Hi All,
Long time reader, never posted. Owner of a well-used Silvia.
I'm hoping for some advice on the "least worst" option for coffee machines at my work in Perth. I have the opportunity to influence the process for us sourcing 3-4 new automatic machines for a new office building.
They have to be automatic, given the number of employees and general office environment. This obviously severely limits (completely destroys?) the quality of the coffee we can expect. We have various machines in the business spread across multiple sites, and quality ranges from bad to worse. There are Nespresso machines and fully automatic ones using bulk packaged beans. The best coffee at present comes from Nespresso machines - which gives you an idea of how bad the others are...
I'm hoping to get some good advice which will short-circuit the process of having to speak to half a dozen reps from different companies that offer beans-and-machine deals. Perhaps there is one that stands out from the crowd, or perhaps there's another option I'm not aware of.
I am resigned to the fact that nothing we choose will actually produce good coffee - I just live in hope that it might be drinkable. I'm told by our Supply Chain Manager that it will come down to cost per cup.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Long time reader, never posted. Owner of a well-used Silvia.
I'm hoping for some advice on the "least worst" option for coffee machines at my work in Perth. I have the opportunity to influence the process for us sourcing 3-4 new automatic machines for a new office building.
They have to be automatic, given the number of employees and general office environment. This obviously severely limits (completely destroys?) the quality of the coffee we can expect. We have various machines in the business spread across multiple sites, and quality ranges from bad to worse. There are Nespresso machines and fully automatic ones using bulk packaged beans. The best coffee at present comes from Nespresso machines - which gives you an idea of how bad the others are...
I'm hoping to get some good advice which will short-circuit the process of having to speak to half a dozen reps from different companies that offer beans-and-machine deals. Perhaps there is one that stands out from the crowd, or perhaps there's another option I'm not aware of.
I am resigned to the fact that nothing we choose will actually produce good coffee - I just live in hope that it might be drinkable. I'm told by our Supply Chain Manager that it will come down to cost per cup.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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