Holiday coffee gifts, by the moment they get used
The best holiday coffee gifts from Washington State match a moment in the day: a breakfast blend for the big morning, a decaf for after dinner, an espresso blend for whoever got a machine. Washington roasters sell all three, plus winter and seasonal bags.
Every coffee below was on the roaster's own shop when we checked on September 27, 2026. Holiday stock changes, so check before you order. Every roaster here roasts in Washington, and each name links to a profile with the roaster's story and address. For subscriptions, sample boxes and cold brew, see our Washington State gift guide; this post sticks to the season.
For the holiday morning
A house full of guests needs a pot everyone will drink. These are blends built for the breakfast table:
- Lighthouse Roasters in Fremont sells Captain Bert's Breakfast Blend, and its coffees share what the roaster calls a thread of dark chocolate, heavy body and toffee sweetness.
- Fidalgo Coffee Roasters in Burlington sells an Organic Breakfast blend, and its coffees are certified Kosher Parve, which helps if you are hosting for Hanukkah.
- Seven Coffee Roasters in Ravenna sells a Diner Blend.
- Herkimer Coffee sells a Drip Blend from a Phinney Ridge roastery that describes its focus as coffee for everyday drinking.
- Caffe Vita sells several certified organic blends, among them Organic Fiore French, for a host who buys organic.
For after dinner: decaf and half caf
A decaf gift gets used late in the evening, when a regular cup would keep someone up. The National Coffee Association puts a cup of decaf at about 2 to 15 mg of caffeine, against about 95 mg in an 8 ounce cup of regular coffee.
- Camber Coffee in Bellingham sells Goodnight Moon Decaf.
- Victrola Coffee Roasters sells the Deco Decaf Blend.
- Seven sells Nana's Decaf Blend and a Swiss Water Decaf Brazil Cerrado.
- Broadcast Coffee sells a Decaf Colombia Palo Rosa.
- Dillanos Coffee Roasters in Sumner sells a Swiss Water Decaf that is organic and Fair Trade, and Fidalgo sells Organic Decaf and Decaf Horizon.
- For a decaf espresso after dinner, Zoka Coffee sells decaf versions of its Espresso Paladino and Espresso Cuatro, and Fulcrum Coffee Roasters sells a Decaf Espresso.
- For someone cutting back rather than quitting, Kuma Coffee sells Momma Bear, a 50/50 decaf and regular blend, and Indaba Coffee Roasters in Spokane sells a half caf blend.
For a new espresso machine
If someone unwraps a machine, give them the beans to go with it.
- Olympia Coffee Roasting sells a Signature Espresso Bundle, and its Big Truck is sold as an espresso blend.
- Victrola makes two espresso blends, Triborough and Streamline, plus a rotating single origin espresso.
- Camber makes Skyline Espresso and Big Joy Espresso.
- Caffe Vita sells Caffe Del Sol and Organic Fiore Espresso.
- Boon Boona Coffee in Renton sells Meddah as its espresso, made, like everything it roasts, from African coffee.
New to espresso? Our guide to making espresso at home covers the dose, the ratio and the timing.
Winter and seasonal bags
Seasonal coffees make the gift feel of the moment. Seven sells a line of seasonal blends that includes a Winter French Roast. Elm Coffee Roasters sells its 9 Swans Seasonal Coffee, the blend it also used in two coffee stouts with Seattle's Holy Mountain Brewing. Fidalgo sells an Organic Fall Harvest blend, and for a stocking it has Wired Wolf, a white coffee.
Gifts that give something back
- Zoka sells a Redhawk Blend that benefits Sammamish High School.
- Lighthouse's shop takes donations for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital alongside your order.
- Fidalgo supports groups including Northwest Harvest, Seattle Children's and Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland.
- If your school or club is raising money over the holidays, Seven's fundraising program gives a group 10 percent of the coffee sales made through its link each month.
Whichever you pick, the money goes to a Washington roaster with Washington staff. More on that on why local roasters matter.
Our holiday gift
Palouse Coffee Club, which publishes this post, sells a gift of its own: 3, 6 or 12 boxes, each with a 12 oz bag from a different independent Washington roaster, for $66.99, $134.99 or $269.99 with shipping included. Choose a start date after the holidays and it keeps arriving into the new year. It is paid once and does not renew. Each box is roasted to order and shipped in the roaster's own bag with our packing slip, which names the roaster and what to taste for, and you can add a gift note. See the gift.
Sources
- Caffeine in decaf and regular coffee: National Coffee Association, Decaf coffee
- Roaster products, programs and notes: each roaster's own shop and pages, as recorded on its profile on this site, checked 2026-09-27