Coffee

I would pass on this too. I'm a pretty big coffee drinker, but at weddings I drink maybe half a cup if it's there and then get back to drinking and dancing lol. One or two guests may complain but as long as everyone has enough food and alcohol, I don't see this ruining anyone's experience of your wedding. And that money could go pretty far elsewhere in your budget.

View Quoted Comment I didn't see it that way at all. I saw it as OP had a feeling 700 for coffee was ridiculous, but if the consensus on the thread was that she should do it then she would have.

If it were me I would not be spending that money, I've seen maybe 3 people drink it when it was offered. Is there any way you could convince them to maybe do a certain dollar amount worth of coffee and when it's gone it's gone?

Yeah, no way. I get wanting a nice cup of coffee after dinner with dessert, but I've never been to a wedding and thought "man, I wish I had a cup of coffee right now."

Is this standard cups of black coffee or is this coffee cartesque where you can get cappuccinos,etc ?

If coffee is that important to you, negotiate this with your caterer. If it is just brewed coffee, then come back at the caterer with what you pay for a cup of coffee. Know the prices of various places in your area and then try to talk them down to a consumption tab for coffee. They should be able to do coffee by the pot rather than a flat cost per person.

If they won't do that, then the heck with them. Bring in a box or 5 (about $100 for 5) from DD and be done with them.

That's a ridiculous amount for coffee and I wouldn't pay it. I feel your pain, I'm having a similar issue with my caterers and water. But water IS necessary, so I'm doing it.

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Literally just standard coffee and tea with standard cream and sugar. It's $7/pp for higher class "sugar cubes" and syrups. Can't.

I honestly was just looking to bring in some boxes of coffee around dessert time. Thanks for the suggestion!

View Quoted Comment They’re charging you for WATER?! Unbelieveable!

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Agreed! That's just too much considering not everyone will be having coffee.

I'm a coffee fanatic...and I would not be upset if there wasn't coffee. That's a crazy price and honestly, a rip off. Unreal it's not included in the cost. boy oh boy! Gotta love wedding planning! It'll be a great day regardless-- coffee or no coffee.

Are you able to buy big coffee canisters and have someone brew coffee for you? We got a couple off of Amazon for a party and they worked great. They kept the drinks hot for quite a few hours. I mean you could just buy those Starbucks packets where you dump them in hot water. Just fill your canister up and start dumping. I think they were around $30 for the canister....

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I would def. not pay that much for coffee, that's insane.

Can you bring in a kurig machine and some pods? And habe some paper cups or some travel mugs (2 for a dollar @ dollar tree) if not is skip it... 700 is insane

Our family is cooking for our reception, and we are definitely having coffee. Your venue wouldn't allow you to make your own coffee?

I would get an Uber driver to go through Starbucks and get everyone their own specific choice in coffee and have them drop it off at the reception. That would probably be cheaper! Haha. Just kidding, but it's a big heck no from me for $700 coffee. Maybe speak to your venue and see if they could offer coffee instead?

That is literally almost as much as our espresso catering quotes. We will be spending roughly $1,000 on 100 people to have a full espresso bar for 6 hours which includes everything you would find at a coffee stand (drink wise anyways).

Unlike pp every wedding I've been to has served coffee with the cake... so it is def expected in my circle; however, it is FREE or I should say INCLUDED with the per person cost. $700 is outrages. All I can assume is that perhaps the pp cost is very reasonable and they are looking for a way to get more money out of you. If it is not expected for your guests, just skip it.

Well, I'm super late to this post party. I own a venue and I am looking to add coffee and tea to my offerings in southern CA. I am having a hard time coming up with a price that is fair but worth my time. These posts were from **** which means whatever number I come up with today in 2024 would be 50% in 2017. It seems many things have nearly doubled since then, especially food. I just shopped Amazon for nicer cups, wedding cup sleeves, variety of sugar sweeteners, creamers, coffee, electricity (1500 watts x 25 minutes per 40 cup pot x 3 pots for regular, decaf and hot water for tea), brewing time, cleaning equipment, tables, table cloths, etc. The supplies total is about $1.80 per person. That is me working for free and no income for wear and tear on all equipment. My initial thought is raise price/person by $3 for my "profit". This means for a 100 person wedding I would charge a total of $480 (100 guestsx$4.80 per person) and would make more coffee than would be consumed since not all 100 guests would drink coffee. In my profit of $300 I have to factor in wear n tear, a few of hours of total work, coffee bar set up, one more item to worry about as the wedding host, possibly staff to pay, if something goes wrong its on me. What ever remains of the tiny profit I have to share it with Mr. Irs and Mrs. California. Honestly it is SOOO not worth the hassle. But, big But. If I do this it will be with the sole purpose to bless my guests and make planning easier for them.