Office coffee machines

[SFV]

We're considering getting a coffee machines for the office that makes various types of coffee at the press of a button. Wondered if anyone had any recommendations on machines or suppliers? We're looking at one at present where the rental is circa £50 a week or £2600 a year. So I'm erring towards buying one instead. The office is about 100 people so needs to be quick and easy and cope with high usage.

Thanks for any thoughts. I'm a tea drinker

[Blown2CV]

just get a big old school pot and filter one and buy big bags of ground. Don't arse around with an espresso maker as no-one will clean it, or be arsed to use it. Don't get a 'pod' one unless you are going to buy (and not complain about having to buy) the pods, as they cost a lot and people wont buy them themselves.

[Sway]

The big selecta ones are ste. Too big for your office I'd have thought too.

However, in Zurich we have a frankly superb bean to cup machine, that makes simply divine coffee. Quick and simple, there's one button to press.

Add milk/sugar from little sachets/pots (cost buttons from a stationery supplier) and you'd have very happy staff.

Self cleans it seems too with a little puff of steam after each dispense.

[Blown2CV]

Sway said:

The big selecta ones are ste. Too big for your office I'd have thought too.

However, in Zurich we have a frankly superb bean to cup machine, that makes simply divine coffee. Quick and simple, there's one button to press.

Add milk/sugar from little sachets/pots (cost buttons from a stationery supplier) and you'd have very happy staff.

Self cleans it seems too with a little puff of steam after each dispense.

Zurich you say? All sounds very affordable. Oh no hang on...

[Sway]

Blown2CV said:

Sway said:

The big selecta ones are ste. Too big for your office I'd have thought too.

However, in Zurich we have a frankly superb bean to cup machine, that makes simply divine coffee. Quick and simple, there's one button to press.

Add milk/sugar from little sachets/pots (cost buttons from a stationery supplier) and you'd have very happy staff.

Self cleans it seems too with a little puff of steam after each dispense.

Zurich you say? All sounds very affordable. Oh no hang on...

You have a point.

However, the main thrust of the post was that selecta also have available proper coffee machines, and they can't be that expensive as otherwise the British firm would have rented their normal ste...

[Blown2CV]

Sway said:

Blown2CV said:

Sway said:

The big selecta ones are ste. Too big for your office I'd have thought too.

However, in Zurich we have a frankly superb bean to cup machine, that makes simply divine coffee. Quick and simple, there's one button to press.

Add milk/sugar from little sachets/pots (cost buttons from a stationery supplier) and you'd have very happy staff.

Self cleans it seems too with a little puff of steam after each dispense.

Zurich you say? All sounds very affordable. Oh no hang on...

You have a point.

However, the main thrust of the post was that selecta also have available proper coffee machines, and they can't be that expensive as otherwise the British firm would have rented their normal ste...

fair do's £2500 for a rental machine for a year is astonishing, but i guess that includes all your coffee and regular disinfecting visits. You know when you say "self cleans it seems", might want to take it to bits and give it a good clean every so often as i don't think it is a lifetime sealed non-service unit!! Legionnaires etc.

Incidentally, I am in Zurich in a few weeks with work, I've heard it's a lovely place.

[Pothole]

Blown2CV said:

just get a big old school pot and filter one and buy big bags of ground. Don't arse around with an espresso maker as no-one will clean it, or be arsed to use it. Don't get a 'pod' one unless you are going to buy (and not complain about having to buy) the pods, as they cost a lot and people wont buy them themselves.

and employ an extra cleaner to clean up the wet grounds after people have spread them all over the place and just walked away....

[Blown2CV]

Pothole said:

Blown2CV said:

just get a big old school pot and filter one and buy big bags of ground. Don't arse around with an espresso maker as no-one will clean it, or be arsed to use it. Don't get a 'pod' one unless you are going to buy (and not complain about having to buy) the pods, as they cost a lot and people wont buy them themselves.

and employ an extra cleaner to clean up the wet grounds after people have spread them all over the place and just walked away....

it works ok at my place! We have a "flabia" sachet machine plumbed in with a vast array of choices, and a double can pot with old school filters and the latter gets far more use, and there doesn't appear to be any ball-dropping knuckled draggers that let the side down.

[Sway]

Blown2CV said:

fair do's £2500 for a rental machine for a year is astonishing, but i guess that includes all your coffee and regular disinfecting visits. You know when you say "self cleans it seems", might want to take it to bits and give it a good clean every so often as i don't think it is a lifetime sealed non-service unit!! Legionnaires etc.

Incidentally, I am in Zurich in a few weeks with work, I've heard it's a lovely place.

I'm there on a project, but it will be a fully supplied/maintained contract jobby.

Give me a shout when you're in Zurich, I've learnt of some decent, reasonably priced places to have beer/food. Lovely place and people, but fecking expensive! Only place I've ever been to where standard expenses policy can leave you hungry...

[civicduty]

We used this lot in a place I worked a while back, not sure what they are like now,

Tchibo

[Funk]

civicduty said:

We used this lot in a place I worked a while back, not sure what they are like now,

Tchibo

Tchibo machines make fantastic coffee.

[Pothole]

Blown2CV said:

Pothole said:

Blown2CV said:

just get a big old school pot and filter one and buy big bags of ground. Don't arse around with an espresso maker as no-one will clean it, or be arsed to use it. Don't get a 'pod' one unless you are going to buy (and not complain about having to buy) the pods, as they cost a lot and people wont buy them themselves.

and employ an extra cleaner to clean up the wet grounds after people have spread them all over the place and just walked away....

it works ok at my place! We have a "flabia" sachet machine plumbed in with a vast array of choices, and a double can pot with old school filters and the latter gets far more use, and there doesn't appear to be any ball-dropping knuckled draggers that let the side down.

You're very lucky.

[bigdom]

SFV said:

We're considering getting a coffee machines for the office that makes various types of coffee at the press of a button. Wondered if anyone had any recommendations on machines or suppliers? We're looking at one at present where the rental is circa £50 a week or £2600 a year. So I'm erring towards buying one instead. The office is about 100 people so needs to be quick and easy and cope with high usage.

Thanks for any thoughts. I'm a tea drinker

That has potential for a lot of coffee. We have Melita professional jobbies at work, there about 10k each so renting could be a good option, serves a floor with about 130 people, it takes a hammering.