In the morning, a cup of coffee gives us vitality; in the afternoon, a cup of coffee brings us inspiration; in the evening, a cup of coffee chases away our tiredness. Coffee has become one of the essential office members. With the upgrading of consumption, office coffee has also changed, from three in one instant coffee slowly to freshly ground coffee change. A small cup of freshly ground coffee, not only to enhance the efficiency and happiness of employees, but also to enhance the reception specifications and corporate image, having a good coffee machine has become the standard for businesses. In the face of a wide range of coffee machines, how to choose the best freshly ground coffee machine for your business has become a top priority!
There are thousands of coffee machines on the market, but in terms of functional use, there are only two kinds of coffee machines: commercial coffee machines and home coffee machines. What is the difference between them? Let’s find out together, and the executive staff should also pay attention, the secret to picking a good office coffee machine is right here.
Intelligent Control
Commercial coffee machine has a large touch operation screen, the operation screen can not only be used for front-end sales operation, such as users to buy coffee and advertising display; also can be used for background management operation, machine operation and maintenance management and beverage management, etc.. Its operating system, not only convenient for company employees to buy coffee, a key touch order, but also taste DIY, private customization of their own exclusive coffee, to meet their own taste buds needs; also convenient for the company’s corporate administration management coffee machine, remote management technology applications, in front of the computer can always understand the state of the coffee machine, such as coffee beans and other powder, wastewater or waste residue storage, etc., to reduce the administrative staff’s workload. It also enhances the image of the company for the administrative staff.
Home coffee machines are less intelligent, more clumsy. The mechanical button type operation panel, the operation is not so humane. In terms of coffee drink making, the coffee/sugar/milk concentration cannot be freely adjusted, which also cannot meet the multi-taste needs of employees; in terms of coffee machine management, because there is no application of remote management technology, it is impossible to monitor the machine status in real time by the computer, and a dedicated person is needed to manage the home coffee machine, causing the workload of administrative staff.
Beverage Variety
Commercial coffee machines have a relatively large variety of drinks to meet the needs of the many difficult to adjust to the needs of enterprises. Generally there are more than 10 kinds of drinks, not only American-style espresso black coffee, to meet the “special” staff wake-up demand; there is the Chinese favorite milk coffee, cappuccino, latte, mocha and other milk coffee, to meet the needs of employees multi-taste; there are instant drinks, milk, chocolate, etc., to meet the needs of employees breakfast.
Home coffee machine drink variety is relatively single, generally only black coffee, espresso American style, the two bitter coffee, can not meet the needs of employees multi-taste, but also can not enhance the happiness of employees.
Coffee machine cleaning
Commercial coffee machines are also more user-friendly in terms of equipment cleaning, with not only a one-touch cleaning function, but also a timed cleaning function to facilitate cleaning needs at different times. This is designed in such a way that it is easy for the administrative staff to operate and maintain the coffee machine, reducing the time spent on coffee machine cleaning. Even if the administrative staff is not available to clean the coffee machine, the machine will automatically clean the pipeline when the cleaning schedule is set to ensure that every cup of coffee is fresh and hygienic, providing employees with a good coffee full of energy.
Home coffee machines only have a manual one-touch cleaning function, and administrative staff can only go to the coffee machine and perform manual operations before the coffee machine will clean the pipes, increasing the workload of administrative staff.
Coffee bean grinder
The coffee bean grinder for commercial coffee machines generally uses stainless steel cutter discs and blades, so that the coffee powder is ground more evenly and delicately, and the extracted coffee is richer in oil and more aromatic. Stainless steel blades are the most important feature of a commercial coffee machine, not breaking with hard objects, long time use without dulling, long life.
The vast majority of home coffee machines use ceramic grinders for coffee bean grinders because the cost of such grinders is relatively low. Ceramic grinders have one major drawback, they are easy to break when encountering hard objects and have a short life span; the coarseness of ground coffee powder varies, resulting in insufficient or excessive coffee extraction and a small amount of coffee grease.
Coffee Machine Capacity
There is no doubt that the hourly output of a commercial coffee machine is definitely better than that of a home coffee machine. Generally speaking, a home coffee machine produces about 20 cups per hour, while a commercial coffee machine produces about 90 cups per hour. From this, it is clear that commercial coffee machines can better meet the needs of enterprises, after all, employees do not want to drink a coffee also need to wait in line, right.
Continuous refill capacity (heating capacity + pressurization capacity)
Commercial coffee machines use high-powered, water storage boilers and gear pumps, which can be quickly heated and pressurized to provide continuous and stable water temperature, steam, and pressure for coffee extraction, beverage brewing, and pipe cleaning, facilitating rapid production of beverages and continuous cups.
Home coffee machines are often used in the home, continuous production of coffee cups less, a simple heater and electromagnetic pump can meet the requirements of home coffee production, but can not meet the amount of office coffee demand, the weak refill ability is the drawback of home coffee machines.
Water supply method
Home coffee machines are generally just a small water tank with a direct water vessel can be filled with water, while commercial coffee machines are divided into water purifiers and water softeners filtered tap water supply and barrels of pure water supply to ensure that the coffee machine for a large number of water needs. Due to the different modes of water supply, the price of home coffee machines is much cheaper compared to commercial coffee machines.
Coffee machine price
Home coffee machines are much cheaper than commercial coffee machines, the price of an ordinary commercial coffee machine is about USD1,000, while the price of a commercial coffee machine is generally at about USD1,500. The internal components and configuration of the commercial coffee machine are due to the home coffee machine, the office buying coffee machine is recommended to choose a commercial coffee machine the price is not expensive, but also to save effort.