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Well I am not sure pills would satisfy me in the taste department, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to use this option as an energy booster in slow days. I would be hesitant to turn to pills on a regular basis for concerns of long term effects, though.

If I applied this self-serving line of thinking to my job, I would be higher in the professional ladder.

@Shard, cool link, this brand seems to be highly rated.

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I have one of these and it is great. I grind the beans fresh every day and the result is so much better than any of the coffee shop product, and much cheaper.

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That's dedication. I just use Lavazza.

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Doesn't anyone have coffee machines at work anymore? :confused:

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Of course. Here's mine.

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I've long been puzzled why people arrive at work with a coffee, thinking surely they have the means to make a decent cup there.

But the real puzzle is why people arrive home with one.

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And the answer is...marketing.

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not like the old times when folks would take a small jar of tea/coffee, sugar & milk to work - brew up with water from work.

Then they became posh (a bit snobbish) & carried a 'thermos flask' of coffee/tea to work

Many folks used to also brown bag it - now its a specialty coffee with a tagged sweet tooth item or a sandwich of some kind. Who is fooling who'?

The way I see it, folks have too much money to waste these days trying to impress folks with their SC, SB or Tims coffee cups.

If it was me - I would pick a discarded cup from SB or SC table or trash, take it home, wash it - fill the brew from home & walk into work flashing the seemingly 'snobbish' coffee ... but that's me, what do I know about 'cheap skate'

From post #200, if my work has a machine like that - I would take my 'thermos' (or the SC, SB empty cup) to work & fill it just before leaving to return home.

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I own a cafe. That machine has served 20,000+ coffees this year.

Marketing works, but the machine's only as good as the person using it.

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So true. Hope your staff are well trained. I hate forking out good money at Cafe Nero or Costa and getting a cappuccino which is like a bad instant. Usually don't complain, though I should.

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I have a Saeco bean to cup machine.

Actually I have two - one 110V Saeco one I bought here recently and one 240v Gaggia one which came with me from the UK.

The 240V one runs off an inverter and still makes a better Espresso/Cappucino/Latte/whatever than the new Saeco one.

The Saeco one also has a lower-pressure setting to make a drip-style coffee, eliminating the drip machine, but it was still a bad purchase. Not even worth the $600+taxes I paid. God help anyone who pays the 'regular' $1500 price :blink:

Saeco will be heading for eBay and the Gaggia will be coming back into use I think.

These machines got me off the Starbucks visit several years ago, so they do pay for themselves.

Now I've just got to get myself back in to the Porridge for breakfast routine and off the A&W Eggers on the way to work!

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The majority of the franchises use super-automatic espresso machines. There's no real skill involved. If any of the coffee grinder, tamping process or water pressure elements aren't correct your coffee's going to taste poor no matter what. Well steamed milk won't mask it.

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What marketing am I not seeing that encourages people to buy coffee on the way to work?

The product (coffee) and snacky things are promoted and they have the roll up the rim thing and I see other stuff like hockey sponsorship.

It's a big brand. So are other things. I see nothing that encourages consumption on the way to work or upon arrival at work.

Lately they've been promoting the addition of dark roast but advertising the tin so you can do your own. Is this marketing encouraging you to make your own at work or at home not working then?

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Laziness is the reason. Apparently sitting in a drive thru for 5 mins is quicker then making it before leaving home.

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eee Lad, there's nowt posh about a thermos.