What is the set up for you guys when having coffee at work? We have a filter coffee machine and brew some decent local coffee (ManCoCo), however the guys who make the coffee before I get in aren't too interested in weighing out, just tend to do a couple of scoops so we get varying levels of success. Also we buy the coffee pre ground and in bulk so after a while you can definitely notice the deterioration. Do find myself having to drink instant coffee in the afternoon also once the filter machine is out as I've made one or two in the afternoon before but most people don't tend to drink any in the afternoon.

https://i.postimg.cc/0Nw2rmdt/max.jpg At my work this is the only coffee the company provides…absolute rubbish. I usually bring my own in, or if I'm lazy go to the coffee shop around the corner and get a generally disappointing flat white for £2.05. Unfortunately the majority of the staff have no idea how to steam properly - the flat white usually comes out looking and tasting like a latte. However, I do get the occasional good flat white from them, but this heavily depends on who is on duty. In short, my coffee at work life pretty much sucks…unless I bring in my own coffee 😁

I used to take chilled espresso shots and add boiling water for Americanos, until they banned kettles

@"DavecUK"#p6339 I'm curious…what did you put your shots into? We do have a water boiler at work so this sounds like a good idea.

I'm cheap, so anything I had available. This type of thing with about 100 or 250ml volume…. [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/iiKfz8j.png]

I meant to say, I intend to experiment with smaller 40 ml pots with lids and freeze espresso double shots…just have not got around to doing it yet…meaning to do it for a long time. I think they would store well in the freezer, for americanos, or iced coffee on demand.

@"DavecUK"#p6352 Your workplace banned kettles? Wow. Toasters I get, but kettles?

@"dutchy101"#p6358 yeah also interested to know the reasoning behind this. Seems a little bit excessive.

I could understand if the office was in an igloo, but otherwise I'm scratching my head on this one.

> @"dutchy101"#p6358 Your workplace banned kettles? Wow. Toasters I get, but kettles? The complaint was from the company running the canteen…they put in rules to prevent people eating their own food in the canteen space (all provided by BT of course), then removed the kettles. People started eating at their desks…threy banned that. We were in a business park, nowhere to eat…People started eating in the seats at reception when it was raining. The company moved to ban that and the management union got involved. Stated they had to provide employees an eating area and access to hot water…and threatened to take them to court. We were then allowed to eat in the canteen area, all vending machines had to give hot water free (it tasted awful) and when the canteen was open, they were forced to give us hot water for free if we asked. I was not very senior in those days… In later times, the stupid rules like that didn't affect me or my teams

Luckily, I am retired now but when I did work, I worked from home for many a year, so coffee at work was always top notch!

Coffee at work

JahLaza

My brother sent me this today. He works for a cool company, they seem very flexible, he travels a bit with them but the best thing I can see so far is the coffee they provide. Never heard of this but looks impressive, he says the coffee tastes great from it. And he added that it’s €12k. Below is a link to the product commercial and a video he made in work this morning

https://www.scanomat.com/products/topbrewer/

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