By Allison Watkinson
TLL Reporter
Stumptown Coffee and Laika have partnered up for a Coraline-inspired collaboration that will include licensed products, themed menu items and in-person experiences.
Founded in 2005, Laika is an animation and film production studio that specializes in producing high-quality animated films using a mixture of traditional stop-motion and 3D-CGI animation techniques.
Since its initial founding, the Laika studio has launched five animated feature films including Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link.
“Our friends at Laika are kindred spirits with similar core values as Stumptown Coffee,” said Stumptown Coffee director, Hanna Boone. “We believe in being the best in our crafts, pushing the limits when it comes to what we create and we both love our home base of Portland, Oregon. Being able to collaborate to celebrate the continued success of Coraline has been a creative dream and we are excited to have it come to life in our cafes and cans all over the country.”
The licensed products from Stumptown Coffee will include Coraline-inspired mugs, totes, stickers and a special-edition cold brew coffee can.
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The licensed Laika x Stumptown cold brew can is filled with the brand’s distinctive nitro cold brew coffee and features an artistically rendered label design based on the animated Coraline movie.
The limited-edition Stumptown Coffee cold brew label is inspired by the surreal and magical garden scene that takes place in the Other Mother’s sinister and alluring pocket dimension from the Coraline film.
The in-person activations and experiences for the licensing collaboration will include Coraline-inspired art galleries, exhibitions and exclusive menu items that will be available at select Stumptown Café locations in Portland, Pasadena and NYC.
The participating Stumptown Café locations will feature Coraline inspired art galleries, exhibitions and licensed menu items.
The licensed art exhibitions will include a variety of displays that feature official Coraline concept art and artifacts from Laika’s critically-acclaimed stop-motion film.
The displays will be featured alongside hand-crafted Coraline menu items will be on display along with exclusive, hand-crafted Coraline-inspired menu items such as the Coraline Coconut Cream Cold Brew.
The Coraline Coconut Cream Cold Brew is the first Coraline-inspired beverage that has launched for the licensing collaboration.
Available now at participating Stumptown Cafes, the licensed beverage features a combination of coconut cream, a toasted coconut garnish and Stumptown Coffee’s Original Cold Brew coffee.
The Coraline Cold Brew coffee can product will be available in major grocery stores across the United States while supplies last.
The full collection of Stumptown Coffee x Coraline merchandise is currently available at Stumptown Coffee café locations and the company’s official ecommerce website.
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