I would send them to the nearest coffee shop.
Seriously........
Thanks folks, for the specific recommendations. Self-serve, a good idea. There are
no coffee shops closer than 7 miles here. Guests like our coffee, we grind and brew fresh, but sometimes a little indulgence in a good thing, and winter is getting so close!
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Okay, I'll give you the real skinny.
I have a Tassimo machine in our guest service area upstairs in our Main House. Most people don't use it and just wait for the fresh ground and brewed stuff in the morning. EXCEPT the recent guest I had that was
addicted to that Tassimo (he loved the Gevalia coffee that I have up there). He was drinking it morning, noon, and night. I'm glad that he enjoyed it but it is something else to clean, maintain, and keep up with. I had (past tense) the latte/cappuccino and all of that options (they come with the extra creamer t-cups that you brew in the machine). People were heating the latte creamer for tea and all kinds of nonsense when I have creamer and flavored creamers right there in the mini fridge!!! Guests do weird things.... Now I have coffee, coffee crema (kind of a frothy coffee), decaf coffee, a couple kinds of teas, and hot chocolate. It is more than enough!
Also have to-go cups with the coffee service in the dining room.
Also have coffee makers in all the rooms in our second house and people rarely make coffee in the room.
I actually have a Krups coffee maker in my kitchen that I can make expresso and steam milk. I'm not getting into that with the guests.
We do have 2 coffee shops within walking distance of here but the Fivebucks addicts will
drive to one of them that are here in town (each around 5 miles from here). My favorite local coffee shop owner roasts his own coffee and his baristas will make your coffee exactly how you want it and even do foam art! That is my recommendation to my guests who really want a good, fancier coffee