BRDR BOXX

What's in the box: A seasonal shipment that usually includes BRDR organic coffee plus bird themed extras such as pins or a cap.

BRDR is a small coffee brand built around birds, and BRDR BOXX is its seasonal subscription box. The business centres on organic coffee sold as bird friendly, in mild, medium, dark, espresso and decaf roasts. The brand's reasoning is that many migratory birds spend the winter in the coffee growing regions of the Americas, and that most coffee farming destroys that habitat. Buying coffee grown in a way that keeps the habitat intact is meant to help. The box seems to arrive once a season and to combine coffee with bird themed extras such as pins and caps. The site does not say exactly what each shipment contains, how often it ships or how billing works. That is the biggest drawback: you are asked to subscribe without a clear picture of what you will get. The merch line was also sold out, which suggests a small operation with limited stock. On the plus side, the idea holds together, and the conservation angle is more than decoration, because habitat loss on coffee farms is a real problem for migratory birds. If you drink coffee every day and care about birds, this is an easy way to support both. If you want field guides, feeders or optics, you will need to shop elsewhere.