are not at peace eating it.) anyone who has to have coffee needs to come and make it early. you will also have to clean the coffee pot. this may influence your choice. we are not going to make lemonade in the big jug because somebody has to clean it. so, we are going to try individual serving boxes of apple juice for the kids, or ice water or ice tea. (very easy clean-up). if what you bring would be best served hot, then you need to come down and turn on an oven and put in and set the timer and tend to it. perhaps we should all try 