Want to open a coffee shop dream, pre-preparation and choice, how to choose the essential coffee machine?

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Of course, coffee shops need to introduce a good coffee machine, but how to choose a suitable coffee machine in order to shorten the operation time required to make coffee and minimize the difference in human operation? personal use of Italian coffee machine experience for many years, Forrest Gump Entrepreneurship Network recommends coffee shop operators, especially chain operators, to consider the following factors before buying the coffee machine:

1. The orientation of the consumer layer.

two。 The location of the coffee.

3. Instant maximum number of visitors, decided to purchase a few holes of the coffee machine, in order to meet the needs of customers.

4. Bar staff have professional operation skills, such as using a "fully automatic coffee machine", you do not need a professional coffee bar player, as long as you can operate it with a button. However, although the taste of the brewed coffee is consistent and stable, it is obviously worse than that of the professionally trained coffee bar hand of the "semi-automatic Italian coffee machine" (better taste and more dense milk foam).

5. The number of staff, Italian coffee machine has "semi-automatic espresso machine" and "full-automatic coffee machine", using "semi-automatic Italian coffee machine", coffee bar table players need to receive professional training, when the business is busy during the rush hour. Need two bar staff to operate together.

6. Assess the future maintenance capacity of coffee machine manufacturers. If the coffee machine is damaged in the future and cannot be repaired immediately, it will have to wait for many days for maintenance, which will greatly affect the operation and revenue of the shop.

Matters needing attention in installation and maintenance of coffee machine

1. The coffee machine had better be placed in a dry and ventilated environment; the location should not be close to the wall, preferably above 10cm, so that the heat dissipation effect will be good. The table or lifting surface of the coffee machine should be flat, otherwise it will cause unnecessary noise due to poor horizontal support and poor operation.

two。 Coffee machine should use a special independent power socket, grounding with current protection facilities is the best; special line power supply and equipped with fuses and leakage protection switch; when not used for a long time, it is best to turn off the coffee machine power supply.

3. Avoid moving the coffee machine frequently, handle it carefully when handling or cleaning, prevent violent vibration and avoid external force impact; check whether the setting is changed, you can set water temperature, water output, taste and so on according to the instructions.

4. The cleaning method of the coffee machine the receiving plate of the coffee machine should be properly placed after cleaning every day, and the bucket in the coffee machine should be cleaned regularly (it is recommended to clean once every two weeks) to ensure that there is no dirt and scale in the bucket. The raw material bucket in the coffee machine should be cleaned regularly with warm water (it is recommended to clean it once a month). Wait until the raw material bucket is completely dry and free of moisture before readding the raw material, otherwise the moisture will cause the raw material in the raw material bucket to agglomerate. The exhaust hood of the coffee machine should be cleaned regularly and soaked in water after disassembly to facilitate the removal of raw material powder, dust and other impurities. It should be reassembled after the exhaust hood is completely dry and free of moisture. The exhaust fan of the coffee machine should also be cleaned regularly. A small brush can be used to clean the dust and foreign objects attached to it.

Key considerations for the selection of coffee machines and utensils

The positioning of coffee products in the market the high school price coffee is less suitable to choose the fully automatic coffee machine, the low price coffee is more suitable to choose the full automatic coffee machine, the high school price coffee is more suitable to choose the semi-automatic coffee machine and manual coffee consumption peak time, the maximum possible number of cups that can be filled with water at one time, whether it is convenient to make milk foam and cappuccino The standard pressure of commercial Italian coffee machine is 9Bar, it is best to provide air pressure above 10Bar, using high pressure to make a cup of coffee in 10 to 20 seconds.

According to the appearance and construction principle of the coffee machine, it is simply divided into dripping type and pump pressurization as two main streams. The biggest difference in the function of the automatic coffee machine lies in the speed at which coffee is made during continuous use. Generally speaking, the fewer holes, the lower the price, and the longer it takes to make a cup of coffee. Coffee bar staff professional technical level coffee bar staff technical level enough, you can choose semi-automatic coffee machine and manual coffee brewing, if the technical level of coffee bar staff is not enough, it is recommended to choose automatic coffee machine. There are steam type and help type of coffee machine, in which Italian coffee machine takes Pang type as its mainstream product.

As a warm reminder, you must carefully evaluate the maintenance ability of coffee machine manufacturers in the future. as long as the machine is broken, there will be something wrong with it. If the coffee machine is damaged in the future and cannot be repaired immediately, it will take many days to repair, which will greatly affect the revenue of coffee shops.