Coffee Machines & Hot Drinks Equipment
Commercial coffee machines and hot drinks equipment cover everything a pub, café, hotel or school needs to serve coffee, tea and hot chocolate at volume, from bean-to-cup coffee machines and traditional espresso machines to filter coffee machines, grinders and water boilers. Drink style, footfall, barista skill level and the available water and power supply between them decide the right machine type.
Key specifications
Output is matched to service pace: a café doing 150+ cups an hour needs a higher boiler capacity and faster group head recovery than a care home running a handful of pots per shift.
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Airpots & Catering Flasks41 Products
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Espresso Machines30 Products
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Commercial Coffee Grinders44 Products
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Hot Chocolate Machines11 Products
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Catering Urns & Water Boilers140 Products
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Filter Coffee Machines64 Products
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Pod & Capsule Coffee Machines12 Products
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Bean to Cup Coffee Machines43 Products
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Milk Frothers4 Products
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Commercial Kettles23 Products
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Barista Accessories81 Products
Coffee Machines & Hot Drinks Equipment — FAQs
Bean-to-cup or traditional espresso machine for a café?
A bean-to-cup machine grinds, doses and brews at the touch of a button, suiting sites without a trained barista such as care homes or hotel breakfast rooms; a traditional espresso machine gives more control over shot quality and milk texture and suits cafés with skilled staff who want speciality-standard drinks.
How many cups per hour does a commercial coffee machine need to produce?
A small café bar typically needs 40-80 cups/hour from a compact 2-group espresso machine or single-boiler bean-to-cup unit, while a busy high-street café or hotel breakfast service should look for 150-300+ cups/hour from a larger boiler (10-20 litre) with faster recovery time.
Does a coffee machine need to be plumbed in?
Larger volume machines and most filter coffee and water boiler units are best plumbed into a mains water supply for continuous brewing without refilling a tank; lower-volume bean-to-cup and pod machines are often available as gravity-fed (tank-fed) alternatives for sites without plumbing access.
Brands actually stocked in this category are led by Bravilor Bonamat (bean-to-cup and filter machines suited to offices, care homes and hotels), Fracino (UK-built espresso machines suited to independent cafés wanting locally supported equipment), Marco (fast-boil water boilers and filter brewers popular in cafés and events catering) and Olympia (general café and hotel hot drinks equipment), with Instanta and Buffalo also well represented.