get their own micro lots. They’re regulars at the top of Costa Rica’s Cup of Excellence, and their coffee is soooo good.

The team walked us round the farm and hosted us to try some of their award winners! Our son slept through most of it..(he was 7 months to be fair)

Honestly one of the best days of that trip. And one of the days that reminded us why we started RISE in the first place. Every bag has a family behind it. Sometimes you actually get to meet them.

Seeing their name on a London roaster’s shelf years later? Proper full circle moment and so we reached out to tell you all about them on international coffee day.

Go get a bag. Tell them Ben sent you!
#coffee #internationalcoffeeday

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Final Call. Competition closes 30 Sept 23:59.

Win 3 months of RISE coffee + MYOM Barista case and Bottle. ☕🎉
Better coffee, sorted. MYOM and RISE have teamed up for a giveaway with freshly roasted coffee and freshly made oat drink. One winner will receive:

• A 3-month RISE coffee subscription, freshly roasted speciality coffee from independent roasters delivered each month

• 24 MYOM Barista Oat pouches (24 litres) + a 1L MYOM glass bottle

To enter: 1) Follow @risecoffeebox and @myomshop 2) Like this post 3) Comment your go-to coffee and tag a friend if you like.

Entries close 30.09.26 at 23:59 (UK time). One winner selected at random on 01.10.26, contacted by DM and announced on our profiles. UK residents 18+.

Full terms: myom.shop/pages/myom-rise-promotion

This promotion is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram or Meta.

#MYOM #RiseCoffee #BaristaOat #OatMilk #Coffee #Coffeesubscription #CoffeeGiveaway

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Prop hunting for @aliwain ITV filming tomorrow…
Drop a comment to wish her luck 🙌☕️🩷

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The guy behind the coffee…

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The friendly coffee fund - final payment of this school year!
Here’s how it works:
We set this project up ouselves in 2023. 1% of every RISE sale goes straight into the fund
🌱 We partner with Agri Evolve in Uganda who help ensure the finance goes directly to the right places, always supporting coffee-growing communities at origin
Every subscription box, every calendar, every order, every month contributes.

This isn’t a one off charity drive. It’s baked into how we run the business, and it’s a big part of why we’re a B Corp certified coffee subscription.

If you’re after ethical coffee in the UK that tastes incredible AND does something useful, you’re already doing it by drinking RISE.

Much love
#coffee #risecoffeebox

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