Small Coffee Machine for Offices
Most people assume they have to have a large number of people in their office in order to have a coffee machine be worth their while. This for sure used to be the case as the only option that used to exist for small offices was those big cluncky vending machines. These days there are many small coffee machines options for offices including capsule machines, automatic machines and even small coffee vending machines. We don’t supply all small coffee machine options but below we have listed the best places to get all the options from.
Best Small Capsule Coffee Machine:
Capsule coffee machines are one of the best options for small offices. Capsule machines are by far the cheapest of all espresso machines although the coffee is the most expensive. In a small environment one would typically not use a fortune of coffee and therefore a capsule solution, even with the expensive coffee, is often the cheapest route to go in order to get good quality cup of coffee.
We don’t supply capsule machines but below is a list of the best places in South Africa to buy one:
Dion Wired
Hirschs
CaffeLuxxe
Best Small Automatic Coffee Machine:
These days there are many options when it comes to bean to cup automatic machines for small offices. When looking for a coffee machine for a small office, pretty much any domestic bean to cup coffee machine will suffice. Brands like Delonghi, Krups, Jura, Saeco and Bosch all provide a selection of domestic machines.
Bean coffee machines are considerably more expensive than capsule machines but the coffee used within is far cheaper. Coffee beans work out to approximately R2.50 per cup of coffee which is about 1/3rd of the price of capsules. From a pure cost perspective it starts to make financial sense to switch from capsule coffee to bean coffee when you are drinking over 10 cups of coffee per day,taking into account the higher initial cost of the bean machine.
Best Small Vending Coffee Machine:
When it comes to vending machines pretty much all table-top vending machines, with the exception of Necta machines, are fairly compact and measure a little less than a microwave in width.
The fewer canisters one opts for, the smaller and thinner the vending machine can be. Vending coffee machines either utilise instant coffee or beans.
Instant coffee works out to around R1.30 per cup but the price of a vending machine is about double that of a small automatic machine so again purely form a cost perspective (taking the machine into account) it starts to be cheaper to utilise an instant vending machine than capsules or beans when your usage is around 20 cups per day.
Verdict:
No longer does one need to have an office of 50+ people in order to rent or buy a coffee machine. These days there is a plethora of options to choose from when it comes to small office coffee machines. For help deciding which option is best for your office, please click on the link below
