We met Paul & Michael of Cafe Art UK back in 2013 and it was love at first sight, literally! 
These amazing guys founded Cafe Art UK to promote the artwork created by people affected by homelessness or who are socially vulnerable.
They do this by exhibiting their artwork in cafes around London and, since 2014, by celebrating unexpected creative perspectives of London through their amazing My London  photographic calendar,  (following a photography contest supported by The Royal Photographic Society). 
So much in common…
When we started Orzo♥Coffee we really wanted to make sure our work made a difference to the community and  people's life. For this reason we have been supporting initiatives like Cafe Art UK where people - not “issues” -  are at the center of the change.

Fear not, we are not getting easy-cheesy on St Valentine's Day, or at least not any cheesier than usual. Yet, St Valentine is a great opportunity to thank all the people who "love" us and allow us to be and live the life that we love.

So that's the deal for St Valentine's Day, all orders placed between 13th and 14th February will receive a lovely Orzocoffee Jute bag that you can use and re-use for you eco-friendly shopping. But that's not all, we also like to share the love with other (less fortunate than us) so for any order we will donate £1 to Cafe Art, and -drum rolls please - if we manage to reach the record number of 100 bags of orzo sold, we will double it up.
Question: How will we know when we have reached 100 bags?
Answer: Easy-peasy, order and share it with you friends on Facebook or Twitter #Orzocoffee, and if you are not connected you can just write a comment on our website. Easy enough?

So well, we are not going to wish you happy St Valentine's Day, instead we wish you to have plenty of people to thank - like we do.

Dear Orzolovers, thank you to the Moon and back!
Orzoteam

Celebrate with us the second birthday of Rice Up Wholefoods a lovely local cooperative in Southampton who started in 2013.
We were there serving OrzoCoffee the day of their opening in 2013 and we will be there on Saturday 18th of July to celebrate their 2nd birthday in style.
You will be able to enjoy a FREE cup of OrzoCoffee between 9.30 and 1pm and if you buy two or more OrzoCoffee products on the day, you will get one of our FREE jute bags (as well as a 15% discount!)

To celebrate with you another fantastic year at OrzoCoffee HQ, full of love and amazing people, we have partnered with two lovely friends to bring you the chance to win a lovely organic Christmas Hamper full of organic goodness by OrzoCoffee and Seed and Bean a lovely charity calendar by Cafe Art Where homelessness, great art & coffee meet ....  

What's in this fantastic hamper?

One OrzoCoffee gift serving set. This includes a bag of our award-winning OrzoCoffee, a foodclip, one of our eco-jute bags and a lovely mug and serving tray sey ;-)

One Organic Fairtrade Extra Dark Chocolate 4 Bar Gift Box by the amazing Seed and Bean 
Seed and Bean make awarding-winning, organic, Fairtrade chocolate. All handmade in small batches in Northamptonshire. We use only the finest Dominican Trinitario beans blended with 100% natural fruits, nuts and spices; we never use flavours or hints of flavours. Delicious chocolate with a conscience.

A copy of the Cafe Art 2015 Calendar, featuring 12 artists and their stories. All proceeds from the sale of the calendar go to the art classes to buy materials and pay for other operational expenses. The classes are run by many charities helping 1000s of people affected by homelessness in London. You can also buy copies for your friends and family here

Winning all of this, is very simple, How to enter:

• Complete the Rafflecopter form below to confirm your entries made via Twitter or Facebook
• Winners are announced on the Rafflecopter form after the prize has been claimed by the winner.
• Terms & Conditions apply, please read below

Terms & Conditions

• Only open to UK participants over the age of 18. Sorry to anyone from further afield.
• There is no cash alternative to the prize and the prize is not transferable. No part or parts of the prize may be substituted for other benefits, items or additions.
• Instructions form part of the terms and conditions. Entries using any software or automated process to make bulk entries will obviously be disqualified. 
• The winner will be picked at random using software and then contacted by email. If you win then you need respond to communication email within 24 hours or another winner will be picked so check your emails and your spam! 
• We will post the hamper to you as soon as possible but cannot guarantee it will be there before Christmas. 

Thanks to everyone who contributed to our survey and helped us choose a name for our new mascottes. Here are the results: 

We look forward to share with you their adventures as they travel with us to many events!

The competition winner has also been selected. Jo B. please check your email address to claim your prize ;-)