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“If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools.”

The delicious taste of a cup of coffee is made up of many factors, including coffee beans, coffee making utensils, water, milk, etc. Today we are going to talk about the second most important factor besides coffee beans - the coffee machine.

It can be said that a good coffee machine determines half of the success of a good cup of coffee. Commercial coffee machines are unmatched by ordinary home coffee machines in terms of bean grinding, water temperature control, extraction pressure, etc. This is why the coffee you make at home is never as delicious as the one in the coffee shop.

Commercial coffee machines are roughly divided into two types, semi-automatic and fully automatic. As the name implies, semi-automatic coffee machines require some manual operations when making a cup of coffee, while fully automatic coffee machines can do it with just one click. But are you clear about their specific differences and advantages and disadvantages? Let me give you a brief introduction below.

Semi-automatic coffee machines require the barista to master the grinding coarseness, amount of powder, water temperature, water output, pressure, etc. according to the different coffee beans. Different baristas will get different flavors when operating, which requires a high level of barista skills. For example, within the first 10 seconds after pressing the extraction button on a semi-automatic coffee machine, if the amount of powder and the filling method are correct, a brown-red, oily liquid will flow out, and then gradually turn to brown, yellow, yellow-white and finally white over time. Once it turns white, it will feel sour and astringent, so the extraction must be stopped immediately before this. This time is very short and requires an experienced barista to make a judgment.

Since the operation is relatively complicated and requires certain skills from the barista, most small private coffee shops choose to use semi-automatic coffee machines. The coffee produced by semi-automatic coffee machines, on the one hand, enjoys the flavor of manual craftsmanship, but on the other hand, it is also full of unstable factors.

Fully automatic coffee machines replace the manual operations of grinding, pressing, filling, brewing, and cleaning the dregs of semi-automatic coffee machines. Each cup of coffee is produced under fixed parameter settings. The method of using steam pressure to quickly extract coffee liquid extracts the rich and fragrant Espresso coffee in a short time. The machine has accurate measurement and is easy to control. It continuously outputs coffee and hot water, ensuring the precise ratio of coffee drinks and greatly improving the standardization of coffee production. The three words "standardization" are very important in chain stores, which means that you can get consistent service and taste in the same brand store at any location. This is also one of the important reasons why Starbucks has set off the third coffee wave. Most large chain coffees choose to use fully automatic coffee machines.

Having said so much, let’s take a look at what brands of coffee machines are used by the world-famous coffee machine brands and well-known coffee chains.

— Delonghi —

Delonghi should be a professional coffee machine brand that the general public is more familiar with. Founded in Treviso, Italy in 1902, Delonghi has a long history of 110 years and is the world's leading coffee machine manufacturer. Delonghi is listed as the first recommended brand of coffee machines in the US Consumer Reports. Its stability, extraction ability, and cleaning ability are very outstanding, which is significantly better than most coffee machine brands on the market. Its unique fully automatic Italian coffee machine series can grind, fill powder, press powder, filter, and clean with one button, and it has an automatic descaling function system, which simplifies the maintenance of the coffee machine. Ordinary users can complete it. It is simple to operate and does not need to be handed over to professionals. It is a high-quality choice for many offices and small coffee restaurants.

—Schaerer (Shelley) —

If Delonghi is only a professional choice for home use, then Schaerer is a professional choice for commercial use. Schaerer is the world's oldest and currently the largest manufacturer of fully automatic coffee machines. Founded in 1892, it has a history of 125 years and an annual production capacity of 40,000 units.

Schaerer comes from Switzerland, a country known for its exquisiteness and luxury. The industrial machines it produces have always been sought after by people all over the world. Schaerer has always been committed to using technology to shape the perfect quality of every cup of coffee. Its fully automatic coffee machines have the most advanced card management method, which can copy a set program to multiple machines, ensuring the standard and uniform grinding and extraction technology of all equipment, avoiding interference from human factors, and keeping the quality of every cup of coffee stable. It is also the best among all fully automatic coffee machines.

Schaerer is the only coffee machine manufacturer that has obtained ISO 9001/EN29001 2012 certification and is widely loved by coffee lovers everywhere. The "little blue cup" luckin coffee that became popular in the coffee world last year uses Schaerer's top-level fully automatic coffee machine.

— FRANKE —

The FRANKE Group also comes from Switzerland and was founded in 1911. Relying on Switzerland's exquisite manufacturing heritage, FRANKE has always been committed to innovation, quality and enjoyment, and is committed to bringing consumers excellent cooking enjoyment.

After a century of pioneering, FRANKE has 64 branches and 41 factories in 37 countries on five continents. As an indispensable equipment in Western kitchens, coffee machines are naturally a product that FRANKE is proud of. It includes fully automatic, semi-automatic, and traditional Italian coffee machines. With a wide range of modular product choices, it can provide the best solution for the personalized requirements of each customer.

In addition to Schaerer, FRANKE's top-level fully automatic coffee machines are also used to create the "coffee kitchen" for luckin coffee, which can easily provide users with high-quality coffee with consistent taste.

— Jura —

Jura was founded in Switzerland in 1931. It is the only brand in the world that focuses solely on fully automatic coffee machines. It is an expert in this field and one of the world-renowned top coffee machine brands.

The first thing the heroine in the novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" did after becoming rich was to buy a mansion equipped with a Jura coffee machine. Jura's fully automatic coffee machine not only has a beautiful appearance like a Swiss watch, but also can make the perfect coffee according to the variety of coffee beans and the taste you need. You don't even need to move the coffee cup, because several nozzles are combined together, it can easily make a cup of foamy Cappuccino or perfectly layered Latte macchiato for you.

Okay, after introducing several world-renowned fully automatic coffee machine manufacturing brands, let’s take a look at what coffee machines the famous coffee chain brands use.

As mentioned in the previous introduction, Luckin Coffee, a popular coffee brand in China, uses fully automatic coffee machines from top Swiss brands Schaerer and FRANKE. This is also an important reason why Luckin Coffee can quickly and efficiently provide consumers with China's leading high-quality, professional coffee. Another coffee chain giant, Starbucks, uses Mastrena fully automatic coffee machines in most stores, which is a customized brand of Swiss Thermoplan. In addition to Mastrena, Starbucks's selected stores also use pure manual coffee machines, which are LaMarzocco and Victoria Arduino Black Hawk coffee machines. Speaking of another well-known coffee chain brand Costa, its coffee machine is semi-automatic and customized for a certain brand. After studying for a long time, I couldn't find the specific brand. It is not Lisa and Marisa mentioned on the Internet. Costa's coffee machine is very beautiful. Although it is semi-automatic, the grinding, water output, time, etc. are all automatic. It only needs to be pressed manually, so it is still convenient, and the overall taste is also good.

That’s all for today. I will introduce you to semi-automatic coffee machine brands, capsule coffee machines, etc. next time. The pure and smooth enjoyment brought by high-end coffee machines is the real coffee soul of a coffee shop. Next time before drinking coffee, remember to pay attention to the brand of the coffee machine!

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