Hosting A Breakfast - Coffee Questions

[Kindra178]

I'm hosting a casual breakfast for 20 women. I have a 5 cup coffee maker (Bonavita). Thinking of making a pot of decaf in my coffee maker and then getting a coffee traveler from Starbucks.

Do you think I need one or two coffee travelers? It's approximately 96 ounces of coffee.

Is a 5 cup pot (probably only 2.5 mugfuls) enough decaf? I guess I think a decaf coffee traveler is too big for decaf. For decaf drinkers, would you be offended if I made you a Starbucks Via instant?

The breakfast is short (1.5 hours) and menu is super simple (bagels, fruit, quiche, coffee cake).

[SnuggleBuggles]

I think your 5c decaf + 2 boxes of coffee are good. Never horrible to have extra coffee (worse to have too little). Couldn’t you brew more decaf quickly if you run out?

ETA- will you have hot water for tea too?

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[Kindra178]

I think your 5c decaf + 2 boxes of coffee are good. Never horrible to have extra coffee (worse to have too little). Couldn’t you brew more decaf quickly if you run out?

ETA- will you have hot water for tea too?

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Yes, a tea bar.


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[candaceb]

Assuming it's sometime soon, you could make things a little easier by doing iced coffee. I use the Pioneer Woman cold brew method and all it requires is a big pitcher and some cheesecloth. It's also no big deal if you have extra - just throw it in the fridge.

[LBW]

I think what you are planning is plenty.

If you might do this again, you could consider buying a hot carafe and just make extra pots of coffee before the party. My sister has one, and between us, we use it quite a bit. (And we don't entertain often)

[Philly Mom]

I did that for a breakfast and had lots of leftovers. We aren’t huge coffee drinker so gave the extras to our mail person. I preferred having extra than not having enough.


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[Aishe]

I'm hosting a casual breakfast for 20 women. I have a 5 cup coffee maker (Bonavita). Thinking of making a pot of decaf in my coffee maker and then getting a coffee traveler from Starbucks.

Do you think I need one or two coffee travelers? It's approximately 96 ounces of coffee.

Is a 5 cup pot (probably only 2.5 mugfuls) enough decaf? I guess I think a decaf coffee traveler is too big for decaf. For decaf drinkers, would you be offended if I made you a Starbucks Via instant?

The breakfast is short (1.5 hours) and menu is super simple (bagels, fruit, quiche, coffee cake).

As a decaf drinker, I would not be offended by a Starbucks Via, especially if you’re also offering tea.

[connor_mommy]

I think one coffee traveler is enough. Not everyone has coffee or if you run out then you have your machine as a back up. That’s just my experience with providing coffee in the morning. We started with 2 travelers then went to one and still have leftovers and this was for a teacher function at school with more than 20 people.

[DualvansMommy]

One traveler is enough as some are probably tea drinkers too. Instant Starbucks decaf wouldn’t offend me either.


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[Pear]

Your plan sounds fine.


For the future, one organization I attend asks for people to rsvp to breakfast as coffee or non-coffee drinkers.