privately held company industry manufacturing retail founded 2003 headquarters miami florida key people christopher esposito president artie esposito vice president creative director products teddy bears subsidiaries espo entertainment website coffee bean bears coffee bean bears are a coffee bean stuffed bear created by brothers christopher esposito and artie esposito in 2003 through their company espo entertainment dba coffee bean bears . the initial assortment of bears featured four characters brewster bean frenchie vanilla mister mocha and hazel the nut . each of the bears is stuffed in its midsection only with organically grown roasted coffee beans of the appropriate flavor frenchie vanilla comes with french vanilla beans etc. . the rest of the bear is filled with polyester stuffing . the beans themselves are said to be not meant for consumption but are instead used to give off an aroma in other words a type of potpourri for coffee drinkers . they come packed in a removable netted bag which is placed inside the back of the bear through a velcro opening . the coffee s fragrance comes through the bears bellies which are made of a burlap jute material . the porous nature of the material allows for emission of the scent . in addition to the whole beans themselves a sample pack of ground coffee again of the appropriate flavor is included . each of the bears comes with an attached coaster which takes the place of the traditional cardboard paper nametag . the coaster of authenticity as they refer to it is made of the same burlap as the bears bellies and includes a cartoon drawing of the matching bear . each coaster is also numbered which appeals to some collectors though whether or not any of the bears are limited is not yet known . all the components come packaged together in a tin reminiscent of a coffee can . the cans themselves provide technical information such as the story of the specific bear enclosed as well as a description of the beans and the charity coffee kids which benefits from a percentage of the proceeds . unlike other beanie type plush these bears are not meant for babies or young children . they are primarily an adult or teen collectible intended for the avid coffee drinker or teddy bear collector . while not as expensive as other niche products such as the very popular vermont teddy bear collection at a suggested retail price of 19.95 these bears are higher priced than the more common ty beanie babies . the brewster bean bear was nominated for the 2007 golden teddy award buy jones publishing in the dressed accessorized 5 14 inches category . 1 brother bears edit will kirby & mike boogie malin with the coffee bean bears two of the stars of cbs big brother will kirby winner of big brother 2 and mike boogie malin winner of big brother all stars are investors in coffee bean bears . throughout the all stars season kirby and malin would promote the product to internet fans via the 24 hour live video feeds . they as well as other houseguests would occasionally wear t shirts promoting the coffee bean bears cast of characters . the logistics manager joel martin for coffee bean bears would often feature the bears and shout outs to the big brother crew in his blog and youtube videos in the scooter industry since many us scooter stores sold espresso and coffee . he was also the spanish language pitchman on spanish language qvc shop latino . references edit jones publishing inc. 2007 . 2007 golden teddy award nominations . retrieved april 4 2007 . esposito christopher . coffee bean bears . retrieved 2007 03 31 . v t e teddy bears bear manufacturers build a bear workshop chad valley j. k. farnell gund ideal toy company margarete steiff gmbh merrythought teddy atelier stursberg teddy hermann ty inc vermont teddy bear company types of bear ag bear beanie babies boyds bears care bears coffee bean bears forever friends freddy teddy gund snuffles holiday beanie babies me to you bears werebears teddy bear museums teddy bear 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