Macmillan coffee morning

[darkcloudsandrainstorms]

What is the best way to serve a lot of people tea and coffee at a large centre we are doing this from.

[staedtlerpencil]

Nice but hard work way - lots of coffee (cafetières) and teapots. Selection of teabags and some proper coffee.

Easy but industrial way - hire big urns. Instant coffee.

Has the centre done anything similar before? They may have the equipment.

[darkcloudsandrainstorms]

Yes I’ve got the coffee urns. The tea is an urn of hot water plus tea bags. Last year we made the tea but this year I think we will just put the hot water in a cup and add a teabag in it and let them do the rest. There will be a lot of people milling around hopefully.

Thank you.

[TeenPlusTwenties]

Airpots are helpful as they push the water out faster than half empty urns.
A separate table for people to self serve milk and sugar.

With this system (Airpots & urn) we can serve 100 people in about 10-15 frantic minutes in intervals at school shows.

[darkcloudsandrainstorms]

Thank you. I think we were trying to do too much last year on a single large table. This year I will organise another separate table. We also ran out of cups plates and hot water.

[TeenPlusTwenties]

The separate table for DIY mile and sugar really helps as it:
a) means you aren't faffing asking how much milk etc
b) gets them away from your serving point so you can serve others
You can also have a teabag disposal dish there too.

[darkcloudsandrainstorms]

Knackered !

Thanks. Took your advice. Went well.