How to Style Your Coffee Station at Home

You probably already know that we take coffee-from-home seriously. Our entire website is devoted to exactly that. We want your at-home coffee station to have the same cosiness and warmth that you can find in our Grind cafés, and for the coffee to be the same barista-quality.

We first created the Grind-at-home range because we know that sometimes it’s nice to get your favourite coffee without leaving the house (or encountering any kind of social interaction). In which case, your kitchen should feel like your own café space, minus the queue and the strangers.

We spoke to Noor Hassan, psychology teacher and interior designer, about why we love home coffee stations and her top tips on curating your own kitchen-come-café.

5 Reasons Why You Should Have a Home Coffee Station

In case you need persuading.

1. Self-care

Incorporating a homemade coffee into your morning routine is a great way to slow down your morning. Making coffee is a ritual you perform every day, so use it as a chance to add some calm before the daily chaos begins.

2. New Skills

We’d obviously say this, but Noor agrees that there’s a science to making the perfect cup of coffee: finding out exactly how you like your brew, discovering which blend works best for which coffee, learning how to create latte art… these are all skills that you can develop with your home coffee station.

3. More Sustainable

Noor is a big advocate for making our homes more sustainable. Shop-bought coffee (unless it's Grind, obviously) often involves single-use waste, which ends up in landfill, whilst homemade coffees produce less waste.

Before you buy your coffee pods, whole bean or ground coffee, however, make sure you know where it's coming from and how it's made. Too many big brands that monopolise the industry rely on cheap labour, unethical sourcing, and unsustainable farming and processing practices. It's why we make compostable coffee pods from plants that biodegrade in weeks, whilst aluminium and plastic pods pollute landfills for centuries.

All of our coffee is ethically sourced from sustainable farms around the world. You can read more about how we're driving positive change in the world of coffee here, and join us on our mission to change the way we drink coffee for the better.

4. Social Space

Your coffee station can become the heart of your home, a comfy space where you entertain guests and where you feel cosy. A freshly made coffee always goes down well, whether it’s for you or your loved ones.

5. Money Saving

A shop-bought coffee can cost a small fortune. It’s a treat, it’s delicious, but if you want to drink multiple oat flat whites in a day from your favourite café then you’ll have to take out a mortgage. Homemade coffees cost a fraction of the price.

5 Steps to Creating a Home Coffee Station

Noor’s top tips on bringing the café aesthetic to your kitchen.

1. Choose a Space

Preferably a space with easily accessible storage for all your coffee paraphernalia (primarily, your vast collection of Grind tins) and a space that can feel like a cosy hub in your home.

Shop barista-quality coffee accessories.

2. Clean Your Space

Tidy coffee station, tidy mind. You can’t appreciate your coffee and your at-home café if it’s messy. Take pride in your station.

3. Get the Tools

By tools, we mean high-quality coffee equipment. By high-quality coffee equipment, we mean the Grind Two Machine and matching Milk Frother, both made from polished stainless steel for a clean, minimal, and sleek design.

If you're more into cosplaying a barista, you'll want to get your hands on our exclusive edition of Sage Appliance's award-winning bean-to-cup machine, the Barista Touch™ Impress Coffee Machine.

4. Stock up on Coffee

It goes without saying that there’s no point in having such a carefully-curated coffee station without great coffee to drink. We’d always recommend stocking up on a range of blends, strengths, and flavours so that you’re prepared for any coffee-drinking mood at any time of the day. It’s why we have our Nespresso® compatible compostable coffee pods in a range of 14 different blends, including your favourite flavoured coffee, and our speciality whole bean and ground coffee in 5 expertly-roasted blends.

For busier days, we like to keep a healthy stock of ready-to-drink iced coffee cans for getting café-quality coffee in seconds.

5. Personalise Your Station

Make your setup your own by decorating with your favourite mugs, your favourite Grind tins, some art, and a house plant for good measure. If you want to upgrade to the next level, our House Blend Candle was created for this very purpose.