The Best Office Coffee Machines
It feels like the office workforce in the UK is powered by coffee at times. With the rise of coffee shops, sophisticated palettes and company perks now is the perfect time to invest in a coffee machine for the office, but with so many options around espresso, bean to cup and different sized water tanks – choosing the right coffee machine can be a challenge.
Within this article we’ve split our coffee machine offering into Automatic bean to cup machines for offices and traditional espresso machines.
Essentially, both still give you great tasting coffee in every cup, with the automatic options being pre-programmed based on the needs of your business and the traditional espresso options requiring for a barista approach. Both work perfectly dependant on your office environment.
The Best Manual and Automatic Espresso Machines for the Office
Schaerer Coffee Soul
The Schaerer Coffee Soul is a high volume commercial coffee machine that can provide your workplace with up to 250 beverages a day; great for the morning coffee runs! It is very user-friendly and eye-catching offering maximum variety and top beverage quality thanks to its Best Foam Technology and intuitive user guidance.
The Schearer Coffee Soul has an 8inch touchscreen user interact, visible digital manometer for brewing pressure display and a lockable front panel to manage containers within the machine.
Machine lease prices start from £63.50.
Schaerer Coffee Club
The smaller but no-less effective sibling of the Schaerer Soul, the Schaerer Coffee Club machine is a fully-automated bean-to-cup machine and is ideal for use in any busy workplace or office environment.
With its ease of use with a fully-functional cleaning operating system and modern user interface, the Coffee Club is used in both shared spaces and private offices or boardrooms. The versatility of this office coffee machine is highlighted by the multiple milk options for fresh and powdered milk, the ability to extend the bean hopper and the 7 inch touch screen display.
Machine lease prices start from £24.00.
CafeTouch 3600
This model of office bean-to-cup machine is top of our list when comparing price with functionality, with an intuitive automatic LCD display and superb frothing system for a quality coffee experience every time.
The Cafetouch 3600 is of great value to the office environment, especially when serving a variety of different drinks to your staff all day long. This machine is self-service operated, with 12 drinks to choose from, including latte macchiato and cappuccino. It even has the option for fresh milk for a fresh coffee experience worthy of the investment.
Machine lease prices start from £23.00.
CafeTouch 4600
The Cafetouch 4600 is a great development of the 3600 model and sets a new level of excellence in the office coffee industry. With its sleek, modern features, the Cafetouch 4600 is perfect for any business looking to provide great coffee to their staff on a self-serve basis in boardrooms or communal office spaces. With a variable frothing system to ensure a superb and consistent coffee experience and up to five pre-selections of coffee including coffee, hot chocolate and mocha, you can be creative when it comes to serving beverages at your workplace.
What’s more, the Cafetouch 4600 has an Automatic cleaning cycle and a liquid waste tray to keep kitchen areas clean and tidy from potential spills.
Machine lease prices start from £28.00.
Vitro S1
The Vitro S1 is an impactful and resourceful coffee machine, designed to deliver exceptional coffee results for the office and utilise space with its compact design. The Vitro S1 allows users to choose from a range of espresso-based drinks to get you through the day. Ideal for offices that consume less than 60 cups per day and is self-service operated through a clear and concise touchscreen display with easy button selection.
A more economical coffee machine for the office, the Vitro S1 is the perfect blend of cost vs. quality.
Machine lease prices start from £12.50.
Franke A800
The Franke A800 office coffee machine is stylish, compatible and user friendly in the workplace environment. It has an intuitive touch-screen display giving you a clear on-screen choice of beverages at the touch of a button. It also gives you the ability to add your own images and customise the menu by adding your own brand message. This machine without a doubt exceeds your expectations every time.
The machine is a high capacity drinks machines, with a triple boiler system that enables you to prepare 3 drinks at the same time – making it a hugely popular choice for busy working locations that may have public cafeterias used by clients/customers and your workforce as well.
Machine lease prices start from £58.00.
The Best Traditional Espresso machines for the Office
La Spaziale S5
The La Spaziale S5 coffee machine is very reliable and hard-working office coffee option with the ability to keep up with the intensity and demands of a busy working environment. The S5 is designed to maintain a stable temperature at all times and is easily monitored through the espresso machine’s LCD display. It is extremely easy to use with a programmable interface and lever steam controls, with teflon coated finish for easy cleaning. By allowing the delivery of more cups simultaneously and suits the context of coffee bars and restaurants as well as boasting an automatic capsule ejection system.
The higher group heads of the machine mean even the favourite mugs in the office can be used!
Machine lease prices start from £34.00.
La Spaziale S2 Compact
Slightly smaller than the S5, the S2 is space-saving, and will fit stylishly in any office environment, with the stainless-steel body making it easy to clean and looking fantastic at all times.
The La Spaziale S2 is an outstanding traditional coffee machine made from quality components and a simple design with key features from one of the most renowned coffee machine manufacturers in the world. It also offers a much smaller carbon footprint to other similar sized machines due to its size and intelligent STEM heat exchange system that helps deliver coffee by keeping coffee at a constant level and using less power than a conventional heating system.
Machine lease plans start from £24.00.
Schaerer Barista Machine
This Swiss manufactured Schaerer Barista coffee machine takes the classic Italian drinking experience to the next level. It combines the skills of a barista with easy operation and reliability for a super efficient automatic espresso machine experience. A coffee machine designed primarily for busy offices environments, users are able to choose from 12 drink options, use the steam system for milk foaming and take advantage of heated cup storage on cold winter days!
Providing you with high espresso quality with every cup for the ultimate coffee shop experience.
Machine lease plans start from £57.70.
Zircon 2 Group
The Zircon Group 2 coffee machine has a range of functionality that will enhance any office environment. The fully automatic espresso machines comes complete with four programmable coffee dosages for each of its 2 electronic switchboards.
Further, the 11.5 litre copper boiler will allow your workforce to control the heat of their coffees perfectly and provide consistency across beverages.
One of the lower cost traditional espresso machines for the office.
Machine lease prices start from £14.50.
Zircon 1 Group Compact
The Zircon 1 Group compact automatic espresso coffee machine delivers consistent and fantastic coffee for offices and their staff, every time. The compact machine has electronic keypads to control coffee doses and an automatic water filling copper boiler that provides heat retention for longer periods.
This machine is best suited for a busy offices with a high turnover of coffee and is one of the most popular choices for small office coffee machines. It has 4 different programmable coffee dosages per group and automatic group heads with a direct pre-infusion chamber, which is ideal for serving quality coffee for clients and staff alike.