Coffee goes upscale at work

Specialty blends are the latest trend as offices cater to more refined -- and expensive -- tastes

By Jill Rosen
Special to SunSpot
Originally published November 10, 2003

Margaret Cellucci's workday just doesn't start unless it's with a steamy, rich cup of quality java -- emphasis on quality.

And for years, the last place she'd look for that was the coffee pot at her office, the Transplant Resource Center of Maryland in Baltimore.

"That," she said incredulously, was coffee "that those who don't drink coffee thought was coffee."

Sludge is actually how she describes it, a substance that sprung forth from a dastardly foil package, dumped unceremoniously into a behemoth percolator and then left to sit and stew for the rest of the day.

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