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Coffee machine required

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  • 03-03-2016 11:53pm
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    enricoh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I was wondering if any of ye with shops on here could recommend a new coffee machine to buy not rent
    A mate has a snooker hall and has a kenco singles coffee machine that you insert a cartridge into machine. U can pick espresso, cappuccino ,tea cartridge etc. Each cuppa costs 1.60 n each cartridge 40c. Cup is a bit on the small side n most punters bring coffee from other shops n garages to the hall.

    He only sells 2 or so a day but with a decent yoke reckons could do 10. Looking for a bean to cup or ground to cup machine with say 4-6 buttons on it for expresso, cappuccino etc.
    Thanks


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    Dinny76
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭Dinny76


    The brand of coffee he will use is the most important bit. We use Robert Roberts in our shop /deli. We get a lot of people driving to us past a number of other shops purley for our coffee.

    I can point you in the direction of a good guy who will sell him a reconditioned second hand machine at a good price if it helps


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,456 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    It's a serious investment for a potential 10 cups a day though.


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    VincePP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 982 ✭✭✭VincePP


    Those machines serve dreadful coffee - hence people are bringing coffee from outside.

    One option is to provide free tea/coffee and have a percolator & hot water.

    Other option is to get a domestic bean to cup machine at the desk and make coffee for them - some of the machines will do cappucino automatically as well. You can also set the cup size and charge €2 and possibly include a little mini of lotus biscuits (1.49 in Dealz for pack with 20 mini packs)

    Cost - decent coffee beans about 15c / cup
    16oz Double wall cup + lid - about 12c
    Milk based 50/50 cappucinnos - 12c
    Sugars, stirrers etc - less than 5c total

    Overall cost 44c

    Retail €2.00 (1.83+vat)

    Gross profit per cup about 1.40 -

    Cost of machine - about €300 for something good enough (see amazon warehouse deals for good value)
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001EOMZ5E/ref=lp_368204031_1_1_olp?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1457091370&sr=1-1&condition=used

    Cups, sachets, signs etc all available from Musgraves.


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