My guests don’t get a kitchen, but I provide a kettle, milk, tea coffee, chilled water. I don’t mention it in the listing, no photos of a kettle…but should I?
Keep it as a nice surprise for them, or list it as an amenity?
I’m in the underpromise, overdeliver camp. I provide those same things and don’t mention in my listing. But if I were in a country like England where tea is a constitutional right I might list it so as not to lose bookings.
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Personally I am not interested in a tea tray as I only like fresh coffee (a machine would be a draw for me) and love going to cafes. However I am amazed at how many English people are obsessed with wanting a tea tray, so I would definitely mention it if I were you. Fruit teas seem to be more popular too.
oh blimey, yes, fruit teas.
I can’t remember the last time I had an instant coffee…perhaps I should put my spare machine up there
I don’t know if those little pod machines are nice and easy to maintain or not. My bean to cup Delonghi would definitely be too big for a bedroom.
yeah, my Delonghi may take take too much explaining too. My pod machine is a modern day miracle, only maintenance is to refill with water. In fact I have my Delonghi do the coffee, and the Dolce pod does the frothy milk (beware of pre sweetened milk pods).
It’s nearly 5am, I want a coffee now…
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No. In my experience mention of a kettle being available leads to all sort of other unrealistic expectations like a bed, toilet access and clean (urggh) linen.
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Add a picture of it and see if you get more bookings. Of course it will be hard to tell as there are so many other changing factors to take into consideration.
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I stumbled across some really icky online photos from a fellow who took apart his clogged coffee pod machine – black mold in the plastic water tubes!! I’ll stick with my clunky old Mr. Coffee.
Although I just gifted one of my kids and her SO a fancy borosilicate glass pour over, a very cute bottom-spouted kettle with integral thermometer so your pour can be at exactly the right temperature, and a manual grinder with about a thousand settings from coarse to espresso. I say this in the most loving manner possible, they’re creative-type Brooklyn hipster millennials and they love them some artisanal gadgets! I confess I’m tempted to get the same for myself. Requires a burner however. But I digress. What’s wrong with instant (get some fancy Starbucks packets in bulk?) and your electric kettle for the occasional coffee drinker amongst the tea-swilling Brits?
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I provide that or another brand from my natural market (also available on Amazon, Mount Hagen). In other parts of the world that I’ve visited, Poland and New Zealand specifically, instant coffee was the standard. If it’s not good enough, there are coffee shops or people can carry their own coffee brewing paraphenalia with them.
I’m definitely not coming if I’m not sure you have a kettle and tea (Yorkshire Tea would be good but Sainsbury’s Red Label is acceptable.)
Actually we travel with our own tea bags but we still need the kettle …
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Have you tried Taylors of Harrogate’s coffee bags? Used like teabags with real coffee. They come in several varieties, including decaff. Mr Joan spent a bloody fortune on a Delonghi which we put in the guest dining room but it was too noisy, so then it went into the kitchen, but still too noisy. Like that Dame Edna Everidge coffee advert, with her bridesmaid; Madge I think. Then I found the coffee bags in Morrisons and the machine sits unloved. Some guests have loved them enough to go down into Dover, an ordeal in itself, to buy some to take home.
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I’ve used a similar product and was very pleased. I’m a coffee drinker (tea on rare occasions).
Another option that fits well with a kettle is a pour over coffee brewer. for about $6 USD you can buy a plastic one that requires a paper filter; for about $20 you can buy a Stainless steel one that has a reusable filter.
When I travel for work, I take one & a resealable plastic bag with coffee. Hotels tend to have the darker roast pods for in-room use which are too robust for me. I use the in-room machine to heat the water, then pour over & enjoy.
I have a pour over set up for my guests. It’s the fancy cone shaped glass thingie that you put a scoop of coffee and filter in. Then an electric kettle to heat water that shuts off automatically. My guest love it, some have never seen a pour over set up. But it does beat the icky plastic pots. And taste oh, so wonderful.
( I am quite the coffee snob myself) 
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Pour overs are great but how to manage the mess? Or stop people staining things or blocking the basin with the grounds?
I spell it out: no kitchen ascess, but I have XYZ. A photo would reinforce that and prevent any erroneous assumptions. It has worked well for me. I have a kettle and a Keurig coffee maker.
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