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A crunchy reason to take a pause.
Your new borrel ritual.
Made in 🇳🇱 Coming soon.
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Branding for @takeapouse 💟🌷
A new crunchy legumes brand crafted in Amsterdam.
Designed for a world that constantly asks us to move faster, PÖUSE celebrates the small —crunchy— moments that help us slow down.
Not by escaping everyday life, but by finding pause within it.
Whether it’s your afternoon break, a picnic in the park, or the Dutch tradition of borrel—the after-work ritual of gathering with friends over drinks and snacks—PÖUSE naturally belongs at the table with a healthier proposal.
The visual identity reflects that same mindset.
Rather than following the muted aesthetics often associated with wellness, we built a vibrant, playful world inspired by long summer afternoons, shared tables, flowers, laughter, and everyday rituals. Bold lilacs, warm yellows, fresh greens, and expressive illustrations bring energy to a category that often feels predictable.
Because mindfulness isn’t always quiet.
Sometimes it’s laughing with friends over a glass of wine. Sometimes it’s taking ten minutes for yourself between meetings. Sometimes it’s simply reaching for a snack and being present for a moment.
PÖUSE embraces the idea that mindful moments don’t have to look a certain way—they just have to feel like yours. taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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a month ago
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I broke my foot on the last day of 2025... & it became the reason this brand exists. 💜

I’m Tami, & for the past years I’ve lived in full sprint mode: a corpo job, building my first company, stressfully running late to yoga...

the fracture forced my first real pause.

& in that pause, I noticed a paradox so many of us live in:

we’re chasing the slow moments while living in a constant rush.

PÖUSE is my daily reminder to you, because we shouldn’t need to break a foot to take a pause.

crafted for the moments worth slowing down for. 

a reminder to embrace the beauty in the little moments.

who would’ve thought my lowest point would lead me to my greatest mission? 

Welcome to PÖUSE. if this resonates with you, follow along <3💟

#femalefounder #entrepreneurialjourney #littlemoments #amsterdam taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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3 months ago
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💜 taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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3 months ago
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one delayed machine, all plans changed.

entrepreneurship means half your timeline
depends on things you can’t control.

I guess the universe is aligned with the brand,
forcing me to slow down? 👀

the soft launch is being pushed a few days…
so you have a bit more time to decide:
who are you gonna pöuse with first? <3💟

stay tuned. updates coming soon (!)🙏 taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
18
2 days ago
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until one week ago our weekly dates consisted of hot yoga & matcha sessions. 🥹

sticking labels in 500 pouches could have been boring,
but thanx to her showing up…
it ended up feeling like a moment
of connection & p(ö)use.💟

living the brand while building it (!!)
btw.. can’t wait to get PÖUSE in your hands! 💜 taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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3 days ago
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Just saying… taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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5 days ago
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entrepreneurship is a constant mix of emotions & getting excited about the most random things.

hiii, I’m Tami :)💜
6 months ago, I got on a mission to modernize snacking with crunchy chickpeas.

fast forward to now… this week I’m producing PÖUSE’s very first batch. 🥹

100kg.
500 pouches.
2 flavours.

the goal?
get PÖUSE out into the world, and get it into as many hands as possible to get feedback.

and honestly, I didn’t want to wait until everything was perfectly branded to get started.

so these are the first-ever PÖUSE pouches, the baseline for our packaging.

next steps?
 - add the stickers
 - take these to the factory
 - pack the chickpeas myself
 - and finally… get PÖUSE live (!)

follow along, your new crunchy ritual is coming your way! 💟 taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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7 days ago
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for the last couple of months I’ve been mainly pöuse-ing in silence…

bc I was suuper focused on actually getting the product live (!)

a couple of months, a million hats worn.

here’s a little BTS of crafting your new crunchy ritual <3 

production day finally coming next week!! 💟
can’t wait to finally bring PÖUSE to you <3🥹 taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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9 days ago
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One day I decided I was gonna disrupt the borrel with crunchy chickpeas & the other one my life started to look like this :)))

@takeapouse my new crunchy chaotic world ilyyy 💟 taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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a month ago
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PÖUSE, practiced. 🫡💟

while building the roasted chickpea snack that will revolutionize the borrel… I can take my own advice & accept a p(o)use too :)

soft launch coming soon: two flavours, hand-packed, made in NL <3 taken in Myrdal, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway by @takeapouse
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a month ago
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step 1 towards the soft launch: our first 2 flavours. decided by you. 💟

rosemary & garlic 🍷
chilli & mango 🍺

our crunchy chickpeas are built for the borrel, so I always knew it’d be two: one for each glass. what I didn’t know was whether I had them right.

so when I handed out the final samples I had 2 real questions:

1. does the wine one work, or do I build a new flavour?

2. which of the two spicy options is the beer one?

at Zuidermrkt you picked the product. now you picked the flavours. 💜

the soft launch is small on purpose: 400 pouches, 2 flavours, packed by hand.

enough to actually sell, keep validating the product,
& pitch to stores/bars!

stay tuned. next step coming soon :)) taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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a month ago
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comment <PÖUSE> & help us pick the 2 flavours to launch our crunchy chickpeas!! 💟

the perfect ritual for your borrel moment: 1 for the beer, 1 for the wine.

after months of tweaking the perfect recipe & crunchiness, we finally have the final 3 candidates to launch!

comment PÖUSE and I’ll bring you some samples!! limited stock 💜 taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @takeapouse
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2 months ago
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