Office Coffee - Am I crazy?

shep

So at my office, of course they provide coffee. It is from a company called "Community Coffee" based out of Louisiana that is the standard for the oil and gas industry. If i have to go to a meeting elsewhere, everyone associated with this industry has it... the company has done a good job cornering this market segment, even though their coffee tastes like absolute shit. (However I'm sure if this thread continues long enough a Louisianian will chirp in to argue that point... and I still say they coffee is burnt to shit and tastes like drinking ground up burnt toast)...

Anyway, to counteract the terrible coffee, I have a small grinder and a french press at my desk, and I grind up locally roasted, great beans and make my own pot of coffee every morning....

Am I fucking nuts? I have been doing this for the 2 and a 1/2 years I've been working here, and people still ask me why I don't drink the free stuff that the office provides...

Am I the only person on the planet that can't handle shit coffee every morning?

I am starting to think I have a screw loose...

/endrant

dankind

My office has those K cups. No thanks.

I brew my own at home and take it to work in a thermos every day.

Life's too short to drink shitty coffee.

shep

dankind wrote:

My office has those K cups. No thanks.

I brew my own at home and take it to work in a thermos every day.

Life's too short to drink shitty coffee.

I'm in complete agreement with you there...

But it seems to me that when it's free, people don't seem to care if it's complete shit.... :fp:

SatansFuton

I'm sure you're not crazy, lots of people are picky about their coffee. I'm not crazy about tasty coffee. Folgers is where it's at for me. And while I don't do back-flips over Community Coffee, I have bought it 1-2 times in the past and it did the trick. But for me coffee isn't something I savor and enjoy, it has a purpose, to wake me up and get me going. To me it needs to be kind of bitter and have a kick to wake me up.

StillHere

I stop at WaWa or Dunkin on the way in. WaWa has perfect coffee every time with all the trimmings you could possibly imagine....probably cuz the coffee counter is so crowded in the morning that the coffee has no time to get burnt/stale.

I actually prefer WaWa over Dunkin when I have the time, cuz I can make it just the way I like it. Dunkin...limited to what they do for ya.

Good enough for me

Nami

Shep,

Your a newf so being a bit crazy is part of the DNA...

But yeah i cant stand the office coffee here it stinks and tastes like shit as well. I brew from home and make a coffee run to timmys or MCDs every morning. Cant believe my company charges us for this crap as well.

Morning all, time for a run as we speak...

kw18

No, you're not crazy. When I used to drink coffee more regularly, I was part of a small group of two or three others who chipped in to buy our own pot and coffee. It was better than the coffee my company offered (which is seriously watered down and tastes like $hit).

81

i bought a grinder and press. have it at home but may bring it to the office since i only brew on the weekend at home...and honestly, i enjoy going to starbucks to get a coffee, read the paper and get engulfed in that coffee smell. almost as bad as that old smoker smell you used to get at the bar.

rival.

nah, not crazy at all.

my job has a free maxwell house machine in our cafeteria, and while it's not terrible, i am still dipping into dunkin or starbucks on my way in. i drink my coffee black, so paying the $3, $4 a day for a little extra flavor than the maxwell house machine is worth it in my opinion.

81

rival. wrote:

nah, not crazy at all.

my job has a free maxwell house machine in our cafeteria, and while it's not terrible, i am still dipping into dunkin or starbucks on my way in. i drink my coffee black, so paying the $3, $4 a day for a little extra flavor than the maxwell house machine is worth it in my opinion.

$3 a day = $780 a year

i'd rather have the cash. :P

LloydXmas

shep wrote:

Anyway, to counteract the terrible coffee, I have a small grinder and a french press at my desk, and I grind up locally roasted, great beans and make my own pot of coffee every morning....

I use a French press at home and have been thinking about getting a 20oz one for the office. The coffee in my building though is pretty decent and They brew it fresh constantly. Nothing better than a French Press

rival.

81 wrote:

rival. wrote:

nah, not crazy at all.

my job has a free maxwell house machine in our cafeteria, and while it's not terrible, i am still dipping into dunkin or starbucks on my way in. i drink my coffee black, so paying the $3, $4 a day for a little extra flavor than the maxwell house machine is worth it in my opinion.

$3 a day = $780 a year

i'd rather have the cash. :P

but the lady at the dunkin on wabash ave knows my name. that place is my Cheers.

shep

81 wrote:

i bought a grinder and press. have it at home but may bring it to the office since i only brew on the weekend at home...and honestly, i enjoy going to starbucks to get a coffee, read the paper and get engulfed in that coffee smell. almost as bad as that old smoker smell you used to get at the bar.

I have a second grinder and press at home, as I got sick of carrying it back and forth to work on the weekends...

81 wrote:

rival. wrote:

nah, not crazy at all.

my job has a free maxwell house machine in our cafeteria, and while it's not terrible, i am still dipping into dunkin or starbucks on my way in. i drink my coffee black, so paying the $3, $4 a day for a little extra flavor than the maxwell house machine is worth it in my opinion.

$3 a day = $780 a year

i'd rather have the cash. :P

This is actually how I arrived at bringing a press into work... there are several starbucks I pass on the way to work each morning. I was considering starting to buy coffee there, until I did a quick math check and realized it would cost me less than $0.60/day for 2 cups if I bought beans and did the grinder/press thing... since I started 2 and a 1/2 years ago, my pickiness in the beans I use has gone up quite a bit and now I'm paying about $1/day for 2 cups... but it's worth it...

dimitrispearljam

this is the worst shit of coffee..i will not drink it,even if they pay me

shep

kw18 wrote:

No, you're not crazy. When I used to drink coffee more regularly, I was part of a small group of two or three others who chipped in to buy our own pot and coffee. It was better than the coffee my company offered (which is seriously watered down and tastes like $hit).

I did this for a while with a couple of co-workers as well.... but the coffee vultures in the office turned me off from it... after we were doing it for a month or so, we notice there were a lot of people who would wait until we brewed our pot and filled up, and then it would be immediately drained as soon as we left the kitchen... never a chance for a second cup unless we stood around and guarded the pot.... :nono:

davidtrios

coffee is crap at my work. ive been drinking the same slop here for about 4 years. i finally broke down and brought me own ground last week.

dcfaithful

No you're definitely not nuts. French press is the way to go in my opinion. The coffee at my office sucks too, it gets worse when it's brewed stronger and people really load that shit up here. Sometimes I give in and think "Oh, it can't be so bad" and I'm always reminded that yes, yes it can.

dankind wrote:

Life's too short to drink shitty coffee.

I can only end by saying I completely agree.

Better Dan

I don't drink the crap free coffee at the office. I think I tried to once or twice but had to throw it out. It's not only a problem of the type of coffee, but the people don't know how to make it. We used to have a team member who would bring in and brew his own coffee and share it with certain people..that was good but he no longer works with us Now I usually bring in my own with the occasional visit to Starbucks.

dimitrispearljam

dankind wrote:

Life's too short to drink shitty coffee.

mca47

dankind wrote:

Life's too short to drink shitty coffee.

Sums it up right here!!

kw18

shep wrote:

kw18 wrote:

No, you're not crazy. When I used to drink coffee more regularly, I was part of a small group of two or three others who chipped in to buy our own pot and coffee. It was better than the coffee my company offered (which is seriously watered down and tastes like $hit).

I did this for a while with a couple of co-workers as well.... but the coffee vultures in the office turned me off from it... after we were doing it for a month or so, we notice there were a lot of people who would wait until we brewed our pot and filled up, and then it would be immediately drained as soon as we left the kitchen... never a chance for a second cup unless we stood around and guarded the pot.... :nono:

Holy crap, that's shaddy as hell. Our pot was fairly well-secured ... it was near some of our cubes in a meeting room that only belongs to our department. So anybody walking in there would be suspect.

I suppose one way to prevent this sort of thing is just staying by your pot as it brews. Or keeping your pot in your cube if your office doesn't mind fire hazards.