Shurgard

Tool: Blinking/Atmospheric LED-equipped free vending

Taste: Average - sugary even when "no sugar" selected 

Temperature: Good.

Tumbler: Proper china mug.

Not worth a visit to their offices, but decent when you're there. In a sense, it's a shame... they probably have hundreds of unused expresso machines in their stores.

Rhodia

Tool: Automatic, unbranded

Taste: None 

Temperature: Burning on machine exit, cold when drunk.

Tumbler: Plastic, obviously

Rhodia are active in plactics. So that's where the focus is. The tumbler. Rhodia are also located in one of the La Défense buildings (to see douglas geddes' excellent picture, click here.) where space is scarce. Small meeting rooms, small tables, small cups, no spoons, no biscuits, no nothing. The café just outside their building serves much better coffee. For around 6€ a cuppa'. This may sound expensive, but, I'm sure you'll agree, free coffee isn't worth it if it's tasteless.