5 Advantages of Having GREAT Coffee In The Workplace

There’s no denying coffee is a staple in the workplace! Millions of Americans start their workday off with a nice cup of Joe, and there’s no question why. 

Coffee is an affordable, delicious, and energy-boosting way to start the day and keep employees energized and productive. A survey showed that 89% of workplaces agree that coffee makes work happier and more productive. 

With that in mind, we think it’s a no-brainer that every workplace should be investing in awesome, high-quality coffees for their employees. Not all coffee is created equally! Having GREAT coffee is better than having middle-of-the-road stuff, and here are a couple of reasons why:

1. More energy = more efficiency!

Ever compared a gas station cup of Joe to an authentic brew from the mountains? The difference is astonishing! 

High-quality coffee can make an impressive difference in the efficiency at which your employees work! A charged caffeine boost allows your workers to start their workday off strong and help boost their productivity! 

This improved sense of energy can help your employees stay energized and focused on their tasks without having to step away from their desks. This way, more company time is saved without compromising worker performance. Now that’s how you get $h!t done!

2. Your team feels appreciated!

What better way to say THANK YOU than with a cup of the good stuff?

While great coffee and food help your employees focus, it also shows them that you appreciate their well-being…and hard work! 

Otherwise, your team will probably just be making Dunkin’ runs on their lunch breaks. Boo 👎

Opting for GREAT coffee demonstrates that you as an employer are investing in them. Great coffee not only saves your employees their own money and time but says a lot about you as a company and how much you value your staff!

3. Encourages teamwork & collaboration

What better way to bond than over a cup of Joe?

Have you ever seen employees run to the office kitchen when the gourmet lunch rolls in? High-quality food and drinks don’t just make your employees happy, they give them a reason to connect with each other!

A great cup of coffee makes it easier and more fluid for your employees to communicate on key workplace issues and projects. So who’s to say great coffee can’t promote collaboration? 

Coworkers that may not usually have the opportunity to interact can get to know their colleagues across different departments and foster more efficiency across projects and other work tasks.

Great coffee can help your staff communicate more and create a sense of community!

4. High-quality coffee = a health boost for the day!

News flash: work is stressful. And stress is not so great for health in the long term! So the way your employees eat and drink at work over their lifetime makes an important difference.

By offering great coffee in your office, you mitigate the chances that your employees will opt for an unhealthy or low-quality drink alternative. 

What’s the saying? A cup of GREAT coffee per day keeps the doctor away! 😉 Want to learn more about the other health benefits your brew can offer you? Check out our recent blog! 

5. It’s a reason to smile!

We can brainstorm all the ways coffee boosts productivity or promotes team bonding, but at the end of the day, people drink coffee because it makes them feel good. 

Okay coffee can get you going where you need to go, but good coffee…. Good coffee can feel like pure joy. That’s what every workplace needs a little more of. 

At Joyride, we firmly believe workplaces deserve high-quality, healthy, delicious coffee that caters to the needs of every employee AND is good for the environment. 

That’s the magic of good coffee: it tastes good, makes you feel good, and does good for the world around you (like our coffee does 😉). That’s reason enough to get GREAT coffee!

So what are you waiting for? Your current coffee might be good, but is it great? Get acquainted with some of the best stuff on the market, and take a ride with us!

Joyride aims to deliver sustainable, healthy, cafe-quality coffee and craft beverages to offices across the United States. Check out our awesome selection of coffee products here. 

Looking to bring some Joy to your workplace? Contact us and learn more about our office coffee program!

5 Health Benefits Of Cold Brew You Might Not Know About

If you don’t like some aspects of coffee but enjoy the hit of caffeine, then cold brew might be for you. Cold brew coffee is best known for its smooth velvety texture and cold refreshing taste.

So what’s the difference between cold brew and regular coffee? The difference lies in the way they are produced. Cold brew is made by steeping the coffee in cold water for a minimum of 12 hours and up to 24 hours. Regular hot coffee uses hot water to pull the coffee flavor and caffeine from the coffee beans. The result of this is that cold brew is less acidic and bitter than regular coffee making a smooth finish that is a delight to drink.

Aside from the great taste and finish of cold brew, it also has several health benefits that you might not know. Here are 5 of the biggest health benefits you can gain by drinking cold brew coffee.

1. Helps you stay more alert and focused

One great thing about caffeine is that it can help you feel more energized. In turn, this can make you feel more alert and can aid in improved mental clarity. 

These energizing benefits can help make it easier to get up in the morning, improve your mood so you’re less cranky, and help you be more productive in the office and at home.

There have been many studies showing the link between coffee and wellness. Evidence from Harvard University concludes that ‘coffee drinkers are significantly less likely to be depressed than people who do not drink coffee’ due to the health benefits it provides. 

Long story short: if you want to be happy, drink some cold brew.

2. Great source of antioxidants

Another benefit of drinking coffee is that it’s a great way to provide your body with antioxidants. 

What are antioxidants? We promise they’re not scary. In fact, antioxidants help your body get rid of free radicals, which are responsible for causing health issues such as heart disease, cancer, and other stuff that ARE scary. 

A diet that incorporates antioxidants has also been proven to help with mental health, burning fat, and more. 

If you’re looking for a way to get in shape and stay healthy, incorporate more antioxidants into your diet with Joyride’s Nitro Cold Brew. Visit here to learn more about our cold brews and see our wide range of cold brews to help you get $h!t done.

3. Easier to digest than regular coffee 

As we mentioned earlier, cold brew is made by steeping coffee in cold water for a period of time. Regular hot coffee is made by passing hot water through the coffee to extract the flavor and caffeine from the coffee. This method of hot water extraction makes regular hot coffee a beverage that can be quite acidic and often gives people various problems such as acid reflux and the need to sprint to the bathroom. 

Cold brew coffee is way less acidic than regular coffee. So go easy on your stomach and try a nice glass of refreshing Joyride Original Cold Brew today.

4. Can help you live longer

Did you know that drinking coffee has been shown to lower your risk of death? We’ve spoken about antioxidants and how coffee can help your mental health and wellness, but it helps with a wide number of other issues as well. 

A long-term study in men and women aged 50-71 found that the more coffee people drank, the lower their risk for a multitude of diseases such as diabetes, stroke, injury, and heart and respiratory disease. 

If you wanna live longer (we know we do), then cold brew coffee is the drink for you. Ever get so cranky you feel like you aged a couple of years? Just have a glass of cold brew and reap the benefits. If you want these benefits and more, then check out our cold brew coffee selections here.

5. Helps you lose weight

Caffeine is an appetite suppressant. With fewer feelings of hunger, you may naturally feel the need to eat less food throughout the day. Consuming fewer calories makes it easier for you to be in a caloric deficit helping you lose weight and get into pants you’ve been wanting to fit in for a while.

Caffeine speeds up your metabolism and by having a higher metabolism, your body naturally burns more calories throughout the day making it easier to be in that caloric deficit and helping you to lose weight. 

Cold brew coffee is also an excellent pre-workout drink as the caffeine in it can provide a great boost of energy which can help you push yourself further in the gym allowing you to run more and lift more weights. 

Other pre-workout drinks on the market are full of proprietary blends of stuff that neither we nor you know anything about. With Joyride’s Original or Nitro Cold Brew Coffee selections, you know that you’re getting a clean caffeine boost with safe quality ingredients.

Disclaimer: If you’re thinking about incorporating caffeine into your diet for exercise purposes, please consult with a doctor first.

In this blog, we’ve gone over some of the main health benefits that drinking cold brew coffee can do for you. If you want to be happy, live longer, kick some ass, and be in a better mood, have a cold brew coffee. It’s basically a cheat code to life.

If you want your employees and work to benefit from all these things we’ve covered and more, click here to see our selections of cold brew coffees today.

Joyride Stands With Ukraine

Our support for the crisis in Ukraine

Like you, our hearts here at Joyride Coffee are breaking for the people of Ukraine. They have displayed incredible courage and resolve these past two weeks, but they will need to continue to lean on others for strength and support.  Watching these advances into Ukraine has left many of us feeling helpless.  Joyride may not be the biggest beverage company, but we're also not the kind that is comfortable sitting on the sidelines.  

We've made the decision to donate $5 from every bag of coffee we sell at www.drinkjoyride.com to the Voices of Children Foundation which provides psychological support, and now evacuation assistance, to the children and families of Ukraine. We encourage you to learn more about the work they have been doing since 2015 and how they are supporting families today.

The donation of $5 per bag will continue all the way through the end of May. We are grateful if you choose to join us in these efforts, but we know this isn't the only way to help.  Whatever you can do, or whatever cause you choose to support, is a personal choice.  We're simply asking that you consider taking action now, in whatever way makes the most sense for you.

Thank you from all of us at Joyride for taking the time to read and consider.

Dan Cignarella

CEO - Joyride Coffee

PS: At Joyride, we strive to live by our values. Integrity and Transparency are two values we hold dear. To be clear, this effort is in no way a profit driver for Joyride, in fact it is very unlikely that we'll even be covering our costs. But of course that's not the point. Whether you choose to participate in our efforts or not, we'd also be grateful if you could share this message with others. Our hope is that other businesses, with much greater scale than Joyride, will follow along with programs of their own and together we can make a meaningful impact.

Joyride by Aramark

September 2020 Updates

09/18/2020

It’s been hard to find good news in 2020 and it’s been a difficult summer for Joyride, but today we are pleased to announce a broadened partnership between Joyride and Aramark called Joyride by Aramark.  Through this exciting new partnership, your next order will be a Joyride by Aramark delivery.

Joyride and Aramark have partnered since 2016 to bring Joyride’s Craft on Draft to offices looking for a full service beverage solution. With the launch of Joyride by Aramark, Aramark will assume account management, delivery and equipment service for Joyride’s office coffee service business. With this partnership, you’ll again have access to the same great coffees and cold brews you love, as well as the rest of Aramark’s comprehensive offerings and world-class service.

Since our founding in 2011, Joyride has focused on making and delivering delicious, sustainable beverages. The Joyride by Aramark partnership leaves Joyride as a brewing company, allowing us to focus on what we do best: brewing great cold brews. Joyride by Aramark ultimately means that we’ll bring more joy to more places – expanding our reach and improving the level of service for you.

If you are a current Joyride customer, here is what you need to know. In the next few weeks a member of the Joyride by Aramark team will be reaching out to discuss the needs of your business and how they can begin servicing you now and into the future. If you have a more pressing need, or would like to speak with someone sooner, you can reach a dedicated Joyride by Aramark account representative Jasmine Baptiste who  can be reached by email at baptiste-jasmine1@aramark.com or by phone at 908-531-1675.

It’s been an incredible ride and we’re excited about this next chapter. Thanks for your support, your belief in our mission and business through the years. Thanks to you, together we’ve redefined what office coffee can mean and have saved over 35 million bottles from landfills along the way.  Here’s to the next 35 million.

Cheers,

David, Adam, and Noah

Employee Appreciation - March 6th

Employee Appreciation - March 2020

5 amazing Tips! to show appreciation to your team

By Faiza Askari

Head Of Human Resources at Joyride

1) Build a relationship - More so than ever you may have heard that employees stick around at a company because of “the people.”  The people we work with make our work-life experience better. The exact same people who have invested genuine time and interest in getting to know our personal life by knowing what our go-to restaurant/food is for lunch, what we like to do in our free time over the weekend, and what we find joy in what our spouses/children’s activities are.

Overall, spend time getting to know your co-worker(s). Get to know your people, their likes, dislikes, about their family, the names of their kids, what they like to do in their free time. No one wants to be just a number.  Being in a field with route drivers - one of my favorite ways to get to know someone is spending a whole day out in the field with them and getting to know them throughout the day but also helping them do their job. 

2) Thank you cards attached to a small gift - I’ve always been a fan of handwritten thank you cards vs the simple basic thank you emails. Thank you cards allow me to know this person took the time to buy a card, focus on if their handwriting was good, probably go through 2 cards until they settled on the handwriting that looked more professional- point is- they took the time and effort to think of me and thank me. I like to take it a step further and also attach the thank you card to a box of chocolates or my personal favorite, a big Costco Pie around thanksgiving time. I want that employee to take that massive pie home and set it on their thanksgiving table - I want it to become a topic of conversation - I want my employee to proudly say, “yah! my company gave us that pie and they even attached a thank you card to it.”

3) Praise and acknowledge their hard work - Acknowledging the employee’s hard work and giving them a shout out at a meeting or on a community online network allows the employee to feel like their work matters. It creates a platform for other employees to also acknowledge and congratulate them for their hard work or for closing a customer deal  - whatever the situation maybe- be sure to praise and acknowledge your employee in front of others. Promotions are big and I love sharing the excitement and praising the employee who was promoted. Create a personalized slide for the employee with their picture and reasons as to why they make a great employee. Send that slide out to the company or in your network. Let your star shine! But also take it a step further and send a gift to the significant other for example a set of flowers or a gift card to dinner in the name of their spouse- thanking their spouse for being a support system at home for your employee who put in the hard work to earn that promotion. 

4) Step away from the business - Take the time out to go out to lunch or go do an activity that is not always related to business. It’s so easy to get sucked into our long to-do list or working at the edge of our seat with constant changes throughout our day. Make it a point to schedule lunch with your team or employee. 

5) Become family - What I mean by becoming family is help your employee celebrate their happy and hard moments in life. The birth of a child, send them a care package. The loss of a family member, send them a sympathy card signed by everyone and flowers to the funeral or where the employee would prefer. For birthdays, set up happy birthday balloons at their cubicle or workspace or get them a “it’s my birthday pin.” Make it a point to celebrate their highs and lows.