While we used to be seen as a nation of tea-drinkers, it seems that we’re just as partial to a cup of coffee these days. And recent statistics show that 44% of the coffee being drunk outside of the home is being consumed in the workplace.
If you’re thinking of getting a coffee machine installed at your own business premises, that should be reason enough for pressing ahead. But the benefits of providing quality coffee at work don’t stop there, and in this article we’re going to outline seven great reasons for why that might be the case.
1. Coffee wakes us up
Many of us struggle to reach peak performance in the morning until we’ve had the boost that coffee provides – and if there’s one thing most people know about coffee it’s that it contains caffeine, which can wake us up and make us feel more alert. It does this by blocking the adenosine receptors in our brains that would otherwise be encouraging us to slow down and sleep. So when your staff grab themselves a coffee before heading for their desk, chances are that they’ll start being productive quicker than if they bypassed their morning ritual.
2. Coffee boosts productivity and improves performance
Why would providing coffee improve productivity? Doesn’t it just encourage your staff to leave their desks to get it? Well, possibly – but using a modern coffee machine usually takes considerably less time than boiling a kettle, so they may actually be away from their desks for less time. Even better, coffee has a beneficial effect on our mental performance in the shape of more focus, better concentration and improved retention of information – all of which can help people to work more effectively.
3. Quality coffee means happier staff
If people are drinking that much coffee at work, it makes sense that they’re going to appreciate it if you provide a good coffee machine for them to get their fix. Even better, they’ll really love it if your coffee machine offers them the sort of coffee that they might otherwise have to go to a specialist coffee shop to get. By offering everything from flat whites and long blacks to mochas and macchiatos – all made with top-quality beans, of course – you can make your team feel better appreciated and more motivated.
4. Coffee is good for us
It may not be what one immediately thinks of in a healthy drink, but drinking coffee actually provides numerous health benefits. These include a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, lowering the risk of heart disease by 5% and the risk of developing cancer by 20%. If that weren’t all, it’s also been linked with helping to prevent Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, dementia, strokes and liver disease.
5. Coffee enables better meetings
Provide coffee for your team ahead of or at a meeting and you’ll have a more focused, more productive and more awake group of people that will be better equipped to work together in a creative way. Instead of struggling to concentrate or engage with the matter you need them to deal with and discuss, they’ll be far more likely to be firing ideas off each other and coming up with positive suggestions and solutions to the matter in hand.
6. Coffee can help improve teamwork
Coffee in the workplace doesn’t just help your staff work better – whether as individuals or as a group – it can also help them bond as people. Whether they’re taking turns to make the coffee run or they’re taking time away from their desks, coffee can bring them together. Breaks during the working day have been shown to improve performance and by taking that time together can be another factor in encouraging your people to work better as a team.
7. Coffee keeps us going
Just as that first coffee of the day can enable us to start in the morning, so a well-timed cup in the afternoon can help us get through to the end of a busy day. When you’re starting to flag, what better way is there to perk yourself up than with a tasty coffee?
Best ways to provide coffee in an office
Put a kettle in the office kitchen and people are probably going to have to put up with instant coffee – and while there are good instant coffees out there, they’re not as good as coffee made with fresh beans. Nor do they offer the variety of types and flavours of coffee that people prefer these days.
Bring in a modern coffee machine, on the other hand, and you’re offering genuine choice and quality that is sure to be appreciated. And with modern coffee and vending machines improving and developing all the time, leasing will allow you to have access to the most up-to-date models that offer the best and tastiest drinks.
If you’d like to know how a coffee machine from Nu Vending could help your business, get in touch with us now.
