Macmillan coffee morning

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Knackered !

Thanks. Took your advice. Went well.