We could, but way too many people show up here and drink our coffee due to the fact that all the big bosses are here. Two 12 cups pots are completely emptied within the first 10 to 20 minutes of the day. We would spend a fortune, and there is no way to have extra taxpayer dollars for better coffee despite having tried the argumentation that coffee is a vital element of a functional government.
While I vote left, I would never expect the coffee in my office to be supplied by the government. A coffee pot, perhaps, but continuous coffee, no.
Instead, do as we did in Georgia: Have a coffee roster; people take it in turns to purchase the coffee (including the Boss class), and - perhaps - to make it; the office miscellaneous and might have purchased the coffee pot; and, also, set a limit on who gets to have this coffee - if you don't contribute to the purchasing of the coffee, you don't get to drink it. sauntering in with an empty mug (yes, every office has such people) did not really cut it after the first few occasions.
In Georgia, I contributed to the office coffee - I bought a few bags once a month, as did the others, and, in addition, I also had my own kettle, French press, coffee, cups, spoons, and brown sugar in my own office. And, in my office, coffee was by invitation only.
Just now, I am sipping a delightful coffee, made from 75% Ethiopian coffee and 25% coffee from Yemen.
It's free at work, and I do need enough caffeine even in poisonous forms such as Folgers in order to be barely functional...
