Kohola Coffee

Bottle Packaging Design with Of The North

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NO CORNER-CUTTING

LOCAL SOURCING

OCEAN-MINDED VALUES

Nature and flavor were meant to give each bottle its own mood while keeping the same DNA underneath: a coffee cart dedicated ocean preservation, selling the feeling of ease and connection as much as the drink.

That philosphy needed to survive translation onto a 12oz bottle sticker.

Kohola coffee is a locally owned coffee truck on the big island, named after the humpack whale.

their name is their whole philosophy: fuel life's journeys with energy, warmth, and connection, the same way the kohola moves through its own long migration every year.

HONEY WAVE

a lavender honey oat milk latte, gets a soft lavender field as its backdrop:

  • lavender sprigs

  • bees

  • whale tail

the color leans feels warm and a little sweet, matching a drink built around honey and floral flavors.

DARK TIDE

a mocha, drops into a deep brown built from coffee beans, cacao pods, and tropical leaf shapes layered behind the whale tail motif. The palette goes tan and warm.

BLACK SWELL

A cold brew made from nothing but black coffee and water:

  • shark teeth

  • wave swirls

  • shells

  • whale tail

no flavor cue needed. the ocean carries the whole label on its own. dark, moody, simple.

UBE LATTE

goes deep purple and lilac

  • palm trees

  • hibiscus

  • wave shapes

since there are few ways to illustrate a root vegetable that still feels appetizing for coffee beverages, the clor does the flavor work here more than any single icon does.