2019 Buy a suitable Italian coffee machine, what are the key points to consider?

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When you want to buy a coffee maker, remember that the price reflects the quality of the goods for every penny. In addition to the appearance of the machine shell you see, there is also the principle of grinding beans and cooking inside the machine, the manufacturing material of important parts, and the quality of overall use.

What you really need is more than a coffee maker. After the transaction, whether there is a complete warranty and logistics service is more needed by people who have been using coffee machines for a long time.

If you plan to buy a coffee machine, you might as well spend some time in a physical store to see the coffee machine, or you can ask professionals, and observe the coffee making process of the coffee mechanism on the spot. After complete thinking and comparison, it is the best way to buy coffee.

Then there are a few questions you can stop, watch and listen to before you start buying a coffee maker:

On which occasion will the coffee machine be used in the future? At home, or in the office, or in other places of business, such as restaurants, cafes, shopping streets, etc.?

How many cups are expected to be used each month? About 30 to 80 cups, or more than 100 cups?

What is the key point of the use of this coffee machine? Is it mainly to make black coffee, or to make lattes with automatic milk foam? Do you need to be able to make coffee quickly and in large quantities? Or provide more changeable drinks?

How many people will operate the coffee machine in the future? Is there sufficient manpower? Is the personnel stable?

Is there a peak period every day or every week? The maximum amount of the cup?

Do the manufacturers who sell / provide coffee machines have timely after-sales service? Is there a professional window when the coffee machine needs assistance? What is the warranty schedule?

It is suggested that you should consider the above questions. The greatest use, you can take a preliminary idea (specific model or brand), to ask the relevant coffee shop, seller, any coffee manufacturer, can answer to your satisfaction. This is a way for you to find the right coffee machine as quickly as possible, and to understand the extent and professionalism of the other person's ability to serve customers in the field of coffee.

The biggest difference between a fully automatic espresso machine and a semi-automatic espresso machine lies in the action and difficulty required to make coffee.

If the semi-automatic coffee machine is operated by a skilled barista, the coffee brewed will indeed be better than the fully automatic coffee machine. If you take into account the mobility of the operator and the location space may not be enough, for example, small breakfast shops, beverage shops, lounges, reception centers, etc., it is recommended to choose a fully automatic coffee machine.

Fully automatic espresso machine-usually small in size and takes up little space. As long as the proper amount of water tank and coffee beans are poured, as long as a finger (one touch), the automatic coffee machine will formally grind, fill and press until a cup of coffee is made. It is very easy to rely entirely on the equipment to make a cup of coffee.

Choose a fully automatic espresso machine or semi-automatic coffee machine, it is best to actually go to the scene to see the real machine, and can actually brew coffee to observe whether the coffee brewing process meets the needs.

Selection points of automatic coffee machine:

Stable quality control: a good automatic coffee machine can fix the taste as a parameter after being adjusted to a satisfactory taste, that is, the standard SOP for making coffee will be recorded in the coffee machine in a parametric way, and there will be no problem in making several cups in a row. In daily operation, even if different personnel operate the fully automatic coffee machine, it can still maintain stable and consistent coffee production quality with excellent taste.

Easy to operate, easy to learn, rapid production: according to different environments for selling / providing coffee, you should choose a coffee machine that is easy to operate and learn, so as to maximize the excellent benefits of the coffee machine; for example, in breakfast shops, restaurants and other business operators, you can quickly make a cup of mellow and delicious ground coffee in a short time.

Taste adjustment can be controlled: choose a good and easy-to-use professional coffee machine, it is recommended to have the function of adjusting coffee taste. It can adjust the grinding thickness, the amount of coffee bean powder, the temperature of making coffee, etc., all of which determine the flavor of a cup of coffee. When you actually taste it, you can feel the difference.

Lightweight and does not take up space: also in response to the environment used by the coffee machine, there is a need for flexible use of space and scheduling. The automatic coffee machine combines the bean grinding cutter and the coffee boiler in the same body, from grinding, brewing and extraction, making coffee, One Touch one step to complete, but also greatly increase the use of space.

Difficulty of replenishing water: is the water tank removable? It's still fixed to the coffee machine. The advantage of choosing a water tank that can be unloaded is that it is convenient to add water. You can raise the water tank to the place where you can add water, and you will not accidentally add water to the coffee bean trough.

Whether the machine is easy to clean, whether it is easy to disassemble and clean the brewing components, and whether it is easy to assemble: the most important part of the automatic coffee machine is the brewer, which can be easily removed and cleaned and can be easily installed. The sanitary and clean machine makes everyone drink at ease.

Selection points of semi-automatic coffee machine:

Semi-automatic espresso machine-first of all, if it is a business type, it is usually larger. It needs to be operated by half the manpower. First, the coffee powder is ground by the bean grinder, put into the handle powder bowl, and the pressure is applied evenly. The coffee liquid is extracted by pressing the button after locking the upper handle directly below the cooking head of the semi-automatic coffee machine. Semi-automatic coffee machines are only responsible for pressure extraction and brewing, so operators need to know more skills. Whether this cup of coffee tastes good or not depends on the barista's coffee skills, and manpower is the biggest key.

Semi-automatic coffee machine, only responsible for pressure extraction brewing Espresso, if you are a coffee store, or for Espresso extraction brewing, milk foam dense taste has high-specification requirements, require coffee taste refined, the store style is a sedentary high-end consumption type, need to provide a variety of coffee drinks, but also have a special barista to be responsible for making drinks, you can choose semi-automatic coffee machine. In the market, there are many semi-automatic coffee machine brands with eye-catching appearance and standard brewing function. It is recommended to choose European original imports, market affirmation, brand awareness, business models, and most importantly, professional service manufacturers of the original factory in China. There are specialized coffee personnel who can handle the follow-up teaching (complete teaching knowledge of making a series of coffee-related drinks), taste correction, repair, maintenance and various service requirements, so that the coffee machine will not eventually become an orphan machine.

Bean grinder selection method:

If you plan to use a semi-automatic coffee machine, you should also use a bean grinder, which is an important basis for making a good cup of espresso. It is an indispensable tool for the coffee machine, which determines the quality of grinding. It is recommended to choose the European original imports, brand awareness, business models, better design, professional bean grinder grinding out of the coffee powder, need to be delicate and average, the temperature should not be too high, the grinding speed should not be too slow, if the capital is still available, it is recommended to choose quantitative bean grinder, touch the screen one button can produce a fixed amount of powder, not only reduce the waste of coffee powder, but also easier to achieve the good extraction standard of Espresso.

Espresso is defined as about 7 grams of Italian coffee beans, ground into a very fine coffee powder, after 8 atmospheric pressure (bar) of high pressure and about 90 degrees Celsius 95 degrees Celsius, in a short period of 20 to 30 seconds, rapid extraction of 30-45cc espresso liquid. Therefore, there are several key points to consider whether the quality of the machine is good or not: whether the design, pressure and temperature of the boiler can be stable; whether the standard temperature can be maintained in the continuous production of coffee, hot milk foam, hot water, etc.; whether more than 200 cups of coffee can be made every day; whether the brewing and extraction is complete; with fresh and good coffee beans, whether there is coffee oil (Crema) on the surface of the Espresso. The strength of the steam from the steam rod, the presence or absence of hot water and the stability.

In principle, if you choose the original European imports, market brand awareness, business coffee models can basically meet the above requirements. The next step is to consider whether to provide other surrounding drinks, such as flavored lattes, mocha coffee, cocoa O'Lei, black tea lattes, matcha lattes, each different beverage, it is necessary to adjust the production ratio, the amount of water and the amount of fresh milk according to different raw material sources, and to consider whether the maximum number of customers are likely to be sold during peak hours, and whether manpower can adequately cope with the cup. If you open a shop, you have to consider whether there is enough profit between the cost and the price to support the overall operation. Professional coffee machine manufacturers must be able to give practical practices and suggestions in the light of the above situation, so that they can keep up with the changes in the market and be competitive.

Then there is the planning and design of the moving line of the bar, the fluency of the use of all drinks, the configuration of water and electricity pipes, and so on, so experienced and professional manufacturers are absolutely needed as the object of consultation. After the official start of operation, when faced with any problems, manufacturers should be able to provide complete use teaching, after-sales warranty, timely maintenance services to solve problems for you. These are the key points to be considered when choosing a coffee maker.

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