Corporate gifts with Dominican products: coffee, cacao, rum, and cigars

Which Dominican products can go into a company gift?

Six, mainly: coffee, cacao, rum, cigars, traditional sweets, and dominoes. Each one says something different about the giver, and not all of them suit every recipient.

• Coffee: the safest choice. Almost everyone drinks it, every day. The greca, as Dominicans call the stovetop moka pot, turns it into an object that stays in the kitchen for years.
• Cacao and chocolate: a bar made with Dominican cacao is a small, easy-to-carry gift that speaks of the country without shouting it.
• Rum: the year-end classic. It works with adult clients you know drink.
• Cigars: for very few people, and only if you know they smoke. They come in a wooden box that can be engraved.
• Traditional sweets: the most familiar touch. In our catalog they come inside a decorative tambora drum.
• Dominoes: you can't eat or drink them, but few things are more Dominican than a game on the patio. They get used with family, far from the office.

What makes these products a company gift rather than a souvenir is the format: few pieces, a box that arrives in good shape, and a reason to give it. The difference is explained in souvenir or corporate gift: when each one makes sense.

What options are there, and what do they cost?

From RD$924 to RD$9,636 per unit, reference prices before ITBIS tax as of October 2026. These are the options with Dominican products available in the Lemon Creativo catalog:

The final price depends on quantity, branding method, and packaging, and we itemize it. To see how each range fits your budget, read what corporate gift you can give with RD$500, RD$1,500, RD$3,000, or RD$5,000+.

Coffee, cacao, rum, or cigars: which fits each recipient?

It depends on who it is for and how it will be delivered. A practical rule:

• Your team: coffee or dominoes. Everyone uses them, nobody is left out for not drinking, and each person's name can go on the greca or the box.
• A local client: rum or cacao, in a box. If you don't know whether they drink, the Raíces con Estilo set gives the same level without alcohol.
• A visitor from abroad: something that fits in a suitcase and survives the trip. Coffee, chocolate, or a greca travel better than a bottle. What can go on a plane, especially drinks and cigars, depends on the airline and the destination country, so if you choose rum or cigars, the recipient should check before flying. For the visit itself (hotel, meeting, timing), read what to gift a foreign client visiting the DR.
• An event with many guests: the local-flavor kit, from RD$924. It carries the Dominican product in a small format, with your logo on the lid.
• A VIP client: the trunk, with rum and cigars, for very few accounts. More options at that level are in premium corporate gifts for VIP clients.

Can you order a Dominican product that isn't in the catalog?

Yes, we quote it. If you want coffee from a specific brand or region, loose cigars instead of the trunk, or a different bottle from the ones in our boxes, tell us the product and the quantity. We confirm availability and price in the quote, with the same packaging and branding as the rest of the order.

The same applies if the box you saw is sold out. As of October 2026, three catalog boxes with rum or Dominican products show as unavailable. When that happens, we propose an equivalent with what is in stock and show it to you in the mockup before production.

How do you add your brand without hiding the Dominican touch?

On the packaging and on one piece that stays, not on everything. The bottle and the chocolate bar keep their own labels; your brand goes on what comes with them:

• The box: the local-flavor kit has your logo printed on the lid, and the Raíces con Estilo set comes in a rigid magnetic box.
• Laser engraving: the mini greca, the bamboo tumbler, the whisky glass, and the wooden cigar box can all be engraved.
• The recipient's name: on the greca or the tumbler. In our orders it is common to add the company logo, each employee's name, and a short phrase.
• A card that tells the origin: what a greca is, where the cacao comes from, why that rum. For someone from abroad, that card turns the product into a story.

How we put together a gift with Dominican products

The workflow is the same as any project, with two extra checks specific to these products: availability and heat.

1. Brief: who it is for, how many units, whether the person drinks, whether they will travel, the date, and the delivery location.
2. Quote within 24 to 48 hours, with a mockup and an itemized price: product, branding, packaging, and delivery. That is where we confirm every bottle and product is available.
3. Artwork approval and, for a new kit, approval of a sample.
4. Production and piece-by-piece quality control. A ready-made box takes 2 to 4 days; the greca and the dominoes, 5 to 7. A new kit with special packaging or several deliveries is a 10 to 18 business-day project.
5. Packing and delivery to one location, per person, or per site, with a tax-compliant e-CF invoice.

One thing not to forget: chocolate melts. A box left all afternoon in a car in the sun, or at a front desk without air conditioning, arrives damaged. If the gift will wait before it is handed out, tell us and we will schedule delivery as close as possible to the moment you give it.

Several of these boxes are designed for year-end, and November and December are, after July, our busiest months for orders. If it is for Christmas, request your quote early; the Christmas corporate gifts guide has the deadlines.

If you are planning your company's gifts from scratch, start with the corporate gifts guide for the Dominican Republic. And if you need someone to handle it end to end, see our custom corporate gifts for companies.

Request your quote with the quantity, the date, and whether the recipient drinks or travels: we reply within 24 to 48 hours with a mockup and an itemized price.