WSJ Article Spotlights Gourmet Office Coffee

The Wall Street Journal recently published an interesting article about companies upgrading their office coffee in hopes of keeping more employees from taking their coffee breaks at places like Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.

The piece talked about more and more employers switching to single-serve coffee solutions like the Keurig B300 and the Starbucks interactive-cup brewer.

Here is a portion of the article, as published in the Baltimore Sun on Monday, March 26, 2007:

The coffee break refuses to die.

As more workers flee their cubicles to get a latte fix, the office coffee machine has become a forgotten stepchild. Of people who drink coffee at work, the percentage who drink the in-house brew dropped to 52 percent last year from 64 percent in 2003, according to the National Coffee Association, an industry group.

Now, in hopes of keeping their employees on the premises -- and sparing them the pain of a $4.95-a-day habit -- some companies are trying new measures. First and foremost: upgrading the java...

Click here to read the full article on the Baltimore Sun's website.

Even dogs love our Donut Shop Blend.

Corporate Essentials' very own Renee Kymack was kind enough to share some recent photos of her dog Drew enjoying one of her favorite treats - our Donut Shop Blend coffee.

Check out the pictures of Drew below, and if you try our Donut Shop Blend, and mention that you saw Drew here, we'll send you a coffee mug. Yes, the same coffee mug (the now semi-famous) Drew is drinking from in the pictures.

Thanks Renee for sharing these pictures with us.

Do you have any interesting photos featuring Corporate Essentials products? Share them with us, and if they show up in the Java Cafe, we'll send you a free gift. Simply email them to joes@drinkcoffee.com.

It's Official...Hot Cocoa K-Cups are coming.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters announced this week that, after years of waiting, a hot cocoa K-Cup will be available starting next month for use in all Keurig brewers.

Because this announcement has just been made by Green Mountain, we do not have full details as to things like price or exact date of arrival.

Green Mountain calls their new K-Cups, 'the perfect compliment to an office's coffee selection.' According to the news release, in a recent office survey, 90 percent of respondents expressed interest in the hot cocoa K-Cups after trying them.

Check back at www.drinkcoffee.com, www.mydrinkcoffee.com and The Java Cafe blog for more details on exactly when this new K-Cup will be available.

We expect to begin selling these at Corporate Essentials around the week of April 16th.