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I spend about 4 months or more of the year working outdoors. One of the things that I have found to help motivate the crew, especially in the dead cold of winter, is to provide free coffee. Good coffee.
I buy Starbucks french roast and brew it in a gallon sized percolator. My backup is the Keurig with a case of K-cups from Costco. I have the Keurig that is like a commercial coffee maker. It's heavy, large, and says "engineered for continuous use". I estimate that it's made probably 8 or 9 cases of coffee by now. The reason I have the Keurig is that when the large coffee maker is empty, you don't always have the time or reason to brew a whole pot of coffee. And even more importanly, it's worth the extra pennies per cup to not have to wait around for coffee to brew when you have work to do and you don't want yourself or your employees to wait around not being productive.
When at home, and I have time to waste making coffee, I use a burr grinder from Bodum, grind my whole bean coffee, and use a cone filter coffee maker that you pour hot water into. Coffee stays in contact with water longer, more flavor is extracted, and it's much easier to clean up than a french press.
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