"jkn" wrote in message
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Hi Clive
I'm note sure about budget yet, I'm trying to establish options.

I ain't done a survey on average cups per day. I could probably do an
estimate based on how many bags of coffee we get through in a week but
was hoping that my figures would give a clue.

Let's see, say 25 out of 20 drink coffee, average 3 cups a day, so
maybe up to 100 cups (OK mugs) per day?


Hmmm. We've got one of these in the office...

http://www.gaggia.it/data/uk/fam_sy.html

According to the cup counter (yup, it records the number of cups of coffee
produced), in 14 months it has produced 16812 cups without a hitch. Nice
thing about it is that you just fill the water reservoir when it tells, fill
the bean hopper when it tells you, empty the drip tray and dreg drawer when
it tells you. Cleans itself, produces hot water as well as coffee, steam for
frothing milk, yada yada yada.

Best buy we made here, but we're a bunch of coffee snobs/addicts so
something like the Gaggia was a good solution. About £450 though, so maybe
too expensive. But so much better than those horrible Bravilor
monstrosities.

I know you said originally that Gaggia's were out of the question, but we're
talking coffee here. It's just too important.

Actually you might be able to sell the Gaggia approach on the basis of
productivity. With it being fully automatic, there's less time spent
preparing and waiting for fresh coffee. Happy workers are good workers.

Good luck in the search. I'm off for cup number 16813

Cheers
Clive