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Before you decide which type of office coffee service you want to provide your hard working employees, you should consider the options available to you and which is the better fit.

K Cups Coffee

K-Cups Coffee

The majority of people at home and in the office use k-cups for convenience and It’s a plastic container with a small paper filter inside. Ground coffee is packed in the K-Cup and sealed air-tight with a combination plastic and foil lid. When the K-Cup is placed in a Keurig brewer, the brewer punctures both the foil lid and the bottom of the K-Cup and forces hot water under pressure through the K-Cup and into a mug.

The K-Cup is placed in a receptacle on the brewer. K-Cups have an outer ring or rim that stays dry during use, allowing for removal and disposal after use without getting the user’s hands wet or sticky.

Most manually discarded pod machines require you to lift out the wet pod before your next brewing cycle. The pod is not really that wet nor is it too hot to handle. There may be an occasional drip of water from either one of the systems coffee device so be careful when discarding!

coffee mythsBreaking news: dark roast coffee affects shape of fingers

Headlines like these sometimes amuse you, but, as a provider of coffee services, they also scare you. Your business serves hundreds of coffee drinkers every day. When they see a news headline about coffee, whether its legitimate fact or media fabrication, they want answers. It’s your job, as a company who provides a coffee service, to give those answers. If you can’t, you look unprofessional, and your customers soon flock to a differentcoffee watering hole.

Customer service is important to you. You want to be able to answer all customer concerns, but cracking coffee myths isn’t exactly your specialty. It requires some high-energy brain cells and expert knowledge. Let our Java Geniuses help you out.

Below are some highly debated caffeine-related news reports, our genius take on them – and the cold, hard proof to back it up.

Coffee Dehydrates You

Coffee, along with most other caffeinated drinks, does not disrupt your body’s natural balance of fluids, despite popular belief.

Caffeine is a diuretic, (it promotes urination) which leads people to believe it aids in dehydration. But don’t forget: half your coffee is water. Black coffee is made up of 95% water. With an h20 concentration that high, coffee is incapable of dehydrating. It actually does the opposite. Don’t believe us?

start new healthy habit

Tired of eating salad? Is going to the gym the absolutely last thing you want to do after a long day of work? Is stress making it hard for you to function?

Getting healthy and keeping those New Year’s resolutions doesn’t have to be stressful. There’s one easy habit that can make a big difference in your health. And the good news is that you may already be doing it!

Harvard researchers found that people who drink a moderate amount of high quality coffee each day can see big benefits when it comes to some serious diseases.

The Millennials – or Generation Y, or those born between the 1980’s and 2000’s – are certainly making a name for themselves. Slammed early on with titles of “lazy” and “naive,” these futuristic thinkers have more recently turned the world upside down with their innovative insights and unparalleled tech skills.

 

office coffeeEmployers recognize the importance of keeping their employees happy and energized without having them leave the facility to go wait in line for a cup of gourmet coffee or hot beverage. Happy employees are productive employees. Companies are starting to see that creating positive, relaxing environments for employees will lead to greater productivity and longer tenure.

Coffee Machines

The choices of how to prepare your morning cup of joe have exploded in the last 5 years. From instant coffee with actually flavor and depth, to completely self contained caffeine infusion systems with 100’s of flavor combinations, there is a brewing system for everyone and every company. The number of different brewing systems available can be overwhelming, but here are a few must knows:

  • traditional glass pot brewer
  • thermal carafe brewer
  • single cup pod brewer or K cup brewer
  • french press brewer

diy

With the average American spending more than 47 hours a week at work, creating a personalized coffee bar is a great investment. Not only is free coffee for the office a nice perk for employee retention, it also boosts employee productivity.

Creating an office coffee bar doesn’t have to be time-consuming or expensive. Here’s what you need to get started:

 

i love coffeeOur previous blog post discussed 4 surprising health benefits of coffee consumption. The Java Geniuses are back this week to pour some more useful health information into your pot of knowledge. Here are 4 more ways coffee doubles as a mental and physical treatment for your office.