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2022 Holiday Gift Guide, Curated by BLLA

Our editorial team has compiled a list of their top gifts for the boutique community for 2022. Take a look! Art of Tea Art of Tea is an award-win...

Our editorial team has compiled a list of their top gifts for the boutique community for 2022. Take a look!

Art of Tea

Art of Tea is an award-winning tea company on a mission to impact as many lives as possible through delicious, organic, and sustainable brews and blends. From offering the highest-quality teas to best-in-class teaware to innovative tea gifts, Art of Tea has something for everyone on your list. Explore the Tea Gifts Collection to find everything you need to knock out your holiday shopping early this year.

BLLA: What are 4 of your favorite boutique hotels?

  • Shutters on the Beach | Location: Santa Monica, California
  • The Standard Spa, Miami Beach | Location: Miami Beach, Florida
  • Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives | Location: Maldives
  • The Charleston Place | Location: Charleston, South Carolina

BLLA: “As the year is coming to a close, what was one of the highlights of your year from a personal standpoint?”

“A rush of innovation while balancing supply chain demand in advance of humankind’s desire to experience travel in style and adventure.” – Steve Schwartz, CEO & Founder, Art of Tea

Copper Cow Coffee

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The first premium Vietnamese Coffee Company. 

The only coffee company brewing Real Herbs & Spices – No sketchy “natural” syrups here. Real Vanilla. Real Cinnamon. A touch of Salt. Plus, 100% Vietnamese Coffee, that’s it. 

We push the boundaries on what it means to be sustainably sourced and uplift the Vietnamese coffee industry. Our Vietnamese-Californian Founder Debbie Wei Mullin wanted to elevate everything about her favorite Vietnamese past time, from the way it’s grown to how it’s brewed and served in your home.

BLLA: What are 4 of your favorite boutique hotels?

  • Camp Lucy | Location: Dripping Springs, Texas
  • Dr. Wilkinson’s Backyard Resort & Mineral Springs | Location: Calistoga, California 
  • The Lodge at St. Edward State Park | Location: Kenmore, Washington 
  • Beach Terrace Inn | Location: Carlsbad, California

BLLA: “As the year is coming to a close, what was one of the highlights of your year from a personal standpoint?”

“A huge highlight was getting to go to Vietnam for the first time since the pandemic. We have had such ambitious plans for our coffee production and agricultural standards that had to be put on pause until this year. This summer, we were able to craft some really incredible investments for 2023 that we cannot wait to share with our customers.” – Debbie Wei Mullin, Founder, Copper Cow Coffee

Good Pharma

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Good Pharma is a modern wellness beverage company on a mission to bring delicious plant remedies to the world. Each of our 3 teas & 1 coffee provides a specific functional benefit to address contemporary health needs (such as immunity, focus + energy, calm and sleep). Our teas and coffee are clean, balanced, and effective- which keeps people coming back for another cup. Good Pharma’s Pour-Overs contain premium coffee or fine tea, blended with extractions of functional mushrooms and botanicals. Unlike many products on the market that use dried plants with little potency, we developed Rxtracts: thoughtful formulas of powerful plant concentrations that are formed into bioavailable granules. These dissolve into your cup during the pour-over process, resulting in a ritual that is just as effective as it is delicious.

BLLA: What are 4 of your favorite boutique hotels?

  • Viceroy Santa Monica | Location: Santa Monica, California
  • Little Palm Island Resort | Location: Little Torch Key, Florida
  • Banyan Harbor Resort | Location: Lihue, Hawaii
  • Newport Harbor Island Resort | Location: Newport, Rhode Island

BLLA: “As the year is coming to a close, what was one of the highlights of your year from a personal standpoint?”

“As I reflect on 2022, I am grateful that as we emerge from the pandemic, we as a community are stronger and more resilient than ever, with greater awareness of well-being and its immense power that it holds for us as individuals.” – Jill Portman, Co-Founder, Good Pharma

Loftie

Loftie Clock: Loftie is a thoughtfully connected alarm clock designed to help people break up with their smartphone alarms and get more sleep. Each Loftie Clock comes with a dimmable display, nightlight, two-phase alarm, and custom content playable right on the device, including guided meditations, sound baths, breathwork exercises, sleep playlists, plus a variety of relaxing sounds. Equally important, though, is everything Loftie does not connect to: your email, apps, social media, and all the stress they bring along. In short, it’s everything you need (and nothing you don’t) for a dreamier bedroom atmosphere.

Loftie Lamp: The stylishly minimalist Loftie Lamp is designed to bring you healthier sleep and happier mornings. It also keeps away the dark. In addition to joyful sunrise alarms, restful sunset dimming, and intuitive reading and ambient settings, the wifi-enabled Loftie Lamp can even be paired with the Loftie Clock for light-guided breathwork, coordinated wind-downs, and multi-sensory wake-ups.

BLLA: What are 4 of your favorite boutique hotels?

  • The Arnold House | Location: Livingston Manor, New York
  • The White Elephant | Location: Nantucket, Massachusetts
  • Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC | Location: New York, New York
  • Hôtel National Des Arts et Métiers | Location: Paris, France

BLLA: “As the year is coming to a close, what was one of the highlights of your year from a personal standpoint?”

“From a personal standpoint? Meeting the love of my life. I flew to Paris to go on a second date with her. She is absolutely the best part of 2022.

“From a hotel standpoint…

“I spent another amazing Fourth of July at The White Elephant on Nantucket with my family. Watching the sunsets on the harbor from the balcony there never gets old.

“I finally got to stay at The Arnold House after having dinner there approximately 100 times during the pandemic. One of my friends from home got married there this summer, and it was absolutely gorgeous. The fields in the back were the perfect wedding spot, and the barn was a great venue for the reception afterward.” – Matthew Hassett, CEO & Founder, Loftie

Vacation

VACATION by Vacation®: The signature scent of the “World-Famous” Vacation® brand sunscreen developed in conjunction with ARQUISTE Parfumeur and Rodrigo Flores-Roux. Smell like sunscreen and summer, sprayable on demand.

“VACATION” by Vacation® BLACK LABEL: The scent of “The World’s Best-Smelling Sunscreen” in deluxe scented candle form. Featuring a rich, double-concentrated blend of our award-winning signature fragrance “VACATION” by Vacation®, and designed to fill your home with your favorite sunscreen and poolside scented memories.

BLLA: What are 4 of your favorite boutique hotels?

  • The Standard Spa, Miami Beach | Location: Miami Beach, Florida
  • Ace Hotel & Swim Club Palm Springs | Location: Palm Springs, California
  • Palihouse West Hollywood | Location: West Hollywood, California
  • Austin Motel | Location: Austin, Texas

BLLA: “As the year is coming to a close, what was one of the highlights of your year from a personal standpoint?”

“This year has been full of both personal and professional highlights for me, including launching our new Classic Whip and hosting incredible events with an amazing team, but the biggest highlight of my year has to be becoming a father.” – Dakota Green, Founding Partner, Vacation® Inc

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