Hi guys. Been a while since I’ve been around these traps and can’t find my old login details so its time for a new one…
Anyhow, our company is moving office and I’m sorting out the new coffee machine (replacing our aging 2 group Wega). I can get a decent result out of my Bezzera and Compak at home but happy to admit I don’t know much about commercial machines and what would be main decision factors for an office environment. So besides doing my own research, I’d be keen to hear if you guys have any advice or opinions.
Have set a budget around the $7k for machine + grinder. Not concerned if it’s a brand new machine or re-furbished.
A couple of recommendations that have come my way so far have been. These fit our budget (am surprised how much lower than RRP some of the packaged quotes have been):
La San Marco 100 Sprint Electronic 2 group (new) https://www.lasanmarco.com/series-100.php
La San Marco 100 T Touch DTC 3 group (new) https://www.lasanmarco.com/series-100.php
La Marzocco Linea Classic 3 group (re-furbished) https://au.lamarzocco.com/machine/linea-classic/
Kees Van Der Westen Mirage 3 group (re-furbished) https://keesvanderwesten.com/mirage/
Now, I don’t know much about the commercial machines but I know enough to know that the bottom 2 units are pretty damn impressive and are big dollars brand new. So very surprised they are within budget. So what am I missing? These machines would be rubbish at this price and we should ignore them??? Or are they a bargain and we should grab one based on reputation alone?!
Some considerations would be:
Cheers for any input!
Anyhow, our company is moving office and I’m sorting out the new coffee machine (replacing our aging 2 group Wega). I can get a decent result out of my Bezzera and Compak at home but happy to admit I don’t know much about commercial machines and what would be main decision factors for an office environment. So besides doing my own research, I’d be keen to hear if you guys have any advice or opinions.
Have set a budget around the $7k for machine + grinder. Not concerned if it’s a brand new machine or re-furbished.
A couple of recommendations that have come my way so far have been. These fit our budget (am surprised how much lower than RRP some of the packaged quotes have been):
La San Marco 100 Sprint Electronic 2 group (new) https://www.lasanmarco.com/series-100.php
La San Marco 100 T Touch DTC 3 group (new) https://www.lasanmarco.com/series-100.php
La Marzocco Linea Classic 3 group (re-furbished) https://au.lamarzocco.com/machine/linea-classic/
Kees Van Der Westen Mirage 3 group (re-furbished) https://keesvanderwesten.com/mirage/
Now, I don’t know much about the commercial machines but I know enough to know that the bottom 2 units are pretty damn impressive and are big dollars brand new. So very surprised they are within budget. So what am I missing? These machines would be rubbish at this price and we should ignore them??? Or are they a bargain and we should grab one based on reputation alone?!
Some considerations would be:
- We only have about 30 staff. And only a few of us are what you call “concerned” with good coffee – the rest seem to think anything coming out of a fancy machine must be fancy…!
- 6 or so Kgs of coffee a week I guess
- Power and plumbing is not an issue
- Got a large space available (1.5m bench space)
- We don’t want to be constantly requiring fine tuning/adjusting the machine to get decent results. We wont have the time, energy or patience to devout to doing this. So it needs to be robust – not sensitive to constant adjustment.
- Busy times are most of the morning and 1 hour in the arvo. The rest of the time its mostly dormant.
- No more than 10 people milling around the machine at any one time
- Good portion are milk based drinkers
- Re grinder, not planning to skimp here. Within our target price range we can get something like Mazzer Jolly E, Eureka Atom, Profitec Pro T64.
Cheers for any input!

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