Let me tell you a funny story. Everyone on our beCAUSE minded internal team loves coffee. It’s possible we have an unhealthy obsession. So, when we launched our first boxes, of course, we needed to have one for the coffee obsessed. Thus, the beINTENTIONAL gift box was born.

In this luxury corporate gift box, we included an artisan mug, a bag of Ugandan French roasted coffee beans, a hardcover journal, a handcrafted pen….and soap. Yep. You read that right – a coffee shop experience in a box + one soap. Why in the world did we add a soap to this box? The soap is called Barista’s Blend and the scent is a beautiful mix of coffee and mint with actual grinds in the soap for exfoliation. From a scent standpoint, it made total sense.

But, realizing that many of our customers are looking for luxury corporate gift boxes, some felt odd about the soap addition. It suddenly made the box more personal than they’d intended, like they were saying “Here’s some things for your office, but make sure you shower first.” While we all love this soap, we get where they’re coming from. So, we’ve evolved. We’re relaunching our beINTENTIONAL gift box sans the soap, but we added in something that we feel completes the box perfectly!

Included in our beINTENTIONAL 2.0 gift box is: Soap and Coffee Don’t Mix

Some people have called this their “soul pen.” Something about the way it’s weighted makes it write so smoothly and effortlessly. Purchases of this pen provide job training and employment for men aging out of the foster care system in Africa.

Soap and Coffee Don’t Mix This beautiful 16oz mug features interpreted indigenous patterns, handcrafted by artisans in Haiti. The production of this mug helps prevent orphanhood in Haiti. Each mug has the name of the artisan written on the bottom.

Soap and Coffee Don’t Mix This 100% Arabica whole bean coffee got the stamp of approval from all of the coffee aficionados on our internal team! Plus, we love that this coffee purchase helps provide clean drinking water around the world.

Soap and Coffee Don’t Mix This beautiful hardcover journal is the perfect place to capture your dreams, poems, or to-do lists. Bonus – it has a built-in stretchy bookmark to help you keep your place! This gift that gives back helps provide a solar light to a child in need.

Soap and Coffee Don’t Mix These handmade coasters are equally artistic and functional! We love the pairing of these coasters with the Taino mug! These coasters are made by sex trafficking survivors.

Now when you give this empowering gift, you’re gifting them a wonderful way start to the day, and there won’t be any suggestion you’re thinking about their personal hygiene. If you’re bummed because you love this soap as much as we do, don’t worry! You can still find it in the beLATHERED gift box or in our online marketplace.

Tell us – what do you think of the change?