How much coffee (in pounds) do 12 average office workers consume in a week?

[Ns1]

Let's say you know nothing about the employees except they are 9-6 office workers. Some drink coffee, some don't. Some drink a lot, some don't.

How much coffee (in pounds) would you estimate 12 office workers to consume in a week? Assume it's decent coffee (fresh roast, better than Peets not as good as Blue Bottle, about same level as intelligentsia/groundworks).

 

[nageov3t]

assuming ~75 tbs per pound of coffee...

12 workers, 2-4 cups/day, 5 day work-week... 180 cups/week?

I'd guess 1.5 tbs/coffee per cup, assuming some like it strong and others will make it week, so 270 tbs/coffee each week, or 3.6 pounds?

 

[Anubis]

gotta be more than 3 lbs

we use those pre packaged things for the brewer that makes a pump karaf (think 7-11 size)
they cant be more than 6 or 8 ounces
lets assume 8
we go through about 20 a day
so 10 lbs
5 days a week would be 50 ish lbs
and thats for like 50 people

 

[davmat787]

gotta be more than 3 lbs

we use those pre packaged things for the brewer that makes a pump karaf (think 7-11 size)
they cant be more than 6 or 8 ounces
lets assume 8
we go through about 20 a day
so 10 lbs
5 days a week would be 50 ish lbs
and thats for like 50 people

If I read this correctly, that is one pound per person per week. If that is what you are saying, that is way too high.

 

[Anubis]

If I read this correctly, that is one pound per person per week. If that is what you are saying, that is way too high.

no thats correct

i drink 8-12 cups a day
and there are many who drink more

Engineers run on coffee

 

[Dirigible]

I go through a pound of coffee a week. Dunno if I'm average though.

 

[Gunslinger08]

no thats correct

i drink 8-12 cups a day
and there are many who drink more

Engineers run on coffee

I drink nothing from the water coolers or coffee pots at work, because people are gross. I've witnessed many people tongue a water bottle while empty it and then jam it up onto the spout of the water cooler to refill.

 

[Ns1]

no thats correct

i drink 8-12 cups a day
and there are many who drink more

Engineers run on coffee

that's pretty high and I would consider that an outlier, in the grand scheme of things.


thanks for the data though.

 

[Rakehellion]

Let's say you know nothing about the employees except they are 9-6 office workers. Some drink coffee, some don't. Some drink a lot, some don't.

How much coffee (in pounds) would you estimate 12 office workers to consume in a week? Assume it's decent coffee (fresh roast, better than Peets not as good as Blue Bottle, about same level as intelligentsia/groundworks).

1. Buy coffee.
2. See how much of it they drink.


If it's free, unlimited coffee at all hours of the day in a convenient location, everyone will drink more.
If you just make one pot at breakfast that they all have to share, everyone will drink less.

 

[lxskllr]

that's pretty high and I would consider that an outlier, in the grand scheme of things.


thanks for the data though.

That's about what I'd drink too. If the work coffee sucked, I'd take my own in a thermos, but drink the work coffee when I ran out.

 

[Ns1]

That's about what I'd drink too. If the work coffee sucked, I'd take my own in a thermos, but drink the work coffee when I ran out.

jesus.

I'm by far the biggest coffee drinker on my team, and I "only" drink 2-3 large iced coffees/day.

 

[Anubis]

jesus.

I'm by far the biggest coffee drinker on my team, and I "only" drink 2-3 large iced coffees/day.

2-3 large iced coffees is prob like 8+ cups

1 "cup" of coffee is generally 6-8 ounces

when i say i drink 8 cups im not saying i drink 8 20oz coffees a day
i drink roughly 1 pot which is 12 cups

 

[Ns1]

2-3 large iced coffees is prob like 8+ cups

1 "cup" of coffee is generally 6-8 ounces

when i say i drink 8 cups im not saying i drink 8 20oz coffees a day
i drink roughly 1 pot which is 12 cups

ic. well i'm definitely an outlier amongst the people I know.

 

[Scarpozzi]

So I stayed in a hotel that had a coffee pot. They provided coffee in a premeasured filter pack... For a 10 cup pot, the filter held 2oz of coffee. Most bags of ground coffee these days hold approximately 12oz of coffee, so you can make 6 pots of coffee per bag...or 8 pots if you go by the week. Since most coffee cups are larger than 8fl oz....you have to factor that in.. You can estimate 12oz per person after cream/sugar.

12 people, 2 cup average per day, 12oz per cup of coffee =288fl oz of coffee /8oz = 36cups /day = 4 pots of coffee factoring waste = 8oz~10oz of ground coffee (round up for waste since people usually make it stronger rather than weaker in office environments)

Based on that, you can guess that in a 5 day work week, you'll go through 4, 12oz bags of coffee....or 3, 16oz bags of coffee.

 

[yhelothar]

Average consumption of caffeine is 150mg/day. That's about 2-3 cups of 6oz coffee, depending on its strength.

8-12 cups is nucking futs!

I'm really sensitive to caffeine though. One 8oz would send me gagging and restless for an hour.

I also try not to become dependent on any substances. It sucks when you can't even function correctly without a drug.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Maybe you guys should try sleeping more, exercising more, or eating better. I'm an engineer pulling crazy hours and I function perfectly fine without it. Of the 400 people in my lab, only a small handful use the coffee machine. Colorado tends to be a healthy state, though, so this may not be the average case as coffee is usually indicative of an unhealthy lifestyle. The last study I read indicated that coffee by itself isn't necessarily bad, but if you need it then you likely aren't exercising and/or eating correctly. I haven't felt tired at work in over two years since I started doing cardio a few times per week. That has helped way more than caffeine ever did.

 

[Rakehellion]

I never drink coffee unless it's free.

 

[QueBert]

I work at Loma Linda hospital where caffeine products aren't sold, and it's frowned upon for a person to bring their own. Surprisingly everyone seems to get way more work done than any office I've worked at where people pound coffee like it's water.

 

[lxskllr]

Maybe you guys should try sleeping more, exercising more, or eating better. I'm an engineer pulling crazy hours and I function perfectly fine without it. Of the 400 people in my lab, only a small handful use the coffee machine. Colorado tends to be a healthy state, though, so this may not be the average case as coffee is usually indicative of an unhealthy lifestyle. The last study I read indicated that coffee by itself isn't necessarily bad, but if you need it then you likely aren't exercising and/or eating correctly. I haven't felt tired at work in over two years since I started doing cardio a few times per week. That has helped way more than caffeine ever did.

I know very few people who use coffee as a 'tool'. They drink it because they like the taste.

 

[QueBert]

I know very few people who use coffee as a 'tool'. They drink it because they like the taste.

LOL right, my dad couldn't start the day without a cup of coffee, and it had very little to to do with the taste. I don't know who these people you speak of are, but they're far and few in between.

 

[lxskllr]

LOL right, my dad couldn't start the day without a cup of coffee, and it had nothing to do with the taste. I don't know who these people you speak of are, but they're far and few in between.

Bullshit. Anyone who says "they can't start their day" without coffee is being a drama queen. What they mean is they like coffee in the morning, and it's part of their routine. Nothing more.

 

[Rakehellion]

Bullshit. Anyone who says "they can't start their day" without coffee is being a drama queen. What they mean is they like coffee in the morning, and it's part of their routine. Nothing more.

It means they have a drug addiction.

 

[Rakehellion]

I know very few people who use coffee as a 'tool'. They drink it because they like the taste.

Usually people drink it as a stimulant.

 

[Sluggo]

Bullshit. Anyone who says "they can't start their day" without coffee is being a drama queen. What they mean is they like coffee in the morning, and it's part of their routine. Nothing more.

This.

I used to drink a pot of coffee a day, every single day, before leaving the house. Decided in the big picture it wasn't good for my health or the color of my teeth, gave it up, never looked back.

Decide for yourself how you wish to live, adapt to your new life.

 

[QueBert]

Usually people drink it as a stimulant.

It's both, but it's more this than the taste thing, because every coffee drinker I've brought up how they should switch to decaf I end up getting cussed out. My dad could not start the day without a cup of coffee and a smoke. He did this every morning as long as I remember. When you do something 365/365 days a year for 2 decades +, it's not just because "oh I enjoy the taste"