Keurig Introduces New OfficePro Small-Office Brewer

Corporate Essentials is among the first office coffee services in New York City and Northern New Jersey to be able to offer Keurig's newest, commercial-grade brewer - the Keurig OfficePro.

The new Keurig OfficePro Small-Office Brewer is the perfect solution for offices of 15 employees or less, and unlike past Keurig Commercial-Grade Brewers, the Keurig OfficePro Brewer is available for purchase from Corporate Essentials (Fairfield, NJ).

Here's what Keurig says about the new OfficePro Brewer:

The OfficePro™ brewer is Keurig's new small office brewer. This brewer is perfect for offices of 15 or less, conference rooms, or the boardroom! It offers three brew sizes (6 0z, 8 oz, 10 oz), an internal tank that drains at the flip of a switch, an Auto-Off safety feature, removable driptray, and a removable water tank.

Here is what you need to know:

Features

• Brew Sizes: 6 oz, 8 oz, 10 oz*
• Drainable Internal Water Reservoir
• Travel Mug Friendly with
  Removable Drip Tray
• Removable Reservoir
• Auto Off Feature

Specs

• H X W X D, inches 13.5 x 8.5 x 11
• Weight: 14 lbs (empty)
• UL cULus Commercial
• Internal HW Tank: 24 oz
• External CW Tank: 48 oz
• Electrical: 1400W, 120V ac
• Voltage: 120VAC/60Hz
• Plug: 3-wire grounded

If the new Keurig OfficePro Small-Office Brewer sounds like it might be perfect for your office, simply click here to send us an email, and one of our sales representatives will be in touch with you within 24 hours.

Still not sure if a Keurig Brewing System from Corporate Essentials is right for your office? Here is some info that might help:

Corporate Essentials is New York City and Northern New Jersey's premier office coffee service, serving the New York City Metropolitan Area for more than 12 years. Corporate Essentials offers more than 200 different varieties of Keurig K-Cup Coffee, Tea and Hot Cocoa from Green Mountain, Timothy's, Coffee People, Caribou Coffee, Gloria Jean's, Diedrich, Tully's, Bellaccino, Twinings, Bigelow, Celestial Seasonings and more.

Please contact Corporate Essentials today for more information on putting New York City's best coffee in your office.

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Keurig Single Cup Brewer Wins Excellence In Design Award

from AMOnilne.com

Keurig, Inc, a subsidiary of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., announced that its B3000 commercial single-cup brewer has received a Silver Excellence in Design Award from appliance DESIGN magazine.

Keurig’s B3000 (available for offices in NYC and NJ from Corporate Essentials) brewer was recognized in the commercial/vending appliances category of appliance DESIGN’s 21st Annual Excellence in Design competition. An independent panel of industrial design experts evaluated entries based on aesthetics, human factors, innovation, and technical merits. Award-winning products exhibited sophisticated technology, intuitive features, an eye-catching appearance, and a focus on consumer convenience.

The Keurig brewing system and proprietary K-Cup portion packs were first introduced in offices in 1998 and were highly successful due to the system’s speed, convenience, and gourmet-tasting coffee. The B3000 brewer is designed for large offices where back-to-back brewing by several people is the norm. The brewer makes a fresh cup of coffee in less than a minute and includes features such as direct line water plumbing, multiple brew sizes to vary brew strength, and automatic K-Cup ejection and storage. The brewer is also vending compatible.

“The B3000 brewer offers the most advanced single-cup brewing technology, and the design of the product garners raves from our distributors and customers,” said Dave Manly, vice president of marketing at Keurig, in a prepared statement. “We’ve succeeded in creating a bold, distinctive look for our brewers, while making it easy to brew gourmet coffee, tea or hot cocoa one cup at a time.”

Keurig leads single-cup brewing in both the home and office. With the Keurig single-cup brewing system, users can choose their favorite coffee, tea or hot cocoa packed in the patented K-Cup portion packs, brew a single cup at the touch of a button, and enjoy a gourmet cup with no mess or clean-up. Keurig provides a range of brewing solutions, available from over 450 office coffee distributors, for small, medium, and large offices. For the home, Keurig brewers and K-Cups are available at over 10,000 retail stores, including Target, Bloomingdale’s, Bed, Bath & Beyond, and online at shoffee.com.

About Corporate Essentials

Corporate Essentials is Manhattan, Northern New Jersey and Westchester's premier office coffee service. Stocking more than 1,200 products for your office pantry, including hot & cold beverages, paper products, cleaning supplies and health aids, Corporate Essentials is the only Office refreshment vendor you need.

We Remember Alfred H. Peet (1920-2007)

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution referenced Alfred H. Peet's familiar nickname, the 'grandfather of specialty coffee in a September 5, 2007 piece about his life - and he name was befitting of the man who revolutionized the way that we drink our morning coffee.


from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

'Alfred H. Peet, the son of a Dutch coffee merchant who pioneered a revolution in roasting exotic dark beans that led to America's love affair with high-end coffee, died Wednesday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 87.

The cause was cancer, several friends said. His death was announced Friday by a representative of the company he founded, Peet's Coffee and Tea Inc.

Peet, often called the "grandfather of specialty coffee," started his business in Berkeley, Calif., in 1966, with a single retail coffee bean outlet that blossomed into a public company with 150 stores in 10 states.

He is credited with mentoring and inspiring a generation of coffee entrepreneurs, including the founders of Starbucks.'

For more on the life of Alfred H. Peet, or to share your own memories of his life please visit Peet's Coffee & Tea's Blog, which has a great tribute to this great man.

The thoughts and prayers of everyone at Corporate Essentials are extended to the Peet family.

Re-Engineering Espresso

This past Friday (August 31, 2007), I read a very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about "The Complex World of Coffee Research and the Quest for a Better Shot" by Jeff Grocott.

The article included an interesting breakdown on the cost of some very popular single-serve coffee and espresso when broken down by pound. I have included the per-pound breakdown below, or click here to view the full Wall Street Journal article.



About Corporate Essentials
Corporate Essentials is Manhattan, Northern New Jersey and Westchester's premiere office coffee service. Stocking more than 1,200 products for your office pantry, including hot & cold beverages, paper products, cleaning supplies and health aids, Corporate Essentials is the only Office refreshment vendor you need.

Dell Laptop Winner, Gets Her Prize

You might remember that back in May and June Corporate Essentials ran a promotion to attract customers to our redesigned online ordering website - MyDrinkCoffee.com. Today we finally had the opportunity to present the winner of the Dell Inspiron 1501 notebook computer to Carin Young of Allied World Assurance Company, Inc. (AWAC), located in New York City.

Pictured below (from left to right) are winner Carin Young and Corporate Essentials' President, Judson Kleinman.


About Corporate Essentials
Corporate Essentials is Manhattan, Northern New Jersey and Westchester's premiere office coffee service. Stocking more than 1,200 products for your office pantry, including hot & cold beverages, paper products, cleaning supplies and health aids, Corporate Essentials is the only Office refreshment vendor you need.

Mets legend, Keith Hernandez a barista?

During the early innings of last night's New York Mets game on SNY, I heard Keith Hernandez say that he was an alum of Capuchino High School in San Bruno, California. This led me to do some research on Capuchino High School to find out if a school with such an unusual name could have a fitting school nickname like the Battling Baristas or Fighting Frappachinos.

However, after consulting the wikipedia (one of my favorite inventions in recent history), I discovered that Capuchino High School's mascot was not coffee-themed in any way; but they are known as the Mustangs. Another notable graduate of Capuchino High School is actress Suzanne Sommers.

Well, thanks anyway Keith for giving me another chance to talk about the Mets at work.

About Corporate Essentials
Corporate Essentials is Manhattan, Northern New Jersey and Westchester's premiere office coffee service. Stocking more than 1,200 products for your office pantry, including hot & cold beverages, paper products, cleaning supplies and health aids, Corporate Essentials is the only Office refreshment vendor you need.

Corporate Essentials named to Inc. 5000 list

Corporate Essentials was recently named to Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing companies.

To learn more about Corporate Essentials being featured on the list, click here; to read Corporate Essential's official news release click here.

Timothy's coffee introduces new Emeril K-Cups!

Timothy's coffee has just announced that they will soon be releasing an exclusive line of Emeril Lagasse's signature blend coffees.

The first two varieties in the line have been announced, and are Big Easy Bold and Jazzed Up Decaf (see images below). As many of Emeril's branded products do, the k-cups will be strongly influenced by the city of New Orleans.

Timothy's Emeril branded k-cups will be available in the coming weeks from Corporate Essentials and at drinkcoffee.com.

Too Hot for Coffee from a K-Cup? Never!

After a week of vacation (and a week away from the office Keurig Brewer), I was happy to arrive this morning and see some summertime, iced drink recipes for Keurig K-Cups setting on my desk. I was so excited, the first thing that I wanted to do was make sure that I shared them with everyone who visits the Corporate Essentials' Java Cafe. So without further adieu, here are two great summer (iced drink) recipes that can be made at your office Keurig brewer:

Iced Tea: Fill a 16-ounce mug or cup (even plastic) with ice. Brew your favorite tea K-Cup at 8 ounces, and you'll have a great 16-ounce tea in seconds!

Iced Carmel Latte: Pour 1.5 to 2 ounces of half-and-half into a cup, and swirl about 2 ounces of caramel syrup along the cup walls. Stir the caramel and half-and-half together, pack tightly with ice, and brew about 4 ounces on top (I used two separate cups to make it easier). Then you can top off with whipped cream, a bit more caramel and cinnamon (as you can see from the cell phone pic below, I went with the low-fat version and left off the whipped cream). The same recipe can be used to make a mocha latte by simply replacing the caramel syrup with chocolate.



In my personal opinion, the second recipe works best with any of our Extra Bold K-Cups from Timothy's or Green Mountain; but I strongly recommend trying it with Green Mountain's Kenyan AA Extra Bold or Timothy's Kona Blend k-cups (these are the two that I tried so far).

Do you have any summer drink recipes that your office enjoys? Send me an email about them, and we'll send you a free gift.