Roast & Ground Blog

• Signs of Summer: Coffee Breaks Outdoors

  You always know summer’s coming when the tables outside coffee shops start to fill up through the day. You know summer’s really upon us when you still see people sat at those tables, chatting, as you’re on your commute home.

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• Is Your Office Allergen Aware?

  The boost a hot drinks machine can have to the morale of an office is pretty well documented by now – great-tasting, aromatic coffee made quickly, reliably, and without the need to dash to the nearest coffee shop and back in the rain will have that effect.

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• 2016: The Year of a Tea Renaissance. Is your office tea up to par?

  The UK are famed around the world as a nation of tea drinkers, and yet over the course of the most recent decade, it seems to have been coffee that we’ve been craving. As of 2016, we were drinking two and a half cups of coffee, as compared to just a single cup of tea when outside of the home (npd 2016).

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• Why office bean to cup machines make the best coffee

  The UK consumes a staggering 55 million cups of coffee per day, with increasing numbers investing in fresh coffee, it seems that our tastes are changing (British Coffee Association).  Here we take a look at why we’ve become more discerning when it comes to our caffeine – and explain why bean to cup machines are simply essential if you’re to avoid a ten thousand mile round trip to get a taste of Columbia.

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• Kettles lose steam against an office bean to cup machine

  Since bean to cup machines emerged on the office scene, the debate between kettles and a fully automatic drinks solution has been a heated one.  There are some businesses that consider a drinks machine to be an unnecessary luxury that doesn’t pay any dividends, here we make the case for switching from kettle to an office coffee machine.

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• Win free doughnuts for you and your team with Roast & Ground

  At Roast & Ground HQ in London, we're a massive fan of doughnuts!

  But we have far too many to get through! Therefore, being the generous and selfless bunch that we are, thought it would be best to share them out.
  

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• Why we love these office capsule/sachet machines (and you should too!)

  Now whilst we are firm advocates of bean to cup machines for the office, we also appreciate that sometimes, especially for small areas like a reception or meeting room, commercial capsule/sachet machines provide a viable coffee solution.

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• Summer is finally here! Time to drink iced coffee & iced tea...

  We don’t know about you but we are feeling hot over here at Roast & Ground HQ, even our office mascot Cino, who hails from Costa Rica is feeling the heat!

  It’s the kind of heat that makes you believe wearing your best beach outfit is appropriate work attire and setting up a paddling pool in the office car park is a good idea!

  Fear not, we have come up with a delicious iced coffee and an iced tea recipe that will help keep you cool and fuel your working day.

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• How to finance your new office drinks machine

  Here at Roast & Ground HQ, we are passionate about providing offices with high quality drinks equipment.  Therefore we offer different finance solutions to help a variety of businesses obtain their ideal drinks machine.  Below we list the advantages and things to consider, to help you decide which finance option is best for your company.

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