Virtual coffee people show up for.
Let's Get Coffee introduces remote colleagues one at a time, with a reason to meet, the video link already on the coffee, and a time that suits you both.
Works with Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams links.
- One introduction at a time, with a reason
- Video when you're far apart
- Your saved room added to the coffee
- In person when you're in the same city
Set up in an afternoon.
Why virtual coffee usually fizzles
Remote teams try virtual coffee because they miss the hallway. Most programmes fade within a month, for the same three reasons.
It feels like another meeting
A calendar invite called “Virtual coffee” with no reason attached reads like a status call. People skip it the first busy week.
Time zones get in the way
Someone has to work out a time that's morning for one person and not midnight for the other. Usually nobody does.
Nobody knows who to call
In an office you bump into people. Remote, you only meet the people your work already puts in front of you.
Everything a coffee needs, already there
People opt in and share a few interests, what they hope to learn and what they can help with. Every round, each person gets one introduction, and the coffee comes set up for how the two of them can meet.
A reason in every introduction
Different department, something one of you hopes to learn and the other can help with. The reason is what turns a calendar slot into a conversation.
Video when you're far apart
When two people are a couple of hours apart or more, the coffee is set up as a video call, so nobody is offered a café in another city.
Your room, saved once
Save your Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams room in your settings. It's added to the coffee once you both agree a time, and the other person is told.
A time that suits you both
Share your usual hours and time zone once. When you've both shared them, the introduction can suggest a time inside both.
The setup is the same for every team.See it step by step
Make it feel like a break, not a meeting
Four small habits that make a virtual coffee feel like the real thing.
50 virtual coffee chat questions- Keep it to twenty or thirty minutes. Short is what makes it feel like a break.
- Turn the camera on if you can, and bring a real drink.
- Start with them, not their job title: what they're enjoying at the moment, or where they're calling from.
- Before you hang up, ask who else they think you should meet.
Good to know
The honest answers remote teams ask first.
- Which video tools does it work with?
- Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Whereby and Jitsi. Save your own room once and it's used for your video coffees, or paste a link on any one coffee. Introductions and reminders arrive by email, or in Slack on the Corporate plan.
- How do time zones work?
- Each person sets their own time zone and usual hours. When you've both shared your hours, we can suggest a time that sits inside both. Your time zone is never shown to the other person; it only shapes the suggestion.
- What about hybrid teams?
- Two people in the same city can meet in person, and two people far apart are steered to video. Each coffee is set up for the pair, not the whole team.
- How much does it cost?
- You can start free. The Corporate plan (from $49/mo, scaling with headcount) adds Slack delivery, advanced matching and reporting.
Bring the hallway back.
Start a round, share the link, and let your remote team meet one coffee at a time.
No credit card Any time zone