Made to your size- 100 boxes
- Custom sizes & styles
- Free dieline support
- Quality print options
- Proof before production
- 8–12 business day production
Coffee boxes are the outer packaging around coffee that is already sealed - valved bags of beans or grounds, capsules, pods or single-serve drip bags. The box adds shelf presence, protects the bags in transit and carries the roast story. Formats range from capsule cartons and drip-bag boxes to mailers for roaster subscriptions and gift sets with mugs or tools.
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Product features
Built around the jobRoom for roast and origin details
Subscription mailer builds
Gift-set inserts
Clearance for the bag valve
Ten-capsule sleeve layouts
Roast-date sticker panel
Rigid board for mug sets
Specifications made for your product.
Technical snapshotEvery final specification is confirmed against product weight, packing method, print coverage, route, and order volume.
View artwork preparation guide- SKU
- bm-1089
- Dimensions
- Custom-made around the product and packing workflow
- Materials
- Folding boxboard, E-flute corrugated, Kraft board
- Printing
- CMYK, Pantone, white ink, or unprinted
- Finishes
- Matte, gloss, soft-touch, foil, embossing, spot UV
- Quantities
- Starting at 100 on selected configurations
- Proofing
- Dieline and digital proof
Give the roast a shelf presence.
Artwork and materialsArtwork covers the outer box around your sealed bags or capsules, with room for roast and origin details. A clear panel for a date sticker keeps every batch easy to read. Our packaging guides cover sizing, materials, print, and cost in more depth.
Front, sides and date panel
We set your brand on the front, roast and origin notes on the sides, and leave a clear panel in the same place on every box for a roast-date sticker or stamp.
Explore print and finishesBoxboard, kraft and E-flute
Folding boxboard gives bright retail colour, kraft suits a craft roaster, and E-flute corrugated carries subscriptions by post. Rigid board for mug sets takes print, foil and a fitted insert for a gift finish.
Explore material decisionsChoose your box
Choose a capsule carton, drip-bag box, subscription mailer or gift set with an insert.
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Send us your filled bag size, capsule size or full gift set, and we recommend a format.
Finalize the order
Approve the board, insert, date panel and quantities for each format before we start your dieline.
Build the dieline
We draw the box around your filled bags or capsule rows, with clearance for the valve.
Approve the proof
Check the front, origin panel and date sticker position on your digital proof before we print.
Roll on production
We print, cut and glue your coffee boxes and inserts, then check and pack them flat.
Best for
Specialty roastersCapsule and pod brandsCoffee subscriptionsCoffee gift setsWhat changes the price.
Cost factorsEvery project is quoted individually. These are the choices that move the price on almost every order.
- Format
- A capsule carton is a simple folding box; a subscription mailer or gift box uses more board and more steps.
- Inserts
- Holding capsules in rows or a mug and a bag in place needs a cut insert.
- Print coverage
- Full flood colour and inside print use more ink and set-up than a kraft box with one colour.
- Quantity per box
- Larger multipacks need stronger board to stop the box bowing.
Buyer guidance
Choosing this format
The bag does the freshness, the box does the rest
Fresh-roasted coffee gives off gas for days, so it goes in a valved bag first and the box goes around that.
Roasted beans release carbon dioxide after roasting. A one-way degassing valve on the bag lets that gas out without letting air in, which keeps the coffee from going stale and the bag from swelling. A box sealed around unvalved coffee can bulge or burst.
Because the bag is the barrier, the box can be chosen for looks and protection: kraft for a craft roaster, bright printed board for a supermarket shelf.
- One-way valve on the bag
- Box does not need to be airtight
- Leave room so the valve is not pressed
Beans, grounds, capsules or drip bags?
Each form packs differently: bags are soft and irregular, capsules are rigid and stack in rows.
Whole bean and ground coffee come in flexible bags, so the box needs some tolerance around them. Capsules and pods are uniform and are usually packed in rows of ten or more, sometimes in individual foil wraps for freshness.
Single-serve drip bags are flat and light and suit slim tuck-end cartons that hang or stand on a counter.
Coffee subscriptions by post
A subscription box should fit the letterbox if it can, and hold one or two bags without movement.
Many roasters ship monthly bags in slim mailers sized to pass through a letterbox, so the customer is not waiting in for a courier. Send us a filled bag and the letterbox gap you are aiming for, and we draw the mailer around both.
Print the roast date and brewing notes on a card or the box itself, since that is what the subscriber looks for first.
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Explore box styleQuestions about coffee boxes.
Box style FAQsWe’ll confirm the exact details that apply to your structure and volume.
Read all frequently asked questionsWhat size box fits a 250g bag of coffee?+
We size the box to your filled bag, because 250g bags vary. Flat-bottom bags are close to a box shape and fit snugly, while stand-up and side-gusset bags are softer and wider at the base. Whole beans take more space than ground coffee of the same weight. We also leave a little room in front of the valve so it is not pressed flat.
How many capsules usually go in a capsule box?+
Ten per sleeve is common, often in a single row or two rows of five, and larger multipacks build up from that. Capsule sizes differ between brewing systems, so we size the box from the capsule you use rather than a standard size. If your capsules are individually foil-wrapped for freshness, we size it to the wrapped capsule.
What can go in a coffee gift set box?+
A coffee gift box usually pairs one or two bags with a mug, a filter, a scoop or a set of drip bags. We give each item its own space in a fitted insert, with the most protection around a ceramic mug. Send us the full set's weight, because a mug and two bags can need rigid board rather than a light carton.
Should the roast date go on the coffee box or the bag?+
On the bag, or on a label on the box. We print boxes in a run before you roast, so they cannot carry a date that changes every batch. We leave a clear panel for a date sticker or stamp in the same place on every box, so customers always know where to look.
Are coffee boxes recyclable if the bags inside are not?+
Yes. A plain paperboard or corrugated box goes in with paper recycling, even when the valved bag inside is made of mixed layers that need a separate route. We can print short disposal notes on the box, such as which part goes where, so customers separate them easily when the coffee is finished.
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