What you need to open a coffee shop
Almost everyone loves good, delicious coffee. For example, a suitable base, fresh coffee beans or ground coffee, is just as important as the right equipment. You can make rich coffee drinks in no time with the right and high-quality coffee accessories. Today coffee shop supplies on the market range from a large selection of portafilters and filter coffee accessories to beautiful serving plates and practical coffee scales. With the right tools, making coffee doesn’t just get more accessible.
Types of equipment
The essential equipment for the coffee format coffee-to-go, with a large and a small number of seats, will be different because each institution has its concept, target audience, the additional flow of guests, and service method.
For a professional coffee shop, you will need the following:
- coffee machine;
- coffee grinder;
- drip coffee maker;
- water purification system;
- refrigeration equipment.
When buying, you need to think in advance about the maintenance of coffee equipment: the city should have specialists who can regularly inspect, clean, and, if necessary, repair it.
Types of coffee machines
A coffee machine is a must in any coffee shop. It brews the main drink — espresso, the basis for the best-selling cappuccino, latte, and flat white, among others. There are coffee machines:
- Super-automatic, where all you have to do is press a button, and the pre-configured equipment dispenses a ready drink. They are suitable for bakeries, pastry shops, and places where coffee is not a core product.
- Semi-automatic, where baristas control everything: weighing coffee, pressing buttons, watching the preparation, whipping milk, etc.
Two main criteria for a quality coffee machine are stable pressure and stable water temperature.
The backbone of a coffee shop is a coffee machine. It brings most of the profit of the institution, so it must be of high quality, as well as high-quality coffee. Usually, coffee shops choose automatic or super-automatic coffee machines. They can make up to 600 cups of coffee a day. With such a coffee machine, you can make espresso and different drinks based on it.
You will need a drip coffee maker for an alternative coffee filter type. You can use geyser coffee makers or French presses — they are small in volume and suitable for brewing a couple of cups of coffee. By the way, these coffee machines can be placed on the table for guests to participate in the process of making coffee.
A coffee grinder in a coffee shop is just as necessary as a coffee machine. Although modern coffee preparation units can grind their own beans, the presence of a quality coffee grinder can significantly speed up the process. Therefore, in the list of necessary equipment for a coffee shop coffee grinder takes second place. Like coffee machines, modern coffee grinders differ in capacity. And there is no point in buying low-power equipment for a large coffee shop. There is more to the distinction between coffee grinders — this equipment differs functionally and technically. Of the necessary functions, it is recommended to consider a coffee grinder that can produce different grindings (for example, for espresso, you need coffee of the finest fraction of grinding). Another necessary function of the grinder to make quality coffee is the presence of a humidity sensor because the humidity of the air affects the taste of the brewed beverage.
Coffee preparation equipment is an essential component. Only quality devices and coffee beans will delight visitors with their aroma and taste.
