We all love a good cup of Joe. What if I told you that each and every one of these coffee companies help support our men and women who serve or have served in the military? With every purchase of their products, either part, or all of their proceeds go to help military members or charities.
If you are looking for ways to support those who have sacrificed their lives for our freedoms, check out these coffee companies. Some of them are right here in Boston, and some are across the nation. But, all of them deliver and some of them even deliver to our active duty military members who are deployed overseas!
Share the good news and buy a bag for yourself and someone you love this year. And most importantly, THANK YOU to our troops!
Why I Love Coffee And The Troops
There are three things you need to know about me:
- I love our troops. I never knew how much I loved the troops until I went over to Afghanistan to perform for our men and women in uniform in November of 2010. After that trip I was inspired to write songs and record an album in support of their mission and lifestyle. I released that project called “Heroes & Hometowns” and was shocked to see how many wonderful performance opportunities came from it! I had my Grand Ole Opry debut, I performed songs live on Fox & Friends and even sang at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea!
- I will do everything I can to support the troops. I have partnered with and performed for multiple military charities. And whenever I find a company that is veteran-owned or military-supported, I want to do what I can to support them.
- I love a good cup of coffee. Doesn’t everyone? I mean, it’s ok if you don’t. There are other ways to support the troops. But if you LOVE coffee and LOVE our troops, then consider buying coffee directly from these following coffee brands.
Coffee For A Cause…
Here’s The Full List Of Coffee Companies That Give Back To Our Troops!
1. Community Coffee
https://www.communitycoffee.com/military-match
“When you order four bags or four boxes of Community® coffee from our Military Match program, we automatically double the order to any overseas (APO or FPO) or stateside military base address.”
2. Dunkin'
Dunkin'® | America's Favorite Coffee, Espresso and Donuts | Dunkin'®
Sip into Dunkin' and enjoy America's favorite coffee and baked goods chain. View menu items, join Dunkin' Rewards, locate stores, and discover career opportunities.
“Through the Dunkin’ Coffee for Our Troops program, the brand has donated more than 235,000 pounds of coffee to troops deployed overseas, sending a case of coffee to deployed troops each week. Since 2003, Dunkin’ has sent over 12,000 pounds of coffee to active military members each year.”
3. San Francisco Bay Coffee
Gourmet Coffee Roaster & Shop | San Francisco Bay Coffee
Since 1979, San Francisco Bay Coffee has offered premium roasts, organic blends, specialty single-origins, and flavored coffees. Discover our finest flavors and the story behind each cup.
“We’re proud to offer free, USPS Priority Mail shipping on our website for all orders to all military APO/FPO addresses. It’s a great deal for soldiers’ families and friends and even those troops themselves who have come to love our coffee! Please note, we cannot ship overnight or express mail for APO or FPO boxes.”
4. Sarkisian Coffee
Five Star Strong | Coffee With A Mission | Support our Military
Five Star Strong Coffee - Coffee With A Mission. Every bag of coffee that we produce is roasted with the highest quality of coffee. We take pride in providing high mountain grown arabica beans from all over the world. Five Star Strong Supports our military. Supporting the U.S.
“Supporting the U.S. military, veterans, and their families have always been and will continue to be the driving force of our company. Five Star Strong Coffee believes that a simple cup of coffee has immense power to make a positive difference. By aligning with military service organizations, Five Star Strong Coffee donates 5% of our profits to those who serve. The ultimate coffee experience exists with our high mountain grown Arabica beans from around world blended with the admiration and gratitude for our American heroes. To those who serve, defend, and protect…Five Star Strong salutes you!”
5. Death Wish Coffee
Death Wish Coffee Company: Rebellious by Nature
Live with a Death Wish. Death Wish Coffee Company delivers a bold, full-bodied yet flavorful brew that will awaken your taste buds, with an extra kick of caffeine to ignite your attitude. Made with Fair Trade and Organic beans.
“Named the strongest coffee in the world, they offer a 15% military discount to all service members and veterans using discount code MILITARY. They will also ship to APO/FPO addresses at no additional costs.”
6. Hanx For Our Troops
Hanx For Our Troops
Tom Hanks Coffee and Goods. All profits support those who serve. 100% gratitude. Proud to supply American-roasted, ethically sourced, and environmentally sustainable products, with every penny of profit going to support our veterans and their families.
“We saw HANX as a way to support Veterans and military families, as 100% of net profit will go to organizations that have proven to be of great aid to those who have served our country. Good products for good reasons.” -Tom Hanks
Read my review of the coffee here.
7. New England Coffee
Count On Every Cup
100 Years of Great Coffee and Extraordinary People Meet the people behind the scenes at New England Coffee and hear the story of how a family and its team have been working together since 1916 to roast, deliver and serve great coffee beans around the United States.
They are a proud supporter of the USO and their coffee is the only one served at the USO Terminal at Boston’s Logan Airport to arriving and departing soldiers. They also offer flat rate shipping on all military orders.
8. Starbucks
https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2021/starbucks-honors-veterans-military-members-with-free-coffee-on-veterans-day/
“This Veterans Day, Starbucks is honoring those who have served with a free tall (12-ounce) hot brewed coffee for veterans, military service members and military spouses who visit participating U.S. Starbucks stores on Nov. 11, 2021. [1]. For every cup of hot brewed coffee sold nationwide that day, Starbucks is also donating 25 cents to be divided evenly between Headstrong and Team Red, White & Blue to support the mental health and the wellbeing of military communities.” (From 2021)
9. Green Beans Coffee
Cup of Joe For a Joe
Green Beans Coffee is a decades-long supporter of America's Service Members with over 30 locations on military bases in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. They were the first US Food & Beverage company to serve Troops in Afghanistan after 9/11.
“When you buy a CUP OF JOE FOR A JOE deployed overseas, we immediately match your COJ to a waiting Service Member. They receive an email with your message and can write you back. They take the COJ voucher in the email to their nearest on-base Green Beans Coffee café and are given a fresh, hot cup of coffee and an opportunity to enjoy 15 Minutes of Home®”
10. Black Rifle Coffee
Black Rifle Coffee Company | Veteran Founded
Black Rifle Coffee Company is a SOF veteran-owned coffee company, serving premium coffee and culture to people who love America.
“We develop our explosive roast profiles with the same mission focus we learned as military members serving this great country and are committed to supporting veterans, law enforcement, and first responders. With every purchase you make, we give back.”
11. Bulwark Coffee Company
Premium Quality Coffee Beans for Sale Online - Bulwark Coffee
Bulwark Coffee Company offers a wide range of roasted coffee beans for sale online. Our premium coffees is roasted fresh and delivered at your door. Order now!
“BULWARK COFFEE COMPANY is a premium coffee company that wholeheartedly supports first responders and veterans. In fact, it is the first-ever coffee company to donate 100% of its profits to support first responders and veterans!”
12. Minnikahta Coffee
https://minnekahtacoffee.com/collections/american-pride-collection-coffees
“…our American Pride collection, the coffee that gives back to veterans with every cup. This medium-roast Colombian blend won’t just be a welcome part of your morning routine; it’s also a coffee that benefits veterans—10 percent of the proceeds from each sale will benefit Casting Vets, a charity that helps our veterans find solace and serenity through fishing expeditions.”
13. Alpha Coffee
Coffee That Gives Back | Alpha Coffee | Veterans, Planet, Community
Alpha Coffee is a business that looks to give back. We donate coffee to deployed troops and a portion of profits to military charities. Learn more here.
“Alpha Coffee is a Veteran and Women co-owned company that gives back through our Grounds for Good program by donating a portion of our profits to military charities focused on veterans, planet, and community.”
14. Real American Heroes Coffee Company
RAH Coffee Company, Premium Coffee supporting our Real American Heroes
RAH stands for Real American Heroes. By combining our service to our country with our passion for coffee, we created specialty, premium roasted coffee that gives back to the community! The goal of our company is to recognize and support Real American Heroes in our communities while selling great tasting coffee.
“Making this passion a realization started in December 2018 and has since been an honorable journey in itself. From helping homeless veterans on Christmas Eve to running in recognition and memory of Pat Tillman, during the 2019 Pats Run, our brand is becoming recognizable and well respected. Our Mission is easy yet respectable to “recognize the everyday HERO”, and it has just begun. We are proud to announce that we have teamed up with the largest coffee roaster in Arizona to create 6 specialty blends for the everyday HERO.”
15. Aerial Resupply Coffee
Aerial Resupply Coffee's Mission: Support Veterans & First Responders
Aerial Resupply Coffee is a veteran-owned coffee company dedicated to supporting our nation's warfighters, veterans, and first responders. Proudly American.
“Aerial Resupply Coffee is proof that there can be a veteran-owned coffee company focused on support rather than the hyper-masculinity and “Vet-bro” culture that permeates society today. We will continue to strive to support Veterans, Law Enforcement, First Responders, and YOU with premium coffee, regardless of where you are.”
16. American Heroes Coffee Company
American Heroes Coffee Company | Americanheroescoffee.com
American Heroes Coffee Company is a bold new coffee company founded on the basis of giving back to the veterans and first responders that have given so much to keep us safe. American Heroes Coffee sponsors and supports local events, and donates 20% of our net profit to charities that are aligned with our mission.
“Assignment: Support the needs of veterans, armed forces, first responders and their families by sponsoring and supporting events, as well as donating 20% of our net profits to charities aligned with our mission.”
17. Boston's Best Coffee
Operation Coffee Archives - Boston's Best Coffee
The Operation Coffee initiative is a collaboration between the USA Veterans, military support foundations, and Boston's Best Coffee and actively supports veterans and military families from all branches of service across the USA.
“The Operation Coffee initiative is a collaboration between the USA Veterans, military support foundations, and Boston’s Best Coffee and actively supports veterans and military families from all branches of service across the USA.”
18. Veteran Roasters
Veteran Roasters - Premium coffee that changes the lives of veterans
Whether you are buying coffee for your home, office, or restaurant, buy a product that directly impacts the lives of veterans. For every cup and bag of Veteran Roasters coffee you purchase, you are providing a job opportunity for a homeless or at-risk veteran.
“Veteran Roasters Coffee was founded in 2017 to help give veterans a place to work and regain their lives after service. With every purchase of Veteran Roasters coffee, you help provide a job opportunity to an at-risk Veteran and provide them a community.”
19. Boca Java
Boca Java's Story
Boca Java Gourmet Coffee is a leading retailer and roaster of gourmet coffee. We roast our gourmet coffee to order to ensure you get the freshest coffee possible. Visit Boca Java to learn more about our unique gourmet coffee blends.
“In 2005, we expanded our donation program to invite our customers to send an 8 oz bag of coffee to the troops. The program has been such an overwhelming positive experience for both our military serving honorably overseas, and for us internally as a company; and the results speak for themselves. Over 7.9 Million Cups Served!”
20. Blackout Coffee Company
Blackout Coffee Co
Blackout Coffee offers strong coffee with robust bold flavors for those who value tradition and quality. Our medium and dark roast coffees are expertly crafted to reflect conservative American values. Exceptional selection of artisan blends and single-origin roasts. Experience the strength and patriotism in every cup.
“As a proud supporter of our troops, Blackout Coffee Co. created Operation Blackout which gives our honorable customers an opportunity to give back to our deployed troops by donating coffee care packages that we offer at a discounted price as a way of our team saying Thank You.”
21. Altruistic Joe
Altruistic Joe
Altruistic Joe
“Altruistic Joe is a veteran-owned small business with two defined goals: Provide our customers the very best coffee available in the world, roasted fresh before it ships, sold at a competitive price. Maximize the positive global impact of each order by donating 20% of all net proceeds to a group of highly rated charities, addressing a diverse set of needs.”
22. Fire Department Coffee
Fire Dept. Coffee | High Quality Coffee | Veteran Owned
Fire Dept. Coffee is a veteran owned, firefighter run coffee company that is dedicated to roasting high quality coffee while giving back to first responders.
“The Fire Dept. Coffee Foundation helps first responders who are injured on the job, mentally or physically, or who are facing other serious health challenges.”
23. Black Ink Coffee
Operation Caffeination
Operation Caffeination Unit Nomination To honor our commitment of sending a free taste of home to our deployed military members, we have launched Operation Caffeination. This allows for us to send a care package containing our best coffee, to a nominated unit that is currently deployed, completely free of charge!
“To honor our commitment of sending a free taste of home to our deployed military members, we have launched Operation Caffeination. This allows for us to send a care package containing our best coffee, to a nominated unit that is currently deployed, completely free of charge!”
24. Victory Coffee
Victory Coffees - Award Winning Coffee DELIVERED.
Outstanding Coffee - Whole Bean, Ground, or Single Cup Pods delivered
“As a former Navy SEAL my teammates and I operated in some of the most hazardous places on the planet. And no matter how dangerous or miserable the situation was; like those who served before us, we always had that warm cup of coffee.”
25. Java Military Group
https://shop.militaryjavagroup.com/main.sc
“Our mission is simple: provide an exceptional coffee product while providing support and assistance to those who serve our great nation. The company founder and President is proud to donate 50% of gross profits to the SEMPER FI FUND.”
Got Your Six Coffee Company
https://gotyoursixcoffee.com/
“Through the power of coffee we honor our nation’s heroes. Law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency Medical Technicians, Healthcare Professionals, Veterans and their families. They are the glue that keeps this country together. THIS is why we have made it our mission to serve them! This is why we have their backs. This is why we are Got Your Six.”
Three Rivers Coffee Company
https://www.threeriverscoffeecompany.com/
“Three Rivers Coffee Company is a service-disabled veteran-owned and operated, small batch coffee roasting company. We roast-to-order premium coffee beans that we import from around the world. We offer our coffee in whole bean, ground and single serve coffee pods. Our mission is to provide the community with an amazing cup of coffee and help put veterans back to work.”
Scars and Stripes Coffee
https://scarsandstripescoffee.com/
“When you buy coffee from Scars and Stripes, you are buying from a Veteran and your purchase directly impacts the men and women who have served our country.”
Warrior Spirit Coffee Company
https://warriorspiritcoffee.com/
“Finally, but probably most importantly, is our commitment to giving back to our communities. Whether it is the Veteran community by supporting different groups and programs, conservation or youth organizations, we will be donating 5% of all sales back into the community. We’ll be posting content to show where the money is going and even having some contests to see who’s charity will be getting the proceeds.”
Freedom Hill Coffee
Freedom Hill Coffee | Freshly Roasted Coffee in the USA
Coffee roasted fresh daily in America's heartland. Every order helps Honor America's Heroes and end Veteran and First Responder suicide in America by contributing to peer-led therapy efforts across the country. Help make a difference today.
“20% of proceeds from Freedom Hill sales go to organizations acrosss the country that are helping Vets and First Responders get clean and manage their Post Traumatic Stress. 85% of Veterans and First Responders who commit suicide do so while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Over 80% of patients who complete rehab stay clean and dramitacally reduce their risk of a mental health tragedy. When we say, “Your support is making a difference and saving lives.” We mean it.”
Counter Strike Coffee
Counter Strike Coffee Company
"Strike back at sleepiness and fatigue with a hot cup of Counter Strike Coffee." Texan Owned Veteran Approved. Highly Caffeinated Small Batch Premium Farm Direct Roasted Coffees.
“The impact you make by donating today, means hope for those facing the hardest crossroads of their life. To you, like us, this is personal. And you won’t stand idly by while our heroes are in crisis. Proceeds will go to help established veteran suicide prevention initiatives.”
Invader Coffee
Invader Coffee: Fuel for the Warrior Lifestyle
Get fresh, air roasted coffee blends from Austin's veteran-owned and operated roasters. Order now and drink like a hero.
“Founded by Owner/CEO Wes Whitlock, Marine Veteran and ex-protection specialist. Currently operating with no partners or investors, just hard work fueled by passion and lots of Invader Coffee.”
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