Custom Reusable Cups for Businesses and Events
Custom reusable cups serve two distinct purposes: the bar cup that circulates at a festival or fair, and the coffee cup someone takes to their desk each morning. The first costs less than two euros; the second can exceed twenty. You can produce them per unit, starting from 25 units, and see the cup with your logo on screen before approving anything.
A Reusable Cup Only Counts if People Reuse It
The calculation for a reusable cup is simple: its footprint is offset by its uses. An event PP cup goes through an industrial dishwasher and returns to the bar repeatedly during the same festival, so with a deposit system, the change pays off at that event. A coffee cup with a lid, on the other hand, lives in a backpack and is used daily for years, or it ends up in a drawer the first week. The difference is almost never the material: it's whether the cup seals well, fits under the office coffee machine, and doesn't have a huge logo that's embarrassing to take out in a café. That's why we apply the branding small and in subtle colours, just like on the rest of our custom bottles and mugs for businesses.
The regulatory context pushes in the same direction. Spain's Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils mandates a reduction of 50% by 2026 and 70% by 2030, compared to 2022, in the weight of single-use plastic cups and food containers placed on the market. Hence, many venues and bars already work with returnable cups and a deposit of 1 to 2 euros refunded upon return. If you're organising conferences, fairs, or a corporate party, the reusable cup stops being just a sustainable detail and becomes the operational solution; the same applies to the rest of our event, fair, and congress merchandise.
What Can Be Customised
- The logo and branding: one or more inks in screen printing, full-colour 360° digital printing on models that allow it, or laser engraving on steel cups. We require the logo in vector format (SVG, PDF, or AI); if you only have a PNG, we'll vectorise it.
- The colour of the cup and lid separately: in coffee and event models, you can combine a neutral body with a silicone lid in corporate colours, or let each person choose their colour on the portal.
- The capacity and format: 250-350 ml for espresso or macchiato, 350-500 ml for lattes and travel thermal mugs, and 500 ml for event bar cups.
- The reverse message: event name, year, hashtag, or a short phrase. This prevents the cup from looking like an advertisement and makes it more likely to be kept.
- The set it comes in: the cup can be sent alone or inside the Pekata box with a band, label, and card with your brand, as part of a corporate welcome pack or alongside gourmet products.
Models, Materials, and Indicative Prices
| Model | Material and Capacity | Common Branding | Indicative Price per Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reusable Event Cup | Rigid PP, 330-500 ml, suitable for industrial dishwasher | 1-2 colour screen printing; IML (in-mould label) for large runs | €0.60-1.60 |
| Stackable Office Cup | Recycled PP, 250-350 ml, no lid | Pad printing or 1 colour screen printing | €1.50-3 |
| Rigid Event Tumbler | Copolyester or SAN, 400-500 ml, with optional lid and straw | 1-4 colour screen printing or 360° digital printing | €2-4 |
| Reusable Coffee Cup with Lid | Food-grade recycled PP with silicone lid, 300-400 ml | Screen printing or 360° digital printing | €10-18 |
| Glass Coffee Cup | Borosilicate with silicone sleeve, 300-350 ml | Fired screen printing in 1-2 colours on glass | €12-20 |
| Steel Travel Thermal Mug | 18/8 double-walled steel, 350-500 ml, anti-drip lid | Laser engraving or 360° digital printing | €16-35 |
Indicative prices per unit, with logo applied and excluding VAT; improve with order volume.
How It's Done
- Design and preview. You choose the model, capacity, and colours, send us the logo in vector format, and we return the assembled cup on screen: real position and size of the marking, inks, and lid colour. Nothing is produced until you approve it.
- Production and marking. Screen printing or 360° digital printing on plastic and glass cups, laser engraving on steel ones, IML when the run justifies the mould. We produce from 25 units: 30 cups for a team or 3,000 for a festival follow the same process.
- Delivery. To the office, event venue, or each person's home, across Europe. If each employee chooses a colour or model, they do so on Pekata's portal in their language, and HR doesn't collect addresses. You receive a single invoice, with a breakdown of benefits in kind if needed.
Where it fits and what it pairs with
Personalised reusable cups are distributed across three very different scenarios. At an event with a returnable system, we calculate one cup per attendee plus a replacement reserve, with a deposit of 1 to 2 euros refunded at the bar and industrial washing between days; those who decide to keep the cup take home a souvenir, and you don't pay for waste removal. At trade shows, the coffee cup with a lid is more useful than a generic pen or notebook: it takes up little space in the suitcase and is then used in the visitor's office, where the brand remains visible. And in the office itself, giving one cup per person instead of disposable cups at the coffee machine eliminates a recurring consumable and aligns with the directive set by Law 7/2022 in Spain.
It pairs well with the rest of the family: a bottle for the gym and a cup for coffee cover the whole day, and if you're looking for recycled materials, the entire selection includes the eco-friendly merchandise line. For a recruitment campaign or a thank-you gift to clients, the cup serves as the main piece of promotional gifts for companies, with the Pekata box and a card with your brand when it needs to be delivered with a certain presence.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a personalised reusable cup cost?
It depends on the type of cup. An event cup made of PP, 330-500 ml, costs between €0.60 and €1.60 per unit with the logo screen printed, and a rigid copolyester tumbler between €2 and €4. A reusable coffee cup with a lid is between €10 and €18, a borosilicate glass cup with a silicone sleeve between €12 and €20, and a double-walled steel thermal mug between €16 and €35. These are indicative prices per unit, excluding VAT, and improve with volume.
What is the minimum order for cups with a logo?
The minimum order is 25 units: we produce from 25 units, so you can order 30 cups for a small team. The price does improve in tiers, and the difference is more noticeable in cheaper event cups, where the cost of preparing the screen printing is spread across the units. For mould techniques like IML, it only pays off for runs of several thousand.
How long does it take for a personalised cup order to arrive?
With a catalogue model and screen or laser printing, it usually takes two to three weeks from when you approve the preview. If the marking is full-colour digital or the order is for several thousand units, expect three to five weeks. A custom-made cup, with its own mould colour or IML, takes six to eight weeks or more, so it's advisable to start with a margin if the event has a fixed date.
Which marking technique withstands the dishwasher best?
In plastic, screen printing with oven-cured inks withstands domestic and industrial washing at an event; 360° digital printing allows full colour and gradients but is more sensitive to aggressive washing and scourers. In stainless steel, laser engraving doesn't fade with use because it marks the metal itself, though the logo always appears in the colour of the steel. In glass, baked screen printing is the durable option.
Can you have a different lid colour for each team or let each person choose?
Yes. The body and lid are ordered separately in most coffee cup models, so you can assign a colour per team or location without changing the marking. If you prefer each person to decide, we open the Pekata portal in the campaign languages, and each employee chooses their colour and delivery address. HR collects nothing, and the invoice remains a single one.
Request your personalised cup proposal
In the online catalogue you upload your logo, see every product already branded and get the price instantly, from 25 units. If you would rather we prepare it for you, request a quote.