Setting up hot drinks for your site
Tea and coffee are the quiet workhorses of hospitality and the workplace. Get the range and the pack sizes right and you rarely think about them again; get them wrong and you are constantly reordering. This page is built around catering-size formats so you can buy hot drinks the sensible way, in bulk, and keep the kitchen or staffroom stocked for weeks at a time.
Tea and coffee: the essentials
For tea, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea in the 1040-bag catering pack is the dependable British choice for cafés, offices and function rooms. For coffee, Nescafe Original and Nescafe Gold Blend cover everyday instant, while J L Brooks' own-blend Arabica and Robusta espresso beans suit sites running a bean-to-cup or espresso machine. Buying the large catering formats brings the cost per cup down and cuts how often you reorder.
Hot chocolate, sugar, milk and syrups
Round out the offer with Cadbury instant hot chocolate (just add water) for an easy crowd-pleaser, Silver Spoon white sugar sachets for tidy self-serve, and long-life UHT milk portions that store easily and cut waste. Monin barista syrups in caramel, vanilla, hazelnut, gingerbread and cinnamon let a café add flavoured lattes and seasonal specials without extra equipment, which is a simple way to lift the average spend per cup.
Don't forget the servingware
A hot drinks setup is only as good as what you serve it in. Add disposable cups, hot drink accessories such as lids, stirrers and sachets, and browse the full catering consumables range so you can order drinks and servingware together. If you also stock a chilled fridge, pair this range with iced coffee and the wider soft drinks selection for a complete drinks offer.
Pack sizes, formats and prices can change, and some lines sell out at peak times. Please check the live product page for current stock, case size and details before ordering.