THE DRIP 001:  "La Flor Negra" (The Black Flower)
THE DRIP 001:  "La Flor Negra" (The Black Flower)
THE DRIP 001:  "La Flor Negra" (The Black Flower)
THE DRIP 001:  "La Flor Negra" (The Black Flower)
THE DRIP 001:  "La Flor Negra" (The Black Flower)

THE DRIP 001: "La Flor Negra" (The Black Flower)

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She bloomed in a coffee field somewhere in Latin America. Now she lives on a bag built for Atlanta streets. Meet La Flor Negra — the black flower drop that started it all.

This is The Drip Brief Tote No. 001 — the bag that bears the name La Flor Negra, named for the commanding black floral medallion printed directly onto its upcycled jute body. The graphic is not applied, not embroidered, not reproduced. It was pressed into this burlap sack at origin, by the farm that grew the beans, before those beans ever left their country. You are holding the record of that harvest.

"The print you see isn't decoration — it's provenance. The typography, the emblems, the faded ink — that's the original mark of the farm, pressed into jute before the beans ever left their country of origin."

OCTAVIUS MARSION · DESIGNER STATEMENT · ATLANTA

Length: 16"           Width: 8"              Height: 14"

BODY
Upcycled coffee export burlap — original "La Flor" farm print, intact

OUTER DUAL POCKETS ON BOTH SIDES
Easy access to most items instead of using full zipped closure for quick access to important documents, notes, keys, & phone to name a few.

GRAPHIC
Bold black floral medallion + red banner script — "La Flor" in original farm typography

HANDLES
Genuine leather, hand-stitched, double-loop — soft-formed structured carry

HARDWARE
Jumbo 7/8" solid brass spring clip — polished gold finish, heavy-duty swivel

TRIM
Hand-woven braid — rust, gold & black — sewn along all perimeter seams

CLOSURE
Top-zip with  zip-pull tab

LAP TOP COMPATIBILITY 
Up to 15" MacBook Pro or lesser

Before this was a bag, this burlap sack traveled. It was woven, printed, filled with green coffee beans, sealed, and loaded onto a container ship somewhere in Latin America. It arrived at a roaster's warehouse in the United States, was emptied, and was destined for a landfill — or at best, repurposed as a commodity burlap sack. Octavius Marsion intercepted it.

The sack was selected specifically for the drama of its composition — the commanding scale of the black medallion, the confidence of the red banner, the ghost-like secondary lettering above. It was then cut, structured, and assembled entirely by hand in Atlanta. The genuine leather handles were formed individually and box-stitched directly through the burlap body. The woven braid trim was hand-applied seam by seam. The jumbo solid brass spring clip was chosen for its weight, its proportion, and the way it swings — like hardware on a working dock, elevated into something you carry to a meeting.

La Flor Negra is not a bag inspired by coffee culture. It is coffee culture — restructured, refined, and made wearable.

1 of 1 — this exact bag will never exist again
La Flor Negra is built from a single, specific coffee export sack. When this bag sells, that sack is gone. No restock. No reprint. No second edition. The graphic placement, color composition, burlap texture, and trim details are unique to this piece. Every Drip tote in this collection carries a different sack, a different story, and a different name. This one is La Flor Negra.

Get it while it breathes. New drops daily.

We release new Drip totes as they're completed in the Atlanta studio — sometimes several times a week, always one at a time. If La Flor Negra is still here when you're reading this, consider that a sign. Check back daily for new named drops added to the collection.

Will not be restocked!
New drops added daily
Atlanta, Georgia

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