At Tala, we often say, "“fun times, good vibes, high-fives,” which in so many ways exemplifies our company culture. Connection is one of our four core values at Tala, and we connect daily by providing smiles, positive vibes and many high-fives. We believe that coffee has a natural connective power. Coffee—and in particular a coffee shop—brings together people quite unlike most other things. We see people meet in the cafe and later become friends. They bond over their dogs or their cars or their drinks. Our cafe is a place of connection and reconnection; old friends get together to catch up, spouses sip their lattes on a nice morning away from the house.

Even as I write all these things it seems like a fantasy world (the world we lived in just two weeks ago). The idea of people bumping into each other in line or sipping lattes in the cafe seems outlandish. We suddenly live in a world of distance between people, limited interactions and, of course, lots of hand-washing. It’s easy to despair of our social interactions in this time, throwing up our hands and giving in to the endless void that is Netflix or Instagram. But we hope that even in this time you are looking for ways to stay connected.

At Tala we’re so used to being the bridge of connection between people. The place to meet, the thing to bond over, the means of introduction. This has wildly changed this week as we make changes to our cafe for community safety in the midst of this virus spread. But we wanted to find a way to connect people in this new climate of social distancing. Our solution: Tala postcards!

All of our online orders will get free postcards inside that they can send to a friend to stay connected and share some love. We hope you can reach out to others with encouragement in this time of uncertainty. Plus they get a discount code with their postcard so you’re spreading good coffee, too.

Watch out in your orders for our postcards, and don’t forget to spread the fun times and good vibes.