Employee & Staff Appreciation

The easiest thing you will ever book for your people.

Real espresso, made to order, in your lobby or your parking lot. We arrive before your start time, serve your whole team, and are gone without anyone losing a morning to it. You approve one invoice and that is the whole job.

The Eight23 Craft & Brew mobile espresso cart set up and ready to serve

The Occasions

What people book us for

Most of these are a two to three hour window on a weekday morning. None of them need anyone to organise anything beyond telling us where to park.

Employee Appreciation Day

The first Friday in March, or whenever your company actually does it. A cart in the lobby says thank you in a way another email does not.

Staff Appreciation Week

One good morning inside a week of them. We can do a single day or come back across several, and vary the menu so it does not repeat.

Teacher Appreciation

Early service before the first bell, or rolling through prep periods so staff can come when they are free rather than all at once.

Nurse and Healthcare Appreciation

Built around shift change so both the outgoing and incoming shift get one. We have done 6am starts and we will do them again.

All-Hands and Quarterly Meetings

Served before the meeting starts, not during it. People arrive early because there is a reason to, which is usually the hard part.

Return-to-Office and Onboarding

First day back, first day in, or a new-hire cohort morning. It makes an ordinary Tuesday feel like somebody planned it.

How It Runs

Nobody loses their morning to it

The thing that kills office coffee events is a queue that eats an hour of everyone's day. The fix is throughput and staggering, and we plan both before we arrive.

We are set up before you start

About 45 minutes to load in, so the first drink is poured the minute service opens. Pack down takes 30 and happens after your window closes.

Roughly 55 drinks an hour, per barista

Past 75 people we add a second barista automatically, which roughly doubles that. It is a service quality decision first, not an upsell.

Stagger it by team

For anything over 100 people we will suggest windows by department or floor. Ten minutes each instead of forty for the unlucky.

One outlet, no plumbing

About 8 feet by 6 feet and a standard 20 amp outlet within 50 feet. We bring our own water. Outside with no power, we bring a quiet generator.

Indoors or out

Lobby, breakroom, courtyard, parking lot. Tell us about stairs, lifts or a long carry when you book so we schedule the load-in properly.

We invoice

Itemised quote up front, PO number if your finance team needs one, certificate of insurance for your building if they ask.

What's Included

Everything, in the quote you are shown

There is no equipment fee, no travel fee inside 50 miles of Manteca, and no surprise line on the invoice.

Want your logo on the cup? That is an add-on, and it needs about three weeks. Same for cart signage.

FAQ

What HR and facilities usually ask

How long does it take to set up in an office?

About 45 minutes to load in and set up, and 30 to pack down. We arrive before your start time so the cart is pouring the minute your people walk over. If your building has a loading dock or a service lift, tell us at booking and we will work to it.

How much space and power do you need?

A space about 8 feet by 6 feet and one standard 20 amp outlet within 50 feet. No plumbing needed, we bring our own water. If the only spot is outside or away from an outlet, we can bring a quiet generator as an add-on.

We have 120 people. Will everyone be standing in line?

One barista serves roughly 55 drinks an hour. Past 75 guests we add a second barista automatically, which roughly doubles throughput. For a 120 person office we would normally suggest two baristas across two to three hours, staggered by department, so nobody loses half a morning queuing.

Do you invoice, or does someone have to pay by card?

We invoice. You get an itemised quote up front, and we can work to a PO number if your finance team needs one. A card is fine too if that is simpler for a smaller spend.

Do you carry insurance? Our building needs a COI.

Yes, and we can provide a certificate of insurance naming your building or property manager as additional insured. Give us a week or so of notice so the certificate is issued in time.

Can you do teacher appreciation or nurse appreciation?

Those are some of our favourite bookings. Schools and hospitals usually want an early window and a rolling service so staff can come as their break allows, rather than everyone at once. We will build the timing around your shift changes or prep periods.

What if we do not know the final headcount?

Give us your best estimate and we will quote from it. We would rather you book a realistic number and we bring a buffer than pay for 150 when 90 show up. Tell us a week out if it has moved a lot.

Can you come to an office suite or a business park?

Yes. Most of what we do is exactly that. We need a path in that fits a cart, and to know about stairs, lifts, or a long carry in advance so we schedule enough load-in time.

Other Ways We Work

Not quite what you are planning?

Same cart, same team, different brief.

Corporate & brand activations

Trade show booths, product launches and client events, with your logo printed on every drink.

Weddings

Cocktail hour, reception, or the late slot when people need something other than another drink.

Birthdays & private parties

Milestone birthdays, showers, graduations and gatherings at home.

Coffee cart catering

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Where We Serve

Offices across the Central Valley and the East Bay

Based in Manteca. No travel fee inside 50 miles.

No Obligation

Get your event quote

Date, location, rough headcount. We come back within 24 hours with an itemised quote. We invoice.

Get Your Quote →

Takes about two minutes. Tell us the date, the headcount and the setting, and we come back within 24 hours with an itemised quote. Nothing charged, nothing committed.