How to choose a coffee machine

With such a wide range of different coffee machines and brewing methods to choose from, you could be forgiven for being confused about the best choice for your next office coffee machine, pub coffee machine or even your coffee shop coffee machine. To make choosing your next coffee machine easier we have produced this guide which should help you choose the right machine for you.
Office Coffee Machine
We supply a wide range of machines suitable for use in offices, the one you choose will depend on the number of drinks you need to serve in a day and the variety and range of drinks needed.
Just Coffee If you just need coffee then the simplest and easiest choice is a pour and serve filter coffee machine. Hand filled and just requiring a 13amp plug socket to run off these machine will brew 3 pints / 1.8 litres of fresh filter coffee in just five minutes and can normally keep two jugs warm at once - that means you have 6 pints or 24 cups of filter coffee ready to serve at any one time and as you serve one jug the other can be brewing. Some of our most popular filter coffee machines are the Bravilor Novo pour and serve coffee machine which is a reliable and efficient filter coffee machine in easy clean stainless steel. For a more stylish filter coffee machine you might like to try the Bravilor Mondo Pour and serve filter coffee machine which includes advanced features such as descaling alert. For an alternative style filter coffee machine you could try the Technivorm pour and serve filter coffee machine which is another quick filter coffee machine.

If you need to serve filter coffee in a variety of locations, ie in meeting rooms or training rooms, then a Airpot filter coffee machine may be the ideal choice for you. These machines use a thermal insulated pump flask that keeps the coffee hot after brewing, and can be carried away from the machine to serve filter coffee in any location. You can buy extra flasks, so you can have as many flasks of coffee on the go as you need, and with each flask holding around 12 cups there is more then enough capacity for everyone. This filter coffee machine is the best way to serve office coffee in a variety of different locations.

Coffee and Cappuccino

If you want to serve coffee or cappuccino milk drinks in your office then you could look at the low volume bean to cup machine range such as the Jura Z5 bean to cup office coffee machine which will produce black coffee, espresso or cappuccino at the push of a button, making cappuccino from fresh milk. For a greater range of milk drink options you should look at the Jura X9 multi milk drink bean to cup coffee machine which produces a range of drinks like cappuccino and caffe latte at the push of a button. Both these machines will serve a maximum of 150 cups per day.

For a higher capacity office cappuccino coffee machine you should look at the Koro bean to cup espresso coffee machine for the office which will produce 60 cups an hour of black coffee or cappuccino. This machine uses milk powder as standard to make cappuccino or latte drinks, or you can buy an optional cold milk foaming device for fresh milk cappuccino and latte, in which case the powder drink container can be used for hot chocolate powder instead to increase the range of drinks served.

Multiple drinks coffee, tea and chocolate

If you want to serve a range of drinks in your office, the simplest and tidiest system has to be the Kenco singles capsules hot drinks machine which uses fresh ground coffee in one cup portion capsules to brew a fresh drink every time. With the option of a range of coffee drinks, PG Tea and Suchard Hot Chocolate, staff can select the drink they require from the stand next to the machine, place their cup on the cup tray and push the capsule into the machine and the drink is made fresh into the cup. The waste capsule is stored in the machine, and milk and sugar can be added to the drink as required. Hand filled or plumbed in this is a versatile machine that just requires a 13amp plug socket, and has an optional coin validator system so people have to pay for their drinks. With a high capacity of 45 cups per hour, this is an ideal office coffee machine suitable for board rooms, meeting rooms, receptions and even the sales floor.