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  • Can anyone recommend some decent coffee on the cheaper end of the spectrum for the homeless shelter I volunteer at? We make 3 1L french press at a time and that lasts the evening, and then another batch of 3 1L in the morning with breakfast. Now I'm done improving and optimising the dinner and breakfast process (buzzwords thread>>>>>>) I can focus on the coffee.

    It's all about trying to keep the costs the same or even get them lower, but provide a better service.

    Step 1 definitely was getting people to follow a good coffee recipe. As much as people were reluctant to do that, "I've been drinking coffee for years, you don't need to tell me how to make it", I did manage to convince the majority of volunteers to give it a try.

    Step 2 is getting beans ground specifically for french press rather than just generic "ground coffee". I'm not too worried about buying expensive, speciality coffee, but without access to a pro size grinder, I can't even buy 1kg of cheap beans and grind them for french press.

    So where should I go? Who does coffee at not too much more than supermarket prices?

  • Is there some big coffee chain that would donate their stuff to you? Wasn't (insert generic sandwich shop chain here) doing it with their food?

  • Def worth a shout. Pret is the one and their store managers have 'some' capacity to dish stuff out for free sporadically or worth contacting their hq for something more regular.

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