Office Coffee Setup for events across India
Weekly or daily barista days at your office — a café experience for your team without running a café.
What's included
Every office coffee setup booking is all-in: crew, equipment and consumables for 40+ guests, from ₹110 per guest. Here's exactly what arrives at your venue.
- Recurring schedule
- Monthly billing
- Employee feedback reports
- Seasonal specials
Menu & best uses
Pick as many of these 5 drinks as you like — a tighter menu pours faster, a longer one photographs better. Off-menu and dietary requests are free.
Office Coffee Setup packages & indicative pricing
Office Coffee Setup is quoted per guest, not per cup, so your cost is predictable before the first order is placed. The three tiers below are the shapes most tech offices bookings take — a short shift, a full event, or a full day on multiple counters. Rates include crew, equipment and consumables; totals are indicative and firm up once we know your city, hours and menu.
| Package | Service window | Guest band | From (per guest) | Indicative total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | 4 hours | 40–80 guests | ₹130/guest | ₹10,400 at ~80 guests |
| Signature | 8 hours | 80–200 guests | ₹110/guest | ₹22,000 at ~200 guests |
| Flagship | 12 hours | 200+ guests | ₹90/guest | ₹36,000 at ~400 guests |
All rates are indicative starting points that include crew, equipment and consumables. Minimum booking value is ₹7,500. Tier 1 metros, outstation travel, branding and extended hours are quoted on top. GST is extra.
Essentials
40–80 guests · 1 counter · 1 crew
- 4-hour service window, plus 45 min load-in and 25 min teardown
- 1 counter at roughly 70 drinks an hour
- Recurring schedule
- Seasonal specials
- Employee feedback reports
- A 4-drink menu — Americano, Chai, Latte, Cold Coffee
Smaller, shorter events — Tech offices and Banks
Signature
80–200 guests · 1 counter · 1 crew
- 8-hour window, so you can run a morning and an evening sitting
- Counters scaled to your guest count using the planner below
- Recurring schedule
- Monthly billing
- Employee feedback reports
- Seasonal specials
- Full 5-drink menu with one off-menu request
- Machine left on site between barista days included
The standard booking for Hospitals and Coworking spaces
Flagship
200+ guests · 2 counters · 3 crew
- 12-hour window with a staggered crew so the counter never closes
- Multi-counter layout with a dedicated queue lane per counter
- Recurring schedule
- Monthly billing
- Employee feedback reports
- Seasonal specials
- Full menu, a signature drink developed with you, and printed menu cards
- Named event manager on site from load-in to teardown
- Consumption report and GST invoice within 24 hours
Full-day and multi-zone events where queues are the real risk
| Add-on | Indicative price |
|---|---|
| Machine left on site between barista days | ₹6,000 per month |
| Extra barista day | ₹6,500 per day |
| Monthly consumption & feedback report | ₹2,500 per month |
Add-ons are optional and quoted as separate line items so you can drop any of them without re-pricing the whole event.
How booking office coffee setup works
Five steps, with the timings we actually work to. Most clients get from first enquiry to a confirmed date inside 48 hours, and 5 days is a comfortable run-up to event day.
- 1
Send the brief and get a costed plan
Day 0 · reply in 2 working hoursTell us the date, city, venue, guest count and how long you need the counter open. We reply with a counter plan, a menu, the crew and machine count from the planner below, and an indicative per-guest rate for your office coffee setup — no site visit needed for a first number.
- 2
Lock the menu, branding and date
T−5 daysChoose your drinks from the 5-item menu, confirm milk and sugar options, and send branding artwork if you want the counter and cups carrying your logo. A 30% advance holds the date and the crew; the balance is due against a GST invoice after the event.
- 3
Recce, load-in and setup
T−45 minutesThe crew reaches the venue 45 minutes before doors. We build the counter, connect to the 16A point, flush and heat the machine, dial in the grinder against the day's humidity, and taste the first drinks about 20 minutes before your guests arrive.
- 4
Live service with queue management
2.5 hrs–12 hrs on the floorEvery counter holds about 70 drinks an hour. One crew member works the machine while runners keep cups, milk and garnishes moving and read the queue — if a session breaks early, we pre-pour and pre-steam so the line never stalls at the counter.
- 5
Teardown, handover and invoice
25 minutes after close · invoice in 24 hrsWe strip the counter, carry out segregated waste and leave the floor as we found it — 25 minutes, start to finish. You get a cup-count summary and a GST invoice within 24 hours, with PO and vendor-portal details if your finance team needs them.
How many baristas and machines do you need?
Queue length, not drink quality, is what guests remember. These are the counter, crew and space numbers we plan with for office coffee setup, worked out for five common guest counts so you can check a proposal before you sign it.
| Guests | Peak drinks/hour | Counters (machines) | Crew on floor | Counter space | Service window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 15/hr | 1 | 1 | 1.8 m × 1.2 m (2 sq m) | 2 hrs · ~90 cups |
| 100 | 30/hr | 1 | 1 | 1.8 m × 1.2 m (2 sq m) | 2.5 hrs · ~180 cups |
| 250 | 75/hr | 2 | 3 (2 on machines + 1 runner) | 3.6 m × 1.2 m (4 sq m) | 3 hrs · ~450 cups |
| 500 | 150/hr | 3 | 4 (3 on machines + 1 runner) | 5.4 m × 1.2 m (6 sq m) | 4 hrs · ~900 cups |
| 1,000 | 300/hr | 5 | 7 (5 on machines + 2 runners) | 9 m × 1.2 m (11 sq m) | 4 hrs · ~1,800 cups |
Formula: peak drinks/hour = guests × 0.3 (the share who order in the busiest hour). Counters = peak ÷ 70 drinks per counter per hour, rounded up. A runner is added for every second counter. Counter space is the running counter length, excluding the ~1 m the crew works in behind it.
One counter is one crew member plus one machine, and holds about 70 drinks an hour at a pace it can sustain all event — push past that and shot quality and queue times both suffer. Not everyone drinks in the same hour, though: for office coffee setup roughly 30% of guests order in the busiest hour, which is why 1000 guests need 5 counters rather than twelve. That works out to about one machine per 200 guests — the same ratio we use for conference breaks, where one machine per 200–250 delegates is the planning rule. Across a full event, expect about 1.8 cups per guest.
Venue requirements for a office coffee setup
Everything below is what a office coffee setup counter needs from the venue — worth forwarding to your banquet manager, facility team or production lead before load-in day. Per counter, the short version is 1.8 m × 1.2 m of level space, one 16A power point, and water nearby. We bring the rest.
- Counter footprint
- 1.8 × 1.2 m
- Per counter, plus about 1 m behind for the crew to work
- Power
- 1 × 16A
- Per counter. Peak draw is roughly 3.2 kW — one dedicated point per machine
- Load-in / teardown
- 45 / 25 min
- Access before doors open and after the last guest leaves
- Comfortable lead time
- 5 days
- Double it for peak wedding and conference season
| Requirement | Barista Station brings | Venue provides |
|---|---|---|
| Space | Counter, skirting, back-of-counter prep and a bin station | A level, dry 1.8 m × 1.2 m spot per counter with one open serving face |
| Power | Machines, extension reels, surge protection and a spare cable run | One 16A point per counter (3.2 kW peak), generator-backed for outdoor venues |
| Water | Filtered water cans and boiler treatment so the machine stays scale-free | Plumbed pantry tap, or 20 litres stored per station |
| Crew | Uniformed, FSSAI-trained crew — 65 guests each, with a supervisor from two counters up | Vendor passes, parking, and crew meals on shifts over 8 hours |
| Consumables | Freshly roasted Indian arabica, dairy and plant milks, syrups, cups, lids, stirrers and napkins | Nothing — every consumable is on us unless you ask us to use your stock |
| Waste | Segregated dry and wet waste bagged and carried out | A bin point or a housekeeping handover at teardown |
| Access | 45 min load-in and 25 min teardown with our own trolleys | A service lift or ramp, and the access window confirmed in writing |
Your venue checklist
- One 16A point near the pantry or café corner
- 1.8 m × 1.2 m of permanent counter space
- Standing security and visitor passes for the crew
- Milk fridge space and a bin point
Office Coffee Setup vs other setups
Clients comparing office coffee setup usually weigh it against two or three alternatives. Here is an honest side-by-side on price, staffing, best use and feel, so you can pick on fit rather than on whichever page you landed on first.
| Setup | From | Best for | Staffing & throughput | Vibe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Coffee Setup (this page) | ₹110/guest | Tech offices, Coworking spaces, Hospitals | 1 crew, 1 counter per 100 guests · ~70 drinks/hr | Recurring barista days on a monthly contract |
| Barista on Hire for events | ₹120/guest | Hotels, Private parties, Pop-ups | 1 crew, 1 counter per 100 guests · ~70 drinks/hr | Flexible staffing — your venue, your machine or ours |
| Corporate Coffee Catering for events | ₹160/guest | Town halls, Offsites, Annual days | 1 crew, 1 counter per 100 guests · ~75 drinks/hr | Process-first: PO, GST, onboarding and a named manager |
| Live Coffee Bar for events | ₹180/guest | Conferences, Weddings, Product launches | 1 crew, 1 counter per 100 guests · ~75 drinks/hr | Café-grade espresso bar that works in a ballroom or a lawn |
Per-guest rates are indicative starting points for the minimum guest count of each service. Many clients combine two setups — an espresso bar plus a chai counter is the most common pairing at Indian events, because roughly 40% of guests reach for tea.
Office Coffee Setup: questions & answers
The nine things clients ask before booking office coffee setup — on cost, inclusions, staffing, lead time, travel, invoicing, contingency, customisation and cancellation.
Still unsure? WhatsApp us your date, city and guest count and you'll have a counter plan the same day.
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Office Coffee Setup by city
We run office coffee setup in 60+ Indian cities with local crews, and travel to destination venues.
Tier 1 cities
Tier 2 cities
Other services
Most office coffee setup bookings come together in a single phone call: you tell us the date, city, venue and guest count, we send a counter plan and a per-guest rate the same working day. For a 100-guest event that is 1 counter, 1 crew, 1.8 m × 1.2 m (2 sq m) of space and about 180 cups — a plan you can hand straight to your venue.
