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coffee

For coffee shops with
volume, the technology

available to this sector

is really pushing the
envelope in terms of

its recent development.

Machines have evolved

principally in three key areas.

bean to cup

the footprint of modern systems has meant that less counter space is
required for high drink preparation. Putting this in perspective, if 100
drinks per hour meant previously a workstation of 1300mm width, a
state-of-the-art super automatic could deliver this from a footprint of just
less than half of this.

milk foam technology has meant that often there is a choice of delivery
systems ranging from full one button push milk in the cup, to an
automatic milk wand that foams cold milk in a jug automatically for the
barista, to a system that dispenses perfect foamed milk into a jug,
allowing baristas simply to pour latte art-with no other process required
from them.

and finally, two-way telemetry delivers powerful data in bidirectional MARCH/APRIL. 2024 | ISSUE 35
modes for operators. As an example, a site might upload live to head
office all sales data across all drink choices, whilst head office downloads
a new drink recipe to the site machine directly or even a new seasonal
drink promotional video to play on the screen over a new defined period.

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