service Options
Thermo Express Service
With our Thermo Express Service, the days of burners and messy glass pots are over. Fresh coffee is brewed directly into thermal servers. Thermal servers keep the coffee fresher for longer and are portable to safely take into conference rooms and other areas of your office. Plus, your overall electricity consumption is reduced because you wont have a burner that stays on all day. So you'll get better coffee and still keep your expenses low.
- Equipment Cost: Free / No Charge Rental to Qualified Offices
- Cost per cup: average 10 to 12 cents
- Advantages: Lowest cost per cup
Pod Express Service
One of the newest and most popular options is a pod coffee brewer. Each serving comes in a "pod" in which the coffee is wrapped in filter paper. This allows you to keep a large variety of coffees and teas on hand to suit individual tastes without going to waste. We feature the Caféjo brewer, in which the used pod is automatically dispensed into a trash bin located inside the brewer! Which means no cleaning up after other co-workers. Plus, everyone can enjoy their preferred flavor of coffee or tea.
- Equipment Cost: Free / No Charge Rental to Qualified Offices
- Cost per cup: 37 cents per cup (20% less than K-cups)
- Advantages:
- Large variety(over 50 differnt coffees to choose from)
- Self-serve, no waste, always fresh
Lavazza BLUE Espresso Capsule Services
Lavazza BLUE proprietary technology employs the same single serve cartridge throughout a wide range of professional coffee systems designed to meet the requirements of the most demanding office coffee and foodservice operations. The unsurpassed quality, ease of use, and high-volume capability afforded by the BLUE systems are the ultimate choice for a premium espresso-based beverage program.
- Equipment Cost: Free / No Charge Rental to Qualified locations
- Cost per cup: 50 cents per cup
- Advantages: Self-serve, true Italian espresso, no waste, always fresh
- Key advantages:
- Self Serve, Always Fresh, No Waste
- Automatic and semiautomatic espresso systems
- Consistency in each cup
- Virtually NO training required
- High efficiency and minimal service
Corporate Espresso Service
For a system that produces the finest coffee with consistency, we offer an automatic brewing system that features an all-in-one coffee/espresso/cappuccino maker. These European-style machines grind and brew whole bean coffee at the touch of a button. So every cup of coffee comes out perfectly.
- Equipment Cost: low monthly rental based upon usage
- Cost per cup: varies by drink from 15 to 45 cents per cup
- With vending options, costs can be reduced to zero
- Advantages:
- Self serve,no waste, always fresh
- True coffee house espresso experience
Pure Water Express Service
Forest City Coffee also offers a great way to enjoy fresh drinking water. The Tana T6 Water Cooler provides you cold water and hot (up to boiling temperatures) water at the touch of a button, with no more need for bulky water bottles.
The Tana cooler simply takes the water direct from your office water source and filters it just prior to use—and in the process, removing all pathogenic bacteria and parasites, as well as chlorine and other contaminants. The result, is fresh, great-tasting water.
- Equipment Cost: $49 per month rental
- Cost per cup: N/A
- Advantages:
- Pure filtered water
- Small footprint (can fit on a countertop)
- No heavy bottles to store or lift
- No running out or need to reorder supplies
- Less expensive than 1.5 bottles of water per week
