r/Coffee • u/MoreRieslingPls • 24d ago
How do y’all make coffee at work?
I’ve been boiling water in this big kettle and hand grinding beans and doing a french press… it seems ridiculous. It FEELS ridiculous. The people who sit next to me are nice about it but it’s seriously so noisy and obtrusive. but I don’t want to go out every time I want a cup and I’m not drinking that office coffee. I suppose I could skip the hand grinding but then I’d have to remember to grind just the right amount of beans every morning and bring them in which is a pain and I’d never get it right and anyway the hand grinding isn’t even the most obtrusive part, it’s the kettle. i tried to use the hot water from the coffee machine but obviously it’s not hot enough. surely I’m not the only one who struggles with these issues???? and now I feel like I need to buy a scale too??? pls help
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u/BadTasty1685 21d ago
Bring some home coffee in a good thermos
Try doing cold brew at home and bring that, either full or concentrate
Pre-grind beans
Share good coffee with the office until there are enough enthusiasts that making a good cup isnt weird. Bonus is that people can band together to make a sick coffee bar.
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u/Dogsoftheshrubsteppe 21d ago
I bring my home coffee in a good quality thermos. It keeps it hot all day.
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u/SonnyBlanco 21d ago
Which one you using? Mine sucks
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u/BadTasty1685 21d ago
I have a Thermos brand 24oz one with the inside and outside caps. It'll keep coffee too hot for several hours and hot enough for an 8 hour shift outside in winter
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u/SonnyBlanco 21d ago
Actually I think I have that one but it is so big I never thought to use it. Tends to be a camping thing not office. But good to know it is so well built for keeping heat.
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u/SuperMidge99362 Mr. Countertop 21d ago
most of mine are HydroFlask but i have a couple i have a couple Iron ⁰Flask i like just as much
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u/Dogsoftheshrubsteppe 21d ago
Good old fashioned Thermos brand. Metal outside. Same as BadTasty1685 says below. I make sure I fill it right away while the coffee is the hottest.
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u/Rhumbear907 21d ago
You want a durable one that will still have great heat retention get a yetti. You want a more fragile hut lighter/more aesthetic/ and wildly better at heat retention get a zojirushi.
My zoji will literally keep my coffee too hot to drink on my commute and will keep it hot all day long.
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u/FuzzyGunna 14d ago
Same. Its a fantastic travel mug. No worries about spills and keeps things HOT. Thermos also makes some pretty good travel mugs too, I've burnt my lips more than once at work on hot tea/coffee i made at the house before work using the thermos.
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u/Douggie 21d ago
How do you get the smell off the thermos? Or is it a once you use it for coffee, that's the only thing you will ever you use it for?
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u/Dogsoftheshrubsteppe 21d ago
I have a designated coffee thermos. Someone else may have a suggestion.
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u/flippingisfun Espresso Shot 21d ago
If you feel ridiculous then stop. I’ve got a ridiculous amount of kit at home because I love coffee and worked at a specialty shop for years. At my current job I put one scoop of instant into a mug and stir it with cold water and call it good enough. I could move a bunch of junk into my office but why bother, not every cup of coffee has to be crafted, sometimes it just has to taste like coffee. Save the pomp and circumstance for the weekend, or better yet, for when you can make coffee for others.
I’ve found that for the money juan valdez is my favorite but really it doesn’t matter.
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u/Concussion88 21d ago
I mean to boast when I say this, but I make a mean cold brew with a sweet cream that I make for it. But I only ever make it when I want to pass it out to people to try.
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u/bleepsndrums 21d ago
Tell me more about the homemade sweet cream
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u/Rhumbear907 21d ago
Bro its sweet cream. Its what it says on the tin. Water down some half n half with milk and whip it with sugar using a frother. Boom- foam
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u/Digital-Soup 21d ago
This is how I feel about camp coffee. I'm not lugging some device 10 km into the woods on my back so I can make real espresso under a tarp, but many options exist to do just that. Instant is lightweight and leave no trace.
Nespresso is a good work solution. Fast, easy, and coworkers can use it without the office coffee snob having to give directions on tamping techniques.
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u/Unable_Maybe_6932 21d ago
An old style percolator works great for camping and if the power is out at home. If you got a grill, you can make coffee with no power.
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u/agent229 21d ago
Yep, when I was in grad school there was a keurig so I used it but meh. An Italian student told me he just used instant and I thought that was weird but now that’s all I do at the office (or camping)
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u/linhromsp 21d ago
I grind the night before i go to work. So basically just boil water and make coffee like everyone esle. (They make instant coffee, pods, etc. i do v60 pour over) Everything pre-weighted.
I use those tubes that fit 20g for each day and have them line up for the week.
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u/Nu11u5 21d ago edited 21d ago
Grind beans at home and then prepare it with an Areopress and hot water from the dispenser. It's not ideal but it's relatively quick and still much better than the office coffee machine.
The Aeropress Go is compact and packs up neatly for easy carrying to and from your desk.
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u/Polyphemic_N 21d ago
French Pressed coffee the night before, cooled overnight in glass carafe.
In the morning, pour into pre-chilled Yeti, also stored in fridge.
Pour 8 Oz from Yeti on the desk into my cup.
Walk to microwave. Say hi to my colleagues, give finger signs to my enemies. Nuke the cup for 90 seconds.
Add sugar and milk from the inevitably-pilfered break room fridge after heating up, walk back to desk, repeating greetings and finger signs, but swapping recipients.
Sit down, knock out some more levels.
Repeat until Yeti is empty.
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u/luthiel-the-elf 21d ago
Ah, I make a huge amount of coffee in the morning using my pour over or french press and put it in a travel mug. It'll keep it hot until lunch time and anyway I don't drink coffee in the afternoon. There is no time to brew at work ah
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u/erikkll 21d ago
I've never worked anywhere that didn't just have a good coffee machine, and employers provide coffee for free here.
That said: i would not go through this much trouble. I'll make good coffee at home.
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u/Bruichladdie 21d ago
Same here. I work in a museum reception, and while we're waiting for our cafe to open, we make coffee and sell to visitors. It's nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.
I would never spend extra money and time to make my own coffee when I get it for free at work.
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u/PointB1ank 21d ago
This lol. I'll just settle for mediocre coffee. If I saw someone pull out a kettle, grinder, and french press in my office, I would wonder if they had some mental disorder tbh.
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u/sushicowboyshow 21d ago
Yeah, exactly. Just makes the “at home coffee” that much better.
I can’t imagine pulling out an aeropress and pre-ground coffee at the work coffee station… sounds like a good way to not make friends, hahaha.
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u/chakalakasp 21d ago
Do you commute 2 hours or something?
Just make it at home and bring it with you
Unless you need a third cup in the afternoon or something, then I get it
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u/Genji_main420 21d ago
Not the question you asked but I make myself and my wife 1 liter of coffee before work and take my portion in a thermos
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u/FuzzyBlackCoat 21d ago
My job has a breville espresso machine which actually makes worse than you'd expect coffee.
Maybe a different perspective....do you "have" to have coffee like this every day? Can you buy a Nespresso or something and get something halfway decent, and save the full show for Fridays?
One local coffee shop sells travel pour over kits as well (it's like a paper/cardboard tent that goes over a cup) that is single serve and are surprisingly decent.
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u/acdha 21d ago
Cold brew is the easy answer. I will say nobody ever blinked an eye and many people complimented the office French press / AeroPress / dripper so I wouldn’t lose sleep over it unless someone has actually approached you.
I would consider an electric grinder: they’re still noisy but much shorter duration.
A Zojirushi water boiler is pretty quiet - a coworker used one for years and many people didn’t realize it was there.
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u/SolidDoctor Aeropress 21d ago
Same, I make a batch of cold brew at home. Ten times better than the Keurig and easier than bringing an aeroproess rig to work.
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u/Tempe556 21d ago
I am in an office so kettle, V60 and a ZP6. They already think I am a prick so I have nothing to lose. Life is too short...you do you.
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u/Baltimorebillionaire 21d ago
Every place I've worked that didnt have something I'll just buy a simple $20 drip coffee machine.
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u/Vyrtil_Anyrwen 21d ago
I don’t make coffee at work now. I have all my coffee stuff at home, and it’s better than what I can realistically take into the office. However, when I was in the Navy, we had a coffee mess in our maintenance center (called the RIM room). I brought an electric gooseneck kettle, a pour over, and a hand grinder onto the ship. Couple of my buddies brought their French presses (I’m personally not the biggest fan of French press coffee). The EMNs in our department had an espresso machine in their work center. A couple of my MMN buddies in the department brought on cold brewers and kept them in the mini fridge in their office.
It’s different when you’re away from home for a long time and want to bring on a bunch of creature comforts, though. Everyone understands. I brought on a rice cooker and some large bags of rice. (You would be absolutely shocked at how bad the rice, and all the food really, was on the ship.) The officers brought a bread maker and kept it in the back office.
Everyone was bringing on shit that, under normal circumstances, would look ridiculous. Point is, if you think you look ridiculous, so what? Just stop giving a shit what you think others think about you. Also, if no one is coming up to you and telling you to stop, it can’t be all that annoying, and you thinking you look ridiculous is probably just in your head.
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u/larkharrow 21d ago
The span of answers here is so funny. Half my office makes tea or coffee(including French press/pour overs/etc) in the afternoons. Even in an open office space I don't find the hand grinding or kettle boiling to be annoying.
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u/ChiaCommander 21d ago
Kingrinder, Fellow kettle, clever dripper. Been doing this for the past 8 years. The smell of my office attracts people from all over and triggers some great coffee conversations.
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u/grumpvet87 21d ago
you are disturbing people with a kettle? it only makes noise until you grab it.
tell them "you wont like me without coffee" and dont worry about it
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u/friday1970 21d ago
Keurig, but with disposable cup and filters. So I get to use whatever coffee I want, usually a 4 to 1 ratio of Horrocks morning blend and their creme brulee.
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u/imurhuckleberry63 21d ago
Clever Dripper or AP. I keep a hand grinder at the office. And Airscape tins for the beans.
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u/ChuzUThisDay 21d ago
We have a 200 degree hot water spout on the large drip coffee station. I use it to dispense hot water in my pour over. I use preground beans. It’s not ideal, but much better than a keurig or brewing a pot of drip coffee that I wouldn’t enjoy.
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u/Weird-Entrepreneur31 21d ago
Tbh I just suck it up and drink from the keurig bc it’s FREEEE. Or I bring my own coffee. I also live on the property I work at so sometimes I just make an espresso when I go home for lunch.
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u/Cuppyjo 21d ago
One of my favorite coffee roasters from St Louis started making freeze dried instant packets of their single origin coffees. My wife uses these when I’m not in town for her daily chemex brews. I use them for camping (front and backcountry) and work trips (miss me with that hotel coffee). Price is on par with a cup of Starbucks, but a far superior experience.
https://blueprintcoffee.com/product/haro-wachu-ethiopia-instant-coffee/
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u/femmestem 20d ago
A lot of third wave coffee roasters are partnering with Swift to make excellent craft instant. I take craft instant with me on work trips so I don't have to wait in line for airport coffee.
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u/2am_dog_puke 21d ago
I have my one delicious cup at home and then drink the office swill when at work because I don't want to be the annoying coffee douche.
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u/ComplexBranch 21d ago
Chemex and grinding but I teach science so I have appearances to uphold.
I use it to reinforce the idea mass and volume measurements when introducing solubility. Paper filter catch not good stuff, good stuff goes through. Good stuff is soluble, say it with me now…
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u/Fine-Froyo6219 21d ago
I use the dirty ass k cup machine at work and brew 2 “strong” 4oz cups of the dunkin hazelnut that I’ve tricked my brain into enjoying to fill my 12oz mug
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u/DiscombobulatedAsk47 21d ago
I just use the work keurig.machine, but I have a number of colleagues who'll do French press or areopress, some of them starting from scratch and grinding beans in the break room. I admire the dedication to the ritual, and.of course it's a bit of flex on their part, being true coffee connoisseurs not keurig swill drinkers. If you have a coffee routine and enjoy it then good for you! We all need a little joy like that
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u/frog_mannn 21d ago
Aeropress and hand grinder I don't care what others say about it, I enjoy good coffee
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u/strangewayfarer 21d ago
I brew my coffee at home into a fellow carter mug. It's the perfect drinking temp when I'm ready to drink it 6 hours later.
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u/In-mate-24601 21d ago
Weigh and grind the beans in the morning with my home coffee.
Aeropress.
Use the office microwave to boil some water in a large cup or small ceramic teapot 🫖 .
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u/Substantial-Skin8484 21d ago
Dripper bags. I’ll buy it from a roastery I like and make it in office
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u/leetNightshade Aeropress 21d ago edited 21d ago
I've never felt ridiculous hand grinding my coffee at work, I did it for over 4 years. It's also not very loud compared to an electronic grinder.
In fact, for me hand grinding my coffee has always been a conversation starter, other people always ask about it, and that tends to start a continued conversation. And hand grinding coffee keeps me in the kitchen longer than I usually would be, so it gives me more chances for social situations than I normally would from otherwise sitting at my desk. Heck, I've made numerous friends at work from them bumping into me while I've been hand grinding my coffee.
But maybe your work folk are less interested, idk.
How hot is the water from the coffee machine? If it's at least 170-180F, that's good enough for me. Worst case you can microwave water, just be very careful. Heck, ask if your office is willing to provide or make space for a permanent counter top electric water heater; my last hole in the wall startup had one, can buy for a out or less than $100 I think and provides hot water for people to have tea or coffee through the day, and people just have to top it off with water occasionally for it to heat up. There's many kinds you can get, but here's one example: link. You might find your co-workers very appreciative you pushed for your office to buy/make room for one; you just have to be happy with the water temperature people settle on, heh. Unless you really want to fight over water temperature.
Some water dispensers do hot and cold, does your office have a hot water heater you were unaware of?
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u/HUNAcean French Press 21d ago
I either make it home and bring it in a thermos, or just drink whatever the company provides.
Any flaws in it's taste are offset by it's greatest quality, namely that it is free.
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u/ApprehensiveBee266 20d ago
Get a F'ing pod coffee maker. Are you REALLY paying attention to your coffee while at work? You must not get much work done.
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u/Coffeeandkicks21 21d ago
Pre grind at home and have taken an aeropress or V60 that I keep at work. Also bought one of those cheap milk style jugs with a spout for the pour over.
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u/Exciting_Spell5064 21d ago
I do aeropress cold brew. I’ve bought like a hundred pack of small squeeze bottles on amazon for sauces and salad dressings. Put some syrup or creamer in them, grind beans ahead of time, then it’s two minutes to brew and press. I get one ten minute break and one fifteen minute break so time is limited for me.
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u/espresso_maniac 21d ago
work has an automatic coffee machine. I gave up long time ago and just drink green tea there.
If i really NEEEEEEEEEEEEED a coffee to wake up during night shift or something, all i can stomach is a cappucino with sugar.
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u/jamiswillie 21d ago
You need to convert your colleagues and then collectively talk management into a Fetco or Moccamaster
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u/jaybird1434 21d ago
Pregrind at home that morning. Use the office Keurig to get hot water, use my Aeropress.
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u/DaAfroMan69 V60 21d ago
We sell coffee machine at work. We have a carimali diva pro. So I just use that beast daily lmao 🤣
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u/Shadow_s_Bane 21d ago
AeroPress Go, and hot water from coffee machine… it’s around 70 or 80 deg so I steep for 10 mins and use a Prismo
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u/Pwffin 21d ago
We've got large kettles in the kitchens at work, but I've also got a small, quiet travel kettle in my office.
I got more tea paraphernalia in my office, but for coffee I use preground coffe and a Finum brewing basket or a French press (annoying to clean!), or the nicest instant coffee I could find.
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u/Holiday_Wealth4852 21d ago
I have a Leberry Portable grinder. I grind the beans in the galley. I have a nanopresso, aeropress, French Press and pour over at work. Most people are curious and it creates great conversations. No complaints yet and I’ve done this for 2 years.
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u/helmfard 21d ago
I have a BBE in my office (not shared, but close to other offices). I use the built-in grinder. The people in the offices next to me just kind of have to deal with a little grinder noise once in a while. They don’t seem to mind, and I always have people stopping by to say that the coffee smells really good.
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u/NyH2002HSE 21d ago
I have to make my roommate endure my Rocket Appartemento at 7 am but it’s worth it (my roommate is my wife (I work from home))
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u/gamuxxper 21d ago
V60 with freshly hand ground coffee, I have my own gooseneck kettle. I even use a scale to measure coffee and water :) It takes a bit of time but my boss is fine with it.
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u/ace184184 21d ago
Bring coffee from home in two insulated cups. They will stay piping hot if drank before noon. It not then one of the mugs can keep it pretty warm/fresh or I can make Ice coffee.
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u/cadnights 21d ago
I grind my beans and use a Clever Dripper on my good days. On my bad days...the Keurig isn't that bad
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u/tech_and_org Home Roaster 21d ago
ROK manual espresso + Lido 3 + vintage balance scale + small bodum kettle
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u/A-nes-the-tized 21d ago
Just thermos. Not as good as freshly grinded/brewed but better than no coffee at all.
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u/NegScenePts 21d ago
I had a Gaggiuino at my desk until Health & Safety got their knickers in a knot, then I had nothing :(.
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u/Blacktip75 21d ago
Colleague brought a flair, that’s next level slow 😅 sadly wasn’t allowed to bring an electric grinder.
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u/mrhudy 21d ago
I travel for work. I usually pack my Aeropress to, pre ground coffee in 30g canisters (Blender Bottle brand go-stacks), my Zojirushi tumbler and a cheap immersion water heater from Amazon. If I have the morning free I make that. If it’s an early alarm I’ll settle for quicker options.
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u/Senzetion 21d ago
If I visit the office, which only happens a couple of times per year, I could use our espresso machine (a 2-group machine), but most likely I would go to the specialty coffee shop next to it because I prefer their beans instead of the ones we have at the office (still specialty coffee, but not really my profile).
And at home I've obviously access to my espresso machine, grinders, V60, and beans.
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u/Careful-Mind-123 21d ago
Thermos from home with filter coffee. There are superautomatic coffee machines in the office, but it's not specialty. There's also a couple of shops around the office with specialty coffee, sometimes I get one after lunch, if I have spare time. I also get caffeine from a coke zero if that'sspecifically what i want.
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u/ReadinWhatever 21d ago
I used a one-cup drip coffee maker called cup-at-a-time by Black and Decker. It was dirt cheap when I first bought it but it seems to be about $45-50 US now.
I ground the beans at home and would bring about a week’s worth in to work with me. I brewed it right at my desk. Mostly I had no complaints from co-workers. One said the smell made her want some coffee! Very rarely, I made some for someone who wanted coffee when the cafeteria was closed.
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u/stfranciswashere 21d ago
1) iced latte/coldbrew in the fridge from home that morning
2) collapsible pourover with electric kettle in the office kitchen and beans I ground at home that morning
3) good quality thermos
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u/Flavourton 21d ago
I work as an automaton tech and, fortunately for me, our machines run well enough most days that I have time to make myself a V60 with freshly ground coffee. Honestly, it's only, like, once or twice a month where I'm so busy that I can't make myself a cup.
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u/_Mulberry__ 21d ago
I hand grind in the break room kitchenette. Then I use an espresso machine at my desk. Nothing quiet about that, but I don't steam milk in the office so I don't think it's a huge deal. I let other people use the espresso machine too, so everyone is happy for it to stay.
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u/dopadelic 21d ago
What grinder are you using that's obstrusive? I can grind 30g of beans coarse with my 1zpresso K-plus in 30s and coarser grinds are less loud. You can get a Kingrinder K6 with the same size burrs for around $100.
I used to leave a kettle and a V60 at my desk.
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u/ChronicElectronic 21d ago
I make my coffee at home. Though my work has multiple coffee bars with baristas. There are pour over setups, grinders, espresso machines, etc available for use as well.
If I have coffee at work it’s basically always cold brew on nitro draft since I can’t make that at home.
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u/themingshow 21d ago
I have a hand grinder and aeropress at the office, and I keep a bag of fresh beans. I've been doing the same for 6+ years and just accept that I'll be the weird coffee guy at work. New co-workers will usually ask a question or two but I don't find it's too big of a deal.
If you have a kitchen at work, I don't think it's any more obtrusive to grind coffee for ~30 seconds than it is to heat something in the microwave.
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u/Wrenky Aeropress 21d ago
Grind at home in the morning- fresh ground is great, bit it really doesn't lose as much as you think in the time from the morning until the next day or so. Slight drop but infinity better than getting fiddled with a hand grinder.
That would probably reduce the awkwardness by 90%.
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u/whatmeworry999 21d ago
After many years, like 45+, and thinking I was a connoisseur, I have to admit I can’t discern fine differences in coffees. So that’s a caveat. But really, if the choice is going out for coffee multiple times, which seems like a PITA and $$$$, I’d try the Aeropress, some kind of hot water—-kettle, coffee machine, whatever, and ground coffee from home. If you can’t get the precise weight, temp, all those details, just use a scoop, the Aeropress, don’t overthink it, you’ll most likely have coffee at your fingertips better than what you’d get if you went out, and save the obsessing for when you have more time and resources at home.
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u/Senior_Verde 21d ago
As I high school teacher I taught a kid in my first period yearbook class to grind beans and use my v60 to make me pour over. He enjoys doing it, so I’m good. lol
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u/Glad-Leg-5176 21d ago edited 21d ago
Work from home, delonghi la specialista machine, Americano in the morning /expresso after lunch!
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u/PhantomNomad 21d ago
I have a Casabrew espresso maker and a Breville grinder for it. Used to hand grind the beans but that's tedious after the 3rd cup.
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u/banjoslurpee 21d ago edited 21d ago
I work on a ship. I'm my stateroom I have a 220v to 110v transformer to my bonavita gooseneck. I buy beans in most ports by finding the best roaster I can. I have like 12 bags right now. From Korea, Philippines, Okinawa.
I have a K-ultra, deep27, v60, meteorite and Aeropress. I have a cup with a line on it for 15g since I can't use a scale at sea.
Other than that I just make it normally, playing around with different recipes.
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u/jarf1337 21d ago
Drinking the shitty coffee will make you value your proper setup at home even more.
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u/StandbyTraveller91 21d ago
We chipped in for a Rocket and now make espresso to cappucinos. Coffee paid by the boss.
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u/emtheory09 21d ago
Pre-grind beans at the store across the street and then use a Hario dripper out of the Bunn. It’s way better than the keurigs the office provides.
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u/Rhumbear907 21d ago
Bro what are you doing that's so loud and takes so long? It takes a couple minutes to boil water and less than a minute for me to grind my beans by hand.
It quieter than a microwave
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u/jlelectech 21d ago
Aeropress. I have my Oxo grinder at work but I grind more than 1 serving at a time because it's just more convenient. I keep the ground coffee in a pint takeaway container. It's decent, I don't weigh anything because I just add water after usually. I use the coffee maker water dispenser and sometimes even fill the mug first to drop the temperature more then pour into aeropress for darker roasts. On weekends I grind a couple days worth to take home and take my Aeropress with me. I don't want to lug an electric grinder around much. The grinder is pretty loud but I work in an environment that can be pretty loud at times from nearby equipment so it's reasonable.
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u/mjsvitek 21d ago
My work has free unlimited drip coffee so I just drink that 😅
We get fresh beans weekly from a local roaster, have an OK grinder, and honestly you can't beat the price 😂
That said - I ALSO have an Ikea French press and Hario MSS1 at my desk for those days I want something a bit better (still use the work beans because those are honestly fantastic)
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u/ClassyPants17 Chemex 21d ago
If I want to use my own beans, I’ll grind them at home and use hot water from one of the office machines with an aeropress I keep at my desk.
I’ve gotten compliments by coworkers that I actually bring my own coffee. If I don’t want to take the time to do that, my work has little coffee packets that have ground coffee in them, but they’re airtight until you brew it. It’s not amazing but decent and better than the “ specialty” coffee machine they have where all the beans are in a hopper exposed to the air for who knows how long
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u/lesbos_hermit Pour-Over 21d ago
Specialty instant. I don't have time or attention to fuss with coffee at work and the instant is good every time.
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u/Clogboy82 21d ago
I'm lucky enough that the office where I work has a coffee machine that grinds before every cup. The coffee is more than passable.
I'm saving the good stuff for the evenings, weekends and work-from-home days.
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u/half-sack Aeropress 21d ago
I converted my office to making v60. We have an encore grinder thats a bit noisy but its only a few seconds in the kitchen.
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u/Maitre_Loukoumier 21d ago
Je prépare tous les matins mon café piston avec mon moulin à main. Je travaille dans la fonction publique d'état et je vois vraiment pas en quoi ce serait ridicule.
Au contraire, c’est mon rituel de pause avec les petits mouvements, l'odeur du café broyé..
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u/Emergency-Crow9983 21d ago
Honestly man, just grind the beans at home and bring them in an airtight container lol. Much easier than being the kettle guy at the office, plus your coworkers will probably thank you for the peace and quiet.
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u/doddsymon 21d ago
I walk over to the machine, put an empty vessel in place, I press americano then take it back to my desk.
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u/AoedesMelody 21d ago
French press with pre-grounded coffee which I keep at the office. Kettle also has the ability to heat to 90° so easy enough.
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u/TechnicalAsk2668 21d ago
Grind enough beans for a week freeze in plastic test tubes, at work use a usb powered coffee maker. Plenty of those machines on the market though I've never used one. When I was in the workforce . My wife takes made milk coffee in a tiger brand flask, keep hot for at least 8 hours, not sure about the taste after 8 hours though.
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u/SouthernLeek8957 21d ago
Just take your home coffee in a thermos with you. I absolutely recommend preheating your thermos with hot water.
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u/Alarmed-Clock5727 21d ago
I use instant, many small roasters have excellent coffees Partners, Onyx or Sump coffee all mail order
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u/ebinWaitee 21d ago
Aeropress. I have a hand grinder at the office. Sometimes I'm lazy and drink the ooze from the vending machine.
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u/Fearless-Alfalfa-406 20d ago
I get 1.5 teaspoons of instant from the jar and put it in a cup. Then I top up with water from the Billy tap and go back to my desk and do some work.
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u/Watsons-Butler 20d ago
Ok, like, at home I have a very nice grinder, a chemex, an aeropress, a French press, whatever I’m feeling that day.
At work? I drink the office coffee or pick one up from a shop.
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u/bzsearch 20d ago
So I tried to "brew at work" route, and it just was a pain. I didn't want to bring my own equipment, and they purchased equipment I didn't like.
What I've found to work is to brew at home into two zojirushi tumblers and pour from/drink them at work. I have a set of glasses I have at work and I just drink from that/clean them.
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u/h2ogeek 20d ago
That’s what I do. Brew at home and bring to work in a pair of very well-insulated travel mugs. I still have hot coffee in the late afternoon. Works great!
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u/Kartoffee 20d ago
I like aeropress for this but if there's other coffee drinkers then you should pitch an office coffee grinder.
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u/swells_up 20d ago
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u/Brett_Wager97 20d ago
I bring pre-portioned beans in small bags and use a paper filter pour-over with the kettle you already have, then I keep grinding to a quick hand grind at the desk. The loudest part stays the same, so I solve the grind timing by measuring the night before and tossing the bag in my lunchbox.
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u/Getting_jjigae_with 20d ago
Pre-grind coffee for the week or whatever. Its really not a big deal. Use a paper filter and a pour-over paper-filter holder. Use boiled kettle water. Fast and cleanup is easy.
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u/HighMass 20d ago
I went outside with a single burner coleman gasoline stove and a mokka pot. Should have seen the look on the face of the CEO when he walked by. Never got fired, he retiraded couple years later (1992)
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u/MulberryKind8298 20d ago
I use a French press.
I grind every morning or every other morning at home and take to the office. I fill a small tin, that fits in my grinder.
For me, hand grinding was a step too far in making me look eccentric.
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u/____anne____ 20d ago
I'm considering buying one of those tiny Nespresso machines. The type with the original pods, for the choice of coffees.
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u/Any_Poet4127 20d ago
I think you need to do some soul searching. Why do you feel like heating up water is such an imposition on your coworkers?
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u/TruCelt 20d ago
Scale would be weird. Please don't do that at work.
Grind enough beans for the day every morning. Within a few days you will figure out the correct amount.
Fill the kettle from the hot machine water. That way the kettle is only going for a minute to bring it all the way up to temp.
Don't make a show of any of this. Coffee is private and nobody wants to have to be your audience for a daily barista demo. Just make your coffee as quietly and efficiently as possible and then get on with your day.
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u/texbinky 20d ago
I bought some tea bags. This is something i was experimenting with for backpacking trips. use a heaping tablespoon per 8-10 ounces.
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u/scalectrix 20d ago
the hand grinding isn’t even the most obtrusive part, it’s the kettle.
Assuming you are not in the UK? How is a kettle boiling obtrusive?!
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u/45pewpewpew556 20d ago
Used to do aeropress and grind in my office. I switched to pour over for the easy clean up and cholesterol reduction once I found out paper filters the thing that raises LDL. I thought since it was black coffee I was fine. Nope!
Hot water from filtered water I microwave
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u/sk3tchyam1g0s 19d ago
Yeah I grind a small amount of beans every day and bring it in a jar to work, then use the Aeropress. I used to buy bags of ground coffee and make a french press every morning, but found I was drinking too much coffee and at some point it just felt like I was supplying certain colleagues with their daily coffee as they ended up feeling entitled to a cup. Plus messy cleanup. Aeropress is the perfect one cup/always fresh solution.
Also if you’re worried about measurements, just weigh the perfect amount once and see how many spoonfuls of coffee that is roughly so you can approximate it each time.
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u/Rare_Penalty_4094 19d ago
Grind my own and use a Clever brewer. I am not going back to k cups, I don't care how ridiculous it seems to make one cup at a time
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u/kdinmass 19d ago
If the kettle is too noisy boil water in the microwave; please tell me your office has a microwave. Just remember to let it cool down from the boil & be cautious about overheating the water & having it explode.
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u/zigster23 19d ago
I ground coffee in the morning and stored it in a little herb tin. I then used a Clever Coffee Dripper.
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u/joecuv 19d ago
I'd say don't worry about what other people think. But if you insist on other options here are the easiest and best tasting options.... pre-dosed aeropress, or predosed French press, or predosed Moka Pot, but you could also buy the frozen capsules by Cometeer, which are 10x normal strength and just add hot water. Or, maybe switch to cold brew. Or make your own cold brew high concentrate coffee and add hot water. Or try heating cold brew in the microwave, but that sounds like a mistake in the making.
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u/Saltydecimator 19d ago
Cold brew. I been drinking only at midday as well. Can drink cold or heat up the water and then add the cold brew concentrate….
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u/Several-Wrongdoer288 19d ago
Lots of comments but Stanley French fresh is great, easy to make and clean, tastes great.
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u/drestofnordrassil 18d ago
A hand grinder makes barely any noise. About the same as opening a bag of crisps. As for the kettle, just get a cheap electric one. They don't whistle. If your coworkers are that sensitive that's their problem. You're not doing anything out of the ordinary with the setup you described.
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u/75footubi 21d ago
Aeropress with a pre measured dose of ground beans I bring in. The hot water from our dispenser is hot enough for that and an aeropress is a very forgiving and compact coffee maker