It’s a simple phrase that we’ve all probably heard, but “wow, that coffee smells good” is a comment I hear probably two to three times a day.

The reason? I brew my own coffee in a plunger at the kitchen at my office and anyone who walks into the room as I’m doing so always ends up saying it. It gets rather tedious!! Then, just after they have said that to me, they proceed to make themselves a cup of instant coffee, if that’s what you call it.

This absolutely baffles me. Producing a good cup of coffee in any office isn’t difficult or expensive. I tend to stop of at my favourite coffee stop, Campos in the Valley once a week on my way to work, pick up a bag of their wonderful Roma Espresso (their darkest, strongest roast) and have them grind it for my plunger.

From there, it’s a case of making my coffee in the plunger as and when I need it, which is far better than any instant coffee you will ever drink, is better than you will get in most coffee shops and is a damn site cheaper to boot (a 250g bag costs me $10 and does me a week (I drink 4 or 5 a day) and my plunger cost me about $15).

So, I urge that if you crave good coffee in the office environment, do yourself a favour and find a good roaster and invest in a plunger / filter and give your tastebuds a sensation. No one should have an excuse for drinking poor coffee.

UPDATE: I should also mention that you don’t need to live in the Valley to pickup coffee from Campos, they also have an online store where you can purchase and have coffee delivered to your door.