Frode's Blog

Computerworld in Norway did a comparison (sorry, norwegian only) of the coffee quality in some of Norway’s IT-companies a couple of months ago. They sent a barista around to taste the coffee from the coffee machines in each company. Each company was rated based on the taste of the coffee and the experience/atmosphere around the machine.

Opera Software were asked to participate, but the competition was held on a very busy day here at Opera so we didn’t have time. Our old coffee machine has never been any good, so we wouldn’t have won anyway

However, this week we got some new coffee machines around the office, and I decided to document the variety of coffee-making machinery here in the office

This is our new "flagship" coffee machine. It's placed in the middle of the canteen.

Next to it is a Nespresso machine.

We've got another Nespresso model in the sales and marketing hallway.

The Nespresso machines use small pods filled with coffee. My next-door colleague, Henrik keeps plenty of pods in stock

This is one of our old coffee machines located where our Core-developers sits. It will probably be replaced soon, because the coffee does not taste good.

The developers in the information systems department takes their coffe very seriously. These guys are the ones hacking away at the MyOpera backend.

Here's the machine in the hallway where the Symbian and Windows Mobile developers are sitting.

.. and this is the coffee machine in the reception. This is the only one you will have access to if you visit Opera Software. The rest of the machines are placed in restricted areas.

This is from the office to another one of my next-door colleagues. Some times coffee just isn't enough