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Summer is finally here and your staff is staring out the office window, waiting for the weekend. You can boost their spirits and their focus by bringing summer fun indoors. Turn your office break room into a summery oasis with some clever decorating for a fun, tropical atmosphere. Complete the scene with a variety of cold drinks, light and airy snacks, and fresh fruits from summer’s little helper, BostonbeaN. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

7 Fun & Tasty Ways To Bring Summer Into Your Office

1. Decorate to Invigorate

Brighten up workspaces with scenes of summer and the outdoors. Hang up travel posters, pictures of sunny beaches, family picnics, blue skies, golf courses, seashells and swimming pools to set the mood.

2. Cool Coffee & Tea

Step away from the traditional hot office drinks with something more appropriate for the season. Serve up some refreshing cold brewed and iced coffee and tea and espressos, along with canned and bottled tropical fruit drinks, and flavored waters and seltzers.

3. Heat Up the Playlist

If you have music playing in your office, change the usual repertoire to your favorite summer hits, such as music from the Beach Boys, Elvis movie tunes, or anything that reminds you of fun outdoor adventures and summer vacations.

4. Summertime Snacks

Fortify your break room with picnic-style snacks including a variety of fresh fruits and light fare like salads, fresh sandwiches, energy bars, and ice cream.

5. Dress for Summer Success

Loosen up the wardrobe and the office dress code to allow shorts, light blouses and shirts, sandals, and other hot weather wear (while staying within appropriate guidelines, of course).

6. Add Lighting

Illuminate those dark office corners to help create a brighter, sunnier atmosphere.

7. Jungle It Up

Bringing live plants and flowers into the office areas and break room is one of the best ways to feel the summer inside. Ask for volunteers to rotate with the watering duties.

For the best flavors of summer, equip your office with a ColdSnap frozen treats maker from BostonbeaN. This versatile device serves up fresh, frozen delights including ice cream, frozen smoothies and lattes, and protein shakes in a variety of delicious flavors.

Contact BostonbeaN today to schedule your delivery of fresh summery treats to your Boston-area office.

Water is the most consumed beverage in the world, with tea in the No. 2 spot, followed by coffee. America is the exception, with coffee edging out tea for the No. 2 position.

At BostonbeaN Coffee Company, we love tea and coffee equally. Read on to learn more about the history of tea, and why adding a cup of tea to your hot beverage consumption is beneficial to your health.

A Brief History of Tea

Tea has its origins in China somewhere around 2737 BC. The story goes that Chinese Emperor Shen Nung was sitting under a tree when tea leaves were conveniently blown into a pot of hot water being prepared by a servant. The emperor was also a herbalist, and decided to see what became of the resulting concoction.

As always, you should take origin stories with a grain of salt, but it’s thought that tea didn’t grow in popularity as a beverage until the Tang dynasty (618-930 AD). Tea didn’t reach Europe until the late 1500s, and the first commercial shipment reached Holland in 1606, kickstarting the demand for tea.

Popular Flavors and Types of Tea

There’s no one consensus on the most popular tea flavors, but as a general rule, you can expect to find the following flavors and bases readily available on store shelves:

• Earl Grey
• Chai Masala
• Green tea
• Black tea
• Black lemon tea
• Peach tea
• Matcha
• Mint
• Chamomile
• Tulsi

Tea comes in a variety of formats that include loose-leaf, bagged and powders. Its caffeine content range includes full strength, half-caff and caffeine free. Some varieties of teas have more caffeine than others for a nice jolt of energy in the morning.

Benefits of Drinking Tea

The benefits of drinking tea reach further than providing a power-up. They include:

• Boosting your immune system
• Reducing inflammation
• Protecting against cancer and heart disease
• Protecting your bones
• Lowering the risk of Type 2 diabetes

Bring Our Teas to Your Boston Office

At BostonbeaN Coffee Company, we feature cold brew coffee and tea crafted by the local micro-roaster Barismo, among other offerings. Get in touch with us today to learn about our services and how we can turn your office kitchen into a private café that provides customized tea and coffee to your employees.

Coffee becomes an important part of the Thanksgiving Day celebration as it helps to jump-start the day’s activities of cooking and socializing. It’s a great day to brew the ultimate cup of coffee that brings everyone to the table for camaraderie and the joy of the holiday season. Here’s a look at some ways to turn your coffee into a sweet, tasty delight.

Keeping the Coffee Flowing All Day Long

Thanksgiving is a long day of preparation and cooking, which means you’re putting your best effort forward. Do the same for your coffee by avoiding common brewing mistakes that can ruin its flavor. Take the time to clean and prepare your coffee maker, use the right amount of ground coffee, and use filtered water to eliminate impurities.

Thanksgiving Coffee Recipes

The flavors of fall are behind most Thanksgiving coffee recipes, and they’re sure to deliver comfort and pleasure. Here are some popular recipe ideas to serve your guests.

Pumpkin Spice Coffee

Add nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves with cream and/or milk to a cup of coffee to imitate the rich smoothness of pumpkin pie. You can make it even more pie-like by adding a teaspoon of pumpkin purée.

Maple Pecan Coffee

This preparation is more informal in that you add ingredients to taste. Begin with a cup of coffee and stir in a desired amount of maple syrup and cream, then stir. Finish off with whipped cream and garnish with chopped pecans.

Gingerbread Latte

Combine a half-cup of frothed milk with the desired amount of espresso or strong coffee, then add in gingerbread syrup or molasses and ginger to taste. Garnish with whipped cream and bits of gingerbread cookies.

Caramel Apple Coffee

Start with a cup of coffee brewed to taste, then add caramel syrup and a splash of apple cider. You can also add applesauce for a deeper flavor. Add a drizzle of caramel sauce on top of whipped cream for a buttery note.

BostonbeaN Keeps Your Office’s Pantry Stocked

At BostonbeaN, we provide and maintain coffee makers that range from traditional drip coffee to pod systems and bean-to-cup brewers. We also restock your coffee and related supplies so no one has to go without a cup of coffee. Give us a call today to learn how easy we make it to turn your office kitchen into a space that’s a joy to return to after the holiday break.

Satisfied office staff tends to have greater motivation and focus when there’s access to snacks and refreshments including hot and cold brew beverage options. ColdSnap is an innovative, sustainable and revolutionary system that literally transforms team members’ moods with frozen treats and beverages. Sound yummy? BostonbeaN has the goods!

Give Your Team Options for Top-Notch Frozen Drinks and Snacks

If you want to go beyond your traditional options of cold beverages and coffee and tea for your Boston-area office break room, consider ColdSnap. This amazing new system offers personalized ice cream in a variety of product and flavor options made with the finest quality ingredients.

Reasons To Expand Your Break Room Options With ColdSnap

ColdSnap can quickly make ice creams, smoothies, protein and fruit shakes, frozen coffee treats — and for those after-hours holiday parties, they can make slightly boozy ice cream! Beyond the freshness and array of flavor options, (which we’ll get to in a snap!) there are plenty of other reasons to get a ColdSnap frozen and cold beverage machine.

Some perks of perking up staff with this modern cold drink maker include:

• Named Food & Beverage 2023 Product to Watch
• World Dairy Innovation 2022 Best Manufacturing/Tech Innovation Award
• CES 2021 Innovation Award Honoree & Finalist
• Easy to use with beverages ready in less than 2 minutes
• No plumbing installation required for use
• Pods are ready to go upon arrival and are shelf stable (recyclable aluminum options will be ready soon!)
• Other than wiping exterior, no cleaning needed

Enjoy Flavors and Options Galore for Treats and Drinks

We are pleased to be adding to our flavor selections that consist of vanilla, coffee, chocolate and caramel for our premium frozen ice cream and lattes with options for dairy-free oat treats.

The ColdSnap beverage maker can also make natural fruit smoothies and protein shakes with or without dairy added. For those company parties, we also have pods to make alcohol-infused ice cream, frozen cocktails and mocktails — no bartender required!

Ready To Bring ColdSnap to Your Office?

While people will always love traditional hot beverages, many are also opting for tasty, refreshing iced and frozen coffee drinks, smoothies and protein shakes. BostonbeaN Coffee Company is the Boston area’s go-to source for those offices looking to upscale the break room experience for staff and make their client waiting areas stand out from the competition. Come to our showroom for a demo of ColdSnap, or contact us to schedule a consultation, receive a brochure or have your questions answered.

The tea that’s steeped full of flavor and aroma takes a fascinating journey from plant to mug. The health benefits of drinking tea and the soothing flavors make it a favorite beverage worldwide.

All teas – black, green, oolong, white and others – start off generally the same. After tea leaves are plucked, they are sorted by type and size, then prepared for processing.

Processing

It’s the processing that determines the type of tea that makes it into your cup. The most common processing method comprises four stages:

• Withering: Here, leaves are laid out in troughs of wire mesh to dry, reducing the moisture content to 60-70%. Air passes over the leaves for 12-17 hours.
• Rolling: Either by hand or using large machines, this process twists and turns the leaves, breaking them into thin pieces.
• Oxidation: It’s this stage that determines a tea’s color, taste and intensity. The leaves are again put on troughs or tables where they rest minutes at a temperature of 78 F. Enzymes in the leaves react with the air and gradually change in color from green to beige to brown. The longer they oxidize, the more intense the flavor becomes.
• Firing: In this final stage, leaves run through hot-air dryers that reduce the moisture content further to about 3%, leaving them ready to be packed.

Green vs. Black Tea

Let’s take a deeper dive into how green and black teas are made.

Green teas undergo minimal oxidizing. They are also steamed or pan-roasted to develop flavors. Japanese green teas use hot air in a humid environment to prevent oxidation. Chinese teas are roasted in pans in large ovens or open fires, also to prevent oxidation.

They’re then rolled into twigs, pellets or balls, which further prevents oxidizing, preserves the green color and builds earthy flavors. They are then dried immediately and sorted by shape and size.

Black tea, by contrast, is the most oxidized of the tea types, which results in a darker color and bolder taste.

In the rolling phase, they release moisture and enzymes. The orthodox process rolls the leaves on hard surfaces or bamboo mats. The CTC (cut-tear-curl) method puts the leaves in large drums with sharp teeth; this method is preferred for tea used in tea bags.

Oxidation is where the full flavor comes to bear. The leaves are placed in a cool and humid space where they turn deep brown.

For many tea drinkers, caffeine-free tea is preferred. To reduce the amount of caffeine, the tea is either soaked in methylene chloride or ethyl acetate, or pressure cooked with carbon dioxide. Another method soaks leaves in water, from which the caffeine molecules are removed before reinstating the water.

At BostonbeaN, we are passionate about delivering the finest and most diverse beverage experiences. We offer a wide range of tea and coffee varieties to give everyone a brewed beverage they will savor and enjoy. Experience your favorite beverages with BostonbeaN coffee and tea service.