How to choose the best coffee machine for your office

Offering fresh coffee at the office is a basic requirement in the Netherlands. Coffee is offered everywhere, and that also has advantages for the entrepreneur. The quality of coffee at work is steadily increasing. We are no longer satisfied with a cardboard cup of office swill.

Investing in a good cup of coffee is not only good for the mood of employees, customers, and visitors. Coffee improves productivity, team spirit, and even has positive effects on health. But how do you, as an entrepreneur, determine what the best coffee machine for the office is? Here are a few initial steps to make a choice.

1. What capacity should the coffee machine in your office have?

Order coffee beans. You can imagine that a coffee machine in a workplace with 200 employees needs to have a very different capacity than a machine in an office with 5 employees. And should the machine also be able to handle busy moments, for example during meetings? This already determines the capacity your machine should have. The capacity of a machine depends not only on the number of cups that can be brewed simultaneously but also, for example, on the speed per cup.

2. What options should the coffee machine in the office offer?

Do you want the machine to only make coffee and espresso? Or should it also be able to make other preparations, such as hot chocolate, cappuccino, and lungo? And perhaps even soup and iced coffee? You can't imagine it, or it's possible. But on the other hand, it's a shame to pay for options you won't use.

3. What quality should the coffee in the office have?

We assume that you don't want to offer your employees and visitors weak office coffee with a cardboard taste. Coffee is an important calling card for your company. Therefore, preferably don't choose a machine with instant coffee, but opt for good quality filter coffee or, even better, good quality coffee beans. The advantage of whole coffee beans is that they stay fresh longer and the coffee is freshly ground, just before preparation. There are also distinctions to be made between machines based on various other characteristics. For example, regarding the quality of the milk foam you can prepare with them.

Personal advice

For good and non-binding advice, we would therefore like to invite you to contact us about the best coffee machine for the office. Or visit one of our branches.