Hosting First Holiday Dinner At Your Home? 3 Tips For Serving Your Guests Their Favorite Beverages Without Breaking Your Budget
Posted on: 7 December 2016
If you offered to host your family's holiday dinner at your home for the first time, then you may be a little nervous about the task. While hosting a holiday dinner can be a lot of fun, of course, it can also be a little stressful! While making "to do" and "to buy" lists, don't forget to purchase and serve great beverages that will please your entire family. While you may plan to serve soda and/or wine with dinner, remember that everyone will want to enjoy a hot beverage with their dessert. It may, at first, seem impossible to serve everyone's favorite beverages while sticking to a tight budget, but it can be done! Read on to learn how to please all of your guests without breaking your budget.
1. Purchase or Bring Out A Single-Serve Coffee Machine
While you can brew one large pot of coffee for your guests to enjoy with dessert, making each guest their favorite type of coffee with a single-serve coffee maker is a great way to please all of the coffee-lovers who have varying preferences in coffee taste and strength.
There are various single-serve coffee makers on the market, but Keurig is currently the most popular brand due to the variety of single-serve coffee pods, called K cups, that are were once only compatible with their machines. However, since K cups have become so popular, many other coffee machine makers have built their own machines that are compatible with K cups.
Do a little browsing online and you may be shocked at how affordable many of the coffee machines that are compatible with K cups are today, especially when combined with the great sales, coupons, and discounts many retailers offer around the holiday season.
2. Please all Coffee-Drinkers with Three Types of Caffeinated Coffee Pods & One Decaf
If you are not a coffee drinker or drink it but typically stick to a favorite brand and you are not sure why you like it, then you may not understand why one person prefers a specific coffee type or brand over another. Once you learn a little more about coffee, it will be easy to choose just a few coffee options that please everyone.
You may like the specific coffee you drink due to its roast, although coffee origin also affects the flavor. Since roast makes the biggest difference in why one coffee tastes different than another, offering your guests three coffee options -- a light roast, a medium roast, and a dark roast -- is the easiest way to ensure that each one has a coffee option that will please them.
What's the difference between light, medium, and dark roasted coffees? Contrary to popular belief, light roasted coffees actually have more caffeine than dark roasts. Medium roasts fall in-between the two in caffeine content. However, many coffee lovers simply choose their favorite coffee due to their taste preferences; while lower in caffeine content, dark-roasted coffees have a richer, bolder flavor than lighter roasts.
3. Don't Forget Fun Options for Children and Tea-Lovers
If there will be children attending your holiday dinner, then don't forget to offer some fun beverages for them; many children love hot cocoa/hot chocolate, and you can make each child hot cocoa easily with your coffee maker that is compatible with hot cocoa K cups. Don't forget to have a bag of mini marshmallows ready to sprinkle in their hot chocolate! If you know there will be tea-drinkers at your gathering, then you can offer both black tea K cups and smooth, creamy chai tea.
If there will only be a child or two attending your gathering and you are unsure if any of your guests will choose hot tea over coffee, then you can save cash by purchasing a K cup variety pack that includes both hot chocolate and a variety of hot teas. Depending on the variety pack you choose, it may also include a variety of coffee K cups of varying roasts that will be great additional offerings for your guests who prefer them.
Hosting your first holiday dinner can be both exciting and stressful. Don't forget to offer a variety of beverages to please every guests' varying tastes, and that includes beverages you serve with dessert. Talk with coffee supply companies like 11th Street Coffee for more options and ideas, and follow this guide to having an after-dinner beverage that every single guest loves. You can look forward to every guest leaving your home in a joyful mood to match the joyful season!
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