Do you remember what you were doing on September 14, 2023? We won't just forget it easily. For our customers, we prepared Night Shopping on the e-shop – a night full of discounts and benefits that we launch twice a year. Additionally, we organized a .pepper..party in Prague's Holešovice for our business partners, friendly brands, journalists, chefs, and influencers, who could experience Cambodia with all their senses.
Ball by ball, .pepper..coin to .pepper..coin
All the invited guests could get to know Kampot peppercorns up close, experience a real pepper farm, try sorting peppercorns, smell them, guess their colors, search for them, and collect them. Just like our farmers in Kampot. They collected the balls in the form of .pepper..coins – pepper money, which they then used to shop at our .pepper..market for goods from Kampot pepper bags to a new bottle of Žufánek. But they could also bargain like at a real Cambodian market!
Take a walk with us through the whole evening, which started early in the morning.
9:00The schedule is clear, we start clearing out and rearranging the Holešovice Chapter.We are looking for space for 3 .pepper..bars and 7 .pepper..points with pepper activities.
10:00Flowers arrive.Florists from Lupen & pupen received a "simple" task – to turn the mobile stairs into a pepper field."It almost looks like Kampot.""Exactly like Kampot!"
11:00We cut, glue, and decorate.Lighting technicians arrive. Beautiful light is the foundation of every evening; the space is colored with beautiful tones of fuchsia and bright green around the farms and Cambodian stations.
12:00Pepper gifts arrive for guests. We start preparing the .pepper..market.
13:00"No way," Klára exclaims. "Kambodžanka Nien can’t come!"Our Cambodian friend was supposed to be at the .pepper..farm, the heart of the whole evening. She didn’t come due to family matters, but that’s just how it is in Cambodia. Family comes first.Battle meeting.
14:00A friend and our moderator for today, Jirka Hilgart, arrived.The .pepper..beer point from Pivovar PROUD is setting up a beautiful blue tap on an area of 2 × 4 meters.
15:00"That bar for Žufánek looks really good." The .pepper..bar for presenting the new limited edition takes our breath away.Pepper catering arrives.
16:00"So here we are!"The whole .pepper..team is on site and co-founder Klára explains to everyone how the whole evening will proceed. Each station is managed by one of our colleagues and the goal is clear:"Everyone must enjoy it. Including us!"
18:00"Welcome!"
Our office manager Eliška welcomed guests at the guest list all night with her beautiful smile.
The musical accompaniment was provided by our colleague Lukáš, whom you know from the customer service line. In his free time, he is a DJ, so the choice for the best .pepper..DJ was obvious! The space was filled with exotic tones of Asian beats, which enhanced the great atmosphere all night long.
The .pepper..whee! wheel of fortune kept spinning as long as it could. Our new internal processes manager Marťa took it under her wing – visitors could spin to win, for example, the item „for a shot with David“ – the co-founder who devoted the whole evening (not just) at the bar to guests and partners.
The greatest excitement was at the .pepper..sorting station for pepper sorting – everyone handled it excellently with both hands and sticks. This station was managed by our financial director Teddy, who supervised the sorting with the same precision as farmers in Cambodia.
The .pepper..test station for recognizing pepper by smell was overseen by our graphic designer Tom, who was last in Cambodia in January and entertained everyone with travel stories.
The quiz station .pepper..quiz was run by Šárka, whom you know from festivals, and who takes care of restaurants and the store. The questions were not only educational but also entertaining. You could learn everything about farming and weddings in Cambodia in a playful way!
Our Lucka, who has been with us since the founding of .pepper..field and has been involved in events for several years, was at the cocktail .pepper..bar where we served our ready-to-drink pepper cocktails by Marcel Jinoch and Landcraft as a welcome drink.
And in the whirl of the evening, you could also meet Aleš at the .pepper..market. It’s no coincidence that he was given the role of the entertainment department in .pepper..field marketing, which was responsible for this beautiful event!
The fun began, lines formed, the night woven with conversations with interesting guests, which we streamed live on our Facebook and Instagram, passed incredibly fast. Many more people arrived than we expected and the atmosphere was great. We screened a pepper film from our farms, chatted with the host, and introduced each of the stations.
Even those who seemed like they would just say hello, have a glass, and leave, eagerly collected .pepper..coins. At one point, there was a crowd at all the stations. And even when the food ran out, everyone stayed because they were playing, enthusiastically chatting and shouting to each other about all they had just learned. Among them was our new helper from the packing team, Tobiáš, who lent a helping hand at the bar and catering.
Probably no one left empty-handed. And if someone did leave without a pepper gift, then at least with a good mood or a nice photo from our photo booths. Ladies could also get a .pepper..woman t-shirt, which was waiting for them to change into in the restrooms for free. This was so that there would be even more of us – members of the pepper family –. Thank you! It was beautiful, unforgettable, and lovely until the very end!
You can find the aftermovie from the whole event here.
