Choosing the Right Coffee Machine for Your Needs, Better Usage Value

Feb 11, 2020

When choosing a good coffee machine, you have to choose appropriately for your usage.


Good-tasting coffee does not depend only on the beans that you choose. Instead, the coffee machine functions as the main mechanism for making your coffee fragrant and rich in flavor. Coffee lovers shouldn't miss out on learning how to choose coffee machines that meet their needs. So how are individual machines different? Today Makro HoReCa Academy will teach you how to choose the appropriate coffee machines for your use.

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Coffee Machines for Home Use


  1. The coffee machine should be small, compact and easy to use to make it convenient during morning rush hours, which is consistent with the needs of people who don't want any complications in making coffee. In terms of purchase techniques, you should study the functions and specifications of each model and brand, as their uses might be different. Choosing a coffee machine that has a simple usage function gives you convenience and saves you a lot of time.
We recommend that you pick a coffee machine that is easy to use with an analog control system without any complicated programming found in automatic coffee machines. Click to see an actual machine

2. The coffee machine should match your own lifestyle. Selecting a coffee machine that matches your lifestyle is easy, because there are lots of different kinds of coffee machines that you can choose today. Some people enjoy to drink only espressos and nothing else, while some might like variety and a new and different flavor every day. Then there are those who choose coffee machines for their elegant, neat or modern designs.
For espresso lovers, we recommend authentic Italian espresso machines. Even though they are small, their size doesn't diminish their effectiveness at all. They also offer stainless milk frothers that can quickly create fine foam for cappuccinos. Click to see an actual machine

Otherwise, for people who primarily pick by designs, this kind of coffee machine combines the "vintage-ness" of the early days of espresso with a modern design with sharp line patterns seamlessly blending old and new designs together. It's also installed with a thermometer in front of it, so you can precisely measure your brewing temperatures like a real professional and make excellent-tasting coffee. Click to see an actual machine

3. This coffee machine should meet the usage requirements of anyone who prefer using their coffee making skills to select their flavors from fine coffee beans and slowly filtering coffee by using the drip method. This method of coffee-making takes time and meticulousness to make unique flavors out of coffee beans.
We recommend a coffee machine that can do a cold brew within 25 minutes. It makes it possible to get cold-extracted coffee faster than normal extraction, which requires at least 12 hours, and you will get the authentic coffee flavor, too. Click to see an actual machine

4. Pay attention to insurance and service centers. Service centers are something you should pay attention to. You should consider about what and how you can contact service centers for repairs when your machine runs into problems or malfunctions. You should study each brand to see their warranty terms and whether or not they offer good post-sale services.
We recommend a coffee machine that offers post-sale services with 1-year warranty for the motor of the machine and for the coffee machine to be automatic with a high-heat technology capable of producing hot water in the range of 92-100ºC to deliver you rich fragrance. The machine should also be light, compact and suitable for placing in any part of the house. Click to see an actual machine 

Coffee Machines for Office Use


  1. An automatic coffee machine can make coffee at the press of a single button. The machine will grind the coffee, measure it and extract as much coffee as desired.
We recommend a coffee machine that is compact, but offers all-round capabilities with usage convenience, a place for adding coffee beans and a place for adding ground coffee, in addition to being high-quality. Click to see an actual machine

  1. A capsule-type coffee machine. It's a coffee-making innovation developed from ground coffee making in order to enhance usage convenience for users by using a simple method. Just take a coffee capsule, load it into the machine and press a button, and you will get sweet, fragrant coffee for drinking.
We recommend a capsule coffee machine that is easy to use and convenient for office employees while being equipped with a milk frother capable of heating milk and producing both hot and cold milk froth. Click to see an actual machine

Coffee Machines for Catering Services


A compact, easy-to-carry, convenient-to-move, automatic-by-single-instruction coffee machine capable of delivering fast results to meet the expectations of guests at events will prevent long wait times, while making it easy to use. Although emphasis is placed on convenience, good-tasting coffee is still delivered.

We recommend a coffee machine made of high-quality materials with a distinguished and unique design where the machine is made from stainless steel and glass to permit excellent cold retention. It should also feature handles for carrying around everywhere, while being light and compact so it can be put inside the refrigerator at any location suitable for a catering event. Click to see an actual machine

Coffee Machines for Coffee Shops


  1. Coffee Machines for Start-ups
The starting price for this kind of coffee machine is within a range of 25,000-40,000 baht. There are those with and without a built-in grinder. We recommend that, if you have a bigger budget, buy a coffee machine with a separate grinder, because it's production capacity will be far greater. A coffee machine like this will have a power rating of about 1200-1400 watts with a 1.9 liter water container.

We recommend a coffee machine for a start-up coffee shop business or small coffee shop business an automatic coffee machine that can make coffee by just the press of a single button. The grinder will grind coffee for extraction and then mix it according to a set recipe. All you need to do is add the coffee beans and water. It can make up to 25-50 cups/day. Click to see an actual machine

  1. Coffee Machines for Medium-sized Coffee Shops
The starting price for such a coffee machine is in the range of 55,000-120,000 baht. A coffee machine of this type is designed for heavy use and supports standard flavors. It can make about 60-100 cups of coffee per hours while having a coffee bean capacity of 1 kg./2 containers and a steam boiler (0.5 ltr., 3.0kW) / water boiler (0.5 ltr., 3.0kW)  heating system, suitable for coffee shops that truly want to emphasize quality.

We recommend a coffee machine for a medium-sized coffee shop to be a coffee machine with excellent innovations from a Swiss brand. It has a neat and elegant design while featuring advance technology capable of making over 16 different beverages with its 4-liter refrigerator capacity. Its recommended number of cups per day is 100 cups/day (single shot). Click to see an actual machine



  1. Coffee Machines for Large Coffee Shops
The starting price for this type of coffee machine is within a range of 120,000-500,000 baht, depending on the brand chosen. A coffee machine of this type is large and has 2-3 brewing units, depending on the shop's usage requirements. This type of coffee machine can make up to 200 cups per hour and uses 4300-5900 watts. The working principle is that the inside of the pot uses a heat exchange system with the pot made of copper or stainless due to their ability to withstand and retain heat.

For a coffee shop customers visit all day long or come in large groups of 8-10 people or more, we recommend a traditional coffee machine for a large coffee shop equipped with an ABM.07 system, which maintains the quantity of coffee and temperature to produce perfect shots of espresso despite continuous brewing. Such a machine can make 250-500 cups per day. Click to see an actual machine

For coffee shops that already have a coffee machine, but still not a coffee printer, we recommend a coffee printer that uses food coloring mixes that can print using pictures sent by WIFI from iPhones/Android/tablet devices for customers. It's easy to use and offers a lot of fancy features, while also increasing the value of your coffee. A single cartridge can be used for up to 800 cups. We recommend it if you are looking for a tool to boost your sales. Click to see an actual machine

In addition to choosing the right coffee machine, the coffee shop owner has to know something about coffee beans, because different coffee bean varieties produce different flavors and fragrances. You can read more about this coffee bean selection article by clicking here. >> Convert irregular customers into regular customers. Attract an endless stream of customers by using meticulous coffee bean selection techniques.

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