The start to great coffee is a clean espresso machine -however good the beans you have if the coffee handle and group heads contain the dreaded grease [ which quickly goes rancid ] its impossible to produce a decent cup.

The procedure is very simple -every night put the blank filter in one of the coffee handle’s, lock into the group head and press the button to make coffee. Run for a maximum of 10 seconds [ longer and you will burn out the valve] = repeat 6 times and once a week use the proper cleaning detergent.

Do not, as we have found some customers, use descaler - it has to be a detergent designed to dissolve the coffee grease .

In addition leave your coffee handle minus the filter basket in some warm water and detergent overnight - it will remove the black stain from the inside. Ensure only the metal part of the handle is soaking in the mixture as it can remove or fade the colour of any plastics.

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Alto Espresso Machine

The Alto is the latest espresso machine to get our strip and rebuild treatment -it has clearance under the group heads for large take away cups as well as, of course, cups of normal size.

As the above coffee machine is one of many how do you choose what to buy? Do you buy new or second hand? Forgetting the fact we sell both new and second hand whoever you consider buying off the following questions need to be answered -

• If I buy second hand how long is the warranty?
• Is it an on-site warranty?
• what functions must the machine carry out? -Tea, take away cups, [ tea - need large boiler, for a two group at least 12 litres. For take away cups additional clearance ]
• How good is the back up?
• What is the engineer response time?
• What stock of spare parts are held. If your main income earner in the cafe is down you don’t want to wait while someone tries to source parts overseas.
• How many cups of coffee etc do you plan to make a day? a traditional espresso machine 2 group will make about 300 cups per hour, a bean 2 cup 400 a day for major machine like a Franke. As a comparison a Jura X7 is designed for 250 cups a day.
• Will you have a busy period ie lunch? Forget a bean 2 cup!
• What sort of finance deal is offered.

The list is not exhaustive but is really the absolute minimum you need to know -don’t allow anyone to bamboozle you, You need clear honest answers to help you set up.

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We now have a selection of two group Nera Space espresso machines for sale.

These are ex-rental machines just a few years old which have been carefully restored to showroom condition.

Supplied with a twelve month warranty this provides a fantastic opportunity to sell espresso, cappuccino or lattes -in fact anything you want.

The Space has excellent features and is a robust hard working machine designed to give you years of trouble free use.

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The coffee machine has opened as the official blog of Verde Coffee. For a great range of espresso machines please visit our website.

We will try to answer questions here that may trouble you whether it has anything to do with our products or a competitors.

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