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Choosing a Coffee Machine for a
Post-Pandemic World
The coffee market in the UK continues to For the barista and coffee shop owner,
boom. Despite the impact of the Covid who take pride in their product and their
pandemic during 2020, and a slightly stop- art, it’s important to choose a coffee
start recovery, current predictions are of machine that can take centre stage. An
coffee shop sales returning to near pre- attractively designed machine on the
pandemic levels in coming months. counter is
Changing habits have led to an uptick in highly visible to customers, adding to the
takeaway and delivered coffee, and a overall visual appeal, and if this is
preference for frequenting the local combined with an ergonomic layout, it will
neighbourhood coffee shop, rather than also help baristas with the physical
city centre locations. However, what hasn’t demands of brewing coffee and steaming
changed in recent times is consumer milk during a
demand for premium coffee. busy shift. For busy locations, ensuring the
machine can withstand the rigours of a
And central to the art of creating amazing long queue and a demanding service are
coffee is the coffee machine itself. This critical.
gleaming, sculptural piece of equipment is
fundamental to the quality of the drink, Choosing Gaggia Milano as your preferred
and provides the backdrop for baristas to brand gives any coffee shop owner options
create their art. The choice of machine to suit any location. For smaller sites, why
adds to the coffee shop’s ambience and not consider the one or two group La
enhances the overall consumer Nera? If space isn’t an issue, then La Reale
experience. The theatre of coffee making, might be the right machine for you. Or why
including the sights, smells and sounds not consider the striking red of La Precisa?
created by the machine help to bring
consumers back time after time.
