Coffee Shrine have recently taken over sponsorship of a 7 year old boy in Tanzania.
“Coffee is one of Tanzania’s major exports and is grown by 400,000 small household farmers. So the decision to choose a child from Tanzania was easy†says Coffee Shrine’s founder Cathy Ballardin.
“We are always looking at new ways to make our business heart reflect our own community vision. This sponsorship is one small way we can make a difference to one community in Tanzaniaâ€.
About the Aurthor:
Cathy Ballardin is the founder of Coffee Shrine - Australia’s Premier Office Coffee Machine Specialists.
Office Coffee Machines reward your staff and customers with superb tasting fresh espresso coffee drinks and specialty hot beverages at the touch of the button. Most countries of the world have become have become increasingly sophisticated drinkers of coffee and the benefits of providing staff and customers quality and choice in their office coffee has been well recognized by many leading companies.
Office Coffee machine capacity (usage) is usually divided into three criteria.
Light volume for small offices - serving between to 30-80 cups a day
Medium volume -for medium sized offices serving 100-200 cups a day
High volume for larger offices - serving 250+ cups a day
Milk Options:
Perhaps the most important thing to consider when choosing an Office Coffee Machine is whether to go for a model with a Fresh or Powdered Milk. While some office coffee machine models are strictly powdered milk only, many models have the option of an ‘add on’ fresh milk unit. More expensive models may even the fully automatic milk frother built into the coffee machine - which is also refrigerated to keep the milk cool.
Powder, Granulated or Freeze Dried Milk which is stored in a canister inside your office coffee machine have come a long way in recent years and may suite those who do not want the inconvenience or additional upfront and ongoing cost of fresh milk - although this is some trade off with sacrificing overall drink quality. Expansion Office Coffee Machines may include options for both additional bean hoppers and additional powder canisters. This gives extra capacity for busy periods, the option of a decaffeinated coffee as well as offering specialty drinks such as flavoured coffees, hot chocolate and chai. Selections
Different Office Coffee Machines will have differing numbers of pre-programmed selections. The more sophisticated the machine the more drink style and cup size selections are available. Manufacturers
When choosing your Office Coffee Machine it is important to buy from a reputable supplier and choose a model from a recognised manufacture – such as HLF, N&W, Schaerer or Saeco. This will ensure that your purchase is well supported with warranty, servicing and parts for many years. Equipment Finance
All good Office Coffee suppliers will offer a range of equipment finance options to ensure the purchase of your office coffee solutions meets the cash flow requirements of your business. This includes pay per cup, rent-try-buy, lease or outright purchase.
About the Aurtor:
Cathy Ballardin is the founder of Coffee Shrine - Australia’s Premier Office Coffee Machine Specialists.
Following on from our article on traditional coffee machines, this article helps to explain the different types of Automatic Coffee Machines for the home and how they differ to traditional Coffee Machines. Home Automatic Automatic Coffee Machines are the most popular choice for domestic home use. An Automatic Coffee System allows you to simply insert the coffee beans into the espresso machines bean hopper and it will take care of the rest of the coffee making process for you.
Your Auto Coffee Machine will grind, dose and tamp the coffee, dose the water and brew. Your Automatic Coffee Maker will also provide hot water and steam through a steam wand or auto frother or cappuccinatore.
Automatic, Fully Automatic and Super Automatic Espresso Machines fall into different price ranges depending on additional features such as: Does the machine have a bypass doser? Are the heating elements the single, or dual type? Does the machine feature a touch screen, digital display, or indicator lights? How advanced is its programmability? Can you adjust the coffee dose? Does it warm your cup? Does it filter water?
Coffee Shrine makes it simple to choose your Automatic Coffee Machine. Our FAQ’s explain the different coffee machine features. Our simple to feature comparison function allows you to easily compare features and our advanced search lets you search our range of machines by feature.
People often ask us the advantage of a manal or traditional coffee machines over automatic coffee machines. The internet is full of coffee lover forums that espouse the virtue of different types of espresso makes. We have reproduced this article from our Coffee Shrine website to simply explain what are Traditional Cofee MAhcines and to highlight some of the benefits they may offer you.
Although manual or traditional espresso machines are not as simple to operate or clean as an automatic coffee machine, they can brew very, very good espresso coffee allowing you to show off your exceptional barista skills to your friends.
The traditional manual espresso machine gives you control over the entire espresso coffee brewing process: dosing, tamping, actioning the manual lever to pressure the water through the coffee and of course, timing each of these operations. The user still controls the beginning and the end of the brewing process, but the machine develops the water pressure.
Traditional coffee machines feature a heat-exchanger boiler with two thermostats and a switch knob, which allows the operator to control coffee extraction and steaming. Although time is required to switch between the two operations, a good barista possesses enough techniques to reduce the waiting time.
The higher end traditional coffee machines also include secondary heating elements inside the boiler which automatically reduce the waiting times.
If you want to learn how espresso works and become a skilled ‘barista’, a tradtional espresso coffee machine is your first option. Otherwise consider an automatic coffee machine.
Coffee Shrine makes it so simple to choose your Traditional Coffee Machine. Our FAQ’s explain the different coffee machine functions. Our simple to feature comparison function allows you to easily compare features and our advanced search lets you search our range of traditional espresso coffee machines by feature.
Chip Sollins not only listens to his employees, but he also takes action on what he hears. Several years ago, Sollins learned that his 1,300 employees at Prime Management Group Inc. were unhappy with the office coffee machine, so he tried a cup and agreed. Then he bought a new machine for his employees.
The president and CEO of the property management company says that supplying employees with good coffee and fun activities, such as ice cream breaks, company games and birthday cards, makes them happy. And happy employees help his company succeed, pushing fiscal 2007 revenue to $41 million.
If you’re looking for an inexpensive yet highly regarded benefit to offer your employees, an espresso coffee at work service may be right for your company. An office coffee service vendor can supply your office with a variety of hot beverages at reasonable prices and state-of-the-art brewing equipment for a lot less than you may think.
Consumables and supplies such as coffee beans, hot chocolate, soups, chai, tea, flavoured coffee milk powder - unless you use fresh milk, paper coffee cups, stirrers and sugar, are delivered as often as you’d like, and in many cases delivery technicians will even clean and service the equipment.The benefits of coffee services are many.
Employees get to enjoy their favorite beverages at no cost whenever they want.
Employees no longer leave the workplace to get their coffee hit (you prevent downtime and lost labour by keeping workers at their desks rather than in long lines at the local coffee shop)
The coffee machine is a great place to catch up, shoot the breeze and have informal meetings about projects and work activities
A coffee service helps motivate employees and increase their productivity. (A 2006 study by the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) showed that 79% of office employees with access to complimentary coffee and other hot beverages are more productive and feel appreciated by their employers. )
If you’re interested in coffee service for your company, contact Coffee Shrine today to request a free no obligation consultation from one of our passionate highly knowledgeable product managers on the best Office Coffee Service Solution for your workplace.
About Coffee Shrine
Coffee Shrine are unashamed coffee lovers and Australia’s Premier Home and Office Coffee Machine Solutions Specialists.
We take great pride in offering you Australia’s best value, quality, new, demonstrator and refurbished Saeco, Isomac, Segafredo, HLF and N&W Vending coffee machines.
Coffee Shrine provide a large range of office coffee solutions and attractive financing options such as pay per cup, rent try buy, lease or outright purchase.
The HLF range of Italian manufactured professional espresso coffee machines include a solution for every office, vending, cafeteria and club application. The machines are simple to use and daily maintenance can be complete in just 5 minutes by any member of your team with a minimum of training.
Ensuring the HLF coffee machines in your work place is cleaned daily will ensure your staff and customers continue to enjoy superb cappuccinos, lattes, espresso, hot chocolate - all of the favorite hot beverages and provide you many years hassle free operation of your coffee maker.
Coffee Machine Express have put together the following video to demonstrate just how simple it is to maintain your HLF Coffee Solution.
Coffee Shrine - Australia’s Premier Home and Office Coffee Machine Specialist are HLF Office Coffee Machine experts.Contact us today to discuss your coffee vending and office coffee machine solutions needs.
If you are like me, you will be in a zombie stage before you get your first cup of coffee in you. A creature of the dead until that first cup o’ bliss touches your lips and flows down your throat. If you are like me, you probably drink 3 to 4 cups of the nectar a day. And you probably crave it like crazy every time you don’t get any. If you are like me, you will curse the entire company when the coffee runs out in the office coffee machine. You will howl at the sky when you wake up in the morning and reach for the coffee powder only to find out that the bag is empty and everyone in the house forgot to buy some.
If you are like me, you will appreciate the picture & product below.
About Coffee Shrine
Coffee Shrine are unashamed coffee lovers and Australia’s Premier Home and Office Coffee Machine Solutions Specialists.
We take great pride in offering you Australia’s best value, quality, new, demonstrator and refurbished Saeco, Isomac, Segafredo, HLF and N&W Vending coffee machines.
Coffee Shrine provide a large range of office coffee solutions and attractive financing options such as pay per cup, rent try buy, lease or outright purchase.
Catching up for coffee is an integral part of doing business today. A meeting over coffee is a great informal way of getting to know someone, or to learn about their business, product or service.
It is little wonder some many good companies, big and small, are replacing their poorly stocked kitchens and 1kg instant coffee powders for quality bean to cup espresso coffee machines such as the HLF or N&W Vending ranges from Coffee Shrine.
So what are the rules of engagement when you are requesting or being invited to Catch up for Coffee?
Coffee Shrine are unashamed coffee lovers and Australia’s Premier Home and Office Coffee Machine Solutions Specialists.
We take great pride in offering you Australia’s best value, quality, new, demonstrator and refurbished Saeco, Isomac, Segafredo, HLF and N&W Vending coffee machines.
Coffee Shrine provide a large range of office coffee solutions and attractive financing options such as pay per cup, rent try buy, lease or outright purchase.
The office without an office coffee solutions is the office that finds it hard to keep its staff at their desk. Australia’s love for good espresso coffee continues to increase and no where is this more apparent than in the work place, where hordes of staff can be seen migrating to the local cafe every few hours for their coffee hit. Unless of course, your company is one of the growing number of organizations that have caught onto the productivity gains of having a fressh bean to cup coffee machine solution.
“..considering the time lost when staff walk to the cafe, line up and wait for their individual brews to be made, the initial outlay on machines for companies is next to nothing.
“Over the life of the machine, it pays for itself in terms of productivity and staff happiness,” …
“It’s a major thing for staff to be able to come in to work and grab their coffee in the morning. They tend to be more relaxed and get stuck into their work more.”
A 2005 study conducted by human resources firm Talent2 found coffee drinkers were costing Australian businesses more than $1.8 billion in lost productivity each year.
Of the 700 surveyed, more than half estimated each trip to the barista took less than 10 minutes, while seven per cent said it took 20 minutes or more….”
Coffee Shrine are unashamed coffee lovers and Australia’s Premier Home and Office Coffee Machine Solutions Specialists.
We take great pride in offering you Australia’s best value, quality, new, demonstrator and refurbished Saeco, Isomac, Segafredo, HLF and N&W Vending coffee machines.
Coffee Shrine provide a large range of office coffee solutions and attractive financing options such as pay per cup, rent try buy, lease or outright purchase.
