Coffee Machine for the office?

[Alex1975]

I am known for loving coffee so have been asked to get a real coffee machine for the office. We are 19 people but maybe only 8/10 coffee drinkers. Looking for something that makes great coffee, makes it quick, no need for any milk related garb and reasonable cost per cup. Anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks

 

[User62651]

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home...fee-machine-2016-buying-guide-and-top-picks-1

Cant advise but thought the link above may help! For only 10 coffee drinkers I'm guessing the budget needs to be 'sensible'.

 

[Alex1975]

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home...fee-machine-2016-buying-guide-and-top-picks-1

Cant advise but thought the link above may help! For only 10 coffee drinkers I'm guessing the budget needs to be 'sensible'.

Great thanks. No I think the budget is open, I think its more important that the thing is quick and not too messy.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

The self service ones they seem to have in most golf clubs now would seem to be ideal for this. More robust, and I suspect cheaper, than a domestic pod/tassimo machine. Not a £4k barrista model. They seem to have them in most clubs now, do they have them in your own? Maybe worth ringing/emailing a few club secretaries and explain the situation.

 

[Jimaroid]

We have an older model of one of these bean to cup machines, we've given it about 6 years of daily use now: http://www.delonghi.com/en-gb/produ...kers/primadonna-elite-ecam-65075ms-r132219005

Pros:
- Coffee is good, close to a decent espresso and longer coffees
- quick and easy to use

Cons:
- Cleaning it is a massive pain and we banned all use of hot milk following multiple cottage cheese incidents.
- water tank is too small, requiring regular filling
- Cleaning it is a massive pain
- Cleaning it is a MASSIVE PAIN.
- I hate cleaning it.



It's good but these machines in an office context require constant cleaning.

Have I mentioned how much I hate cleaning it?

 

[Alex1975]

We have an older model of one of these bean to cup machines, we've given it about 6 years of daily use now: http://www.delonghi.com/en-gb/produ...kers/primadonna-elite-ecam-65075ms-r132219005

Pros:
- Coffee is good, close to a decent espresso and longer coffees
- quick and easy to use

Cons:
- Cleaning it is a massive pain and we banned all use of hot milk following multiple cottage cheese incidents.
- water tank is too small, requiring regular filling
- Cleaning it is a massive pain
- Cleaning it is a MASSIVE PAIN.
- I hate cleaning it.



It's good but these machines in an office context require constant cleaning.

Have I mentioned how much I hate cleaning it?

Is the cleaning of it mostly down to the cow juice as we can just ban that?

 

[Jimaroid]

Is the cleaning of it mostly down to the cow juice as we can just ban that?

The drip tray needs regular emptying and cleaning and the waste grounds container needs regular emptying and it's inevitable that coffee grounds and dust collect internally so it all needs a weekly clean. Then there's the descaling which we don't need very often with our water but the machine insists on a regular descale cycle being carried out. They are unavoidable annoyances with all bean-to-cup machines though, the coffee is good but they have hidden labour costs for someone to undertake.

We've punished ours over the years, regularly forego cleaning and descaling but it keeps chugging along relatively happily.

But, yes, I think you have to ban milk in the workplace. I still heave at the thought of having to strip the pipes of coagulated milk.

 

[Hobbit]

We have a bean to cup one. Also needs daily cleaning, mainly due to milk. Pain in the proverbial.

 

[Alex1975]

The drip tray needs regular emptying and cleaning and the waste grounds container needs regular emptying and it's inevitable that coffee grounds and dust collect internally so it all needs a weekly clean. Then there's the descaling which we don't need very often with our water but the machine insists on a regular descale cycle being carried out. They are unavoidable annoyances with all bean-to-cup machines though, the coffee is good but they have hidden labour costs for someone to undertake.

We've punished ours over the years, regularly forego cleaning and descaling but it keeps chugging along relatively happily.

But, yes, I think you have to ban milk in the workplace. I still heave at the thought of having to strip the pipes of coagulated milk.

I am still tempted by that. We live in a very hard water aria so it will need descaling and we have an office junior so.... Bean to cup sounds good and it sound like your machine kept going. Thanks for the input. Maybe we will just ask that you use milk from the fridge.

 

[chrisd]

We used to have one that required little maintenance or cleaning

IT was a kettle, large tin of instant coffee and a 2pint milk carton - it never let us down!

 

[Alex1975]

We used to have one that required little maintenance or cleaning

IT was a kettle, large tin of instant coffee and a 2pint milk carton - it never let us down!

Ye, instant coffee is a totally different drink though hu.

 

[ADB]

Check out the Melitta models - they grind beans and have a separate milk reservoir for easy cleaning....not cheap though!