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Professional Spotlight
Time-saving

tips

Our team is the backbone
of our business. Finding time
for the important things, like
our cupping sessions, means
ensuring that we are never
understaffed, allowing all
members of our team to
have the space and flexibility
to ensure that they can do
their jobs to the best of their
ability whilst expanding their
knowledge and capabilities.

Additionally, partnering with
reliable suppliers is essential
for saving time. A recent
study by BRITA revealed that
in the coffee industry
a 1mm scale buildup can
result in a 7% increase in
energy consumption. This
highlights the importance of

suppliers like BRITA, who
Prioritising creative provide preventative
exploration maintenance services to

Our Brew Bar team is encouraged to ensure our machines
experiment with brewing methods daily. operate at peak efficiency.
Whether it’s testing the latest dripper, grinder,
or levelling tool, or simply playing around with
weights and timings, prioritising customer
experience is key.

Personally, visiting cafes always sparks
inspiration. Coffee presentation, variation
in espresso extraction, espresso machines
that sites use, and staff are all the ingredients
that create the ‘coffee experience’ which is SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER. 2024 | ISSUE 38
so variable between businesses. I am lucky

enough to be working with BRITA’s
Grounds of Innovation Awards this year as part
of an esteemed panel of judges that will be
looking at exactly these things in search of the
UK’s most creative and innovative coffee shop.
Why finding time for creativity is a non-negotiable

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