built myself a coffee cart !

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well I'm not sure if it comes under the topic of rebuilds, but it's definitely a project! I built a coffee cart specifically to fit my La Rocca Verona Expres coffee machine which I purchased second hand recently

say what you like about the build quality of Spanish coffee machines - it's very simple under the hood - but it makes great coffee and the 5lt water tank combined with a 2lt boiler mlmeans that I can make a lot of coffees between refills !

in fact I've had 4 gigs since building the cart a month ago, and I made 70 coffees on it yesterday, and it didn't miss a beat !

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here's a close up of the machine itself

Simon

Ah wow, that's awesome Pat, looks great! I considered buying myself a coffee cart setup dealio, but didn't have the know-how (or money) to do so, it would be alot of fun doing coffees at events, and pouring good quality stuff too 🙂

watalee

do you know a coffee machine brand named AICOK on amazon? Sent from my BBF100-4 using Tapatalk

askthecoffeeguy

watalee wrote:

do you know a coffee machine brand named AICOK on amazon? Sent from my BBF100-4 using Tapatalk

never heard of it not quite sure how this is relevant to the discussion?

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Simon wrote:

Ah wow, that's awesome Pat, looks great! I considered buying myself a coffee cart setup dealio, but didn't have the know-how (or money) to do so, it would be alot of fun doing coffees at events, and pouring good quality stuff too 🙂

yeah it's great working from a purpose built space the ergonomics are really good which makes it easier to get the coffees out when you're under the pump and I've had six event bookings in the last month since completion!

Simon

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

yeah it's great working from a purpose built space the ergonomics are really good which makes it easier to get the coffees out when you're under the pump and I've had six event bookings in the last month since completion!

Wow, that says alot! High demand for ya 😃

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Simon wrote:

Wow, that says alot! High demand for ya 😃

well I say 'high demand' but on Saturday I made 80 coffees on my single group machine in 4 hours so that's pretty good going even if you allow for 20 per cent cost of sales that still leaves a good margin ...

Simon

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

well I say 'high demand' but on Saturday I made 80 coffees on my single group machine in 4 hours so that's pretty good going even if you allow for 20 per cent cost of sales that still leaves a good margin ...

Ah yeah for sure that's pretty solid! I've only ever worked in cafes but would be so fun having a portable cart and being in different areas..

askthecoffeeguy

yep same most of my experience is in cafes and restaurants as well but the overheads are just too high if you want to maintain quality and turn a reasonable profit besides with few exceptions I think I prefer working for myself as if I have a good day, well, that's up to me, and if I have a crap day, that's also up to me !

Simon

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

yep same most of my experience is in cafes and restaurants as well but the overheads are just too high if you want to maintain quality and turn a reasonable profit besides with few exceptions I think I prefer working for myself as if I have a good day, well, that's up to me, and if I have a crap day, that's also up to me !

Well said 🙂

Brett_H

That looks like a fantastic setup Pat. Huge kudos mate!!!

watalee

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

never heard of it not quite sure how this is relevant to the discussion?

i think you are a coffee lover^_^, maybe you know coffee machine all over the world Sent from my BBF100-4 using Tapatalk

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watalee wrote:

i think you are a coffee lover^_^, maybe you know coffee machine all over the world Sent from my BBF100-4 using Tapatalk

I don't know that one sorry but I'll do some research and if I find anything I'll get back to you !

askthecoffeeguy

just landed a couple of events one with 1000 people potentially attending and another with 3000 (this one not till early next year) - did someone say "equipment upgrade?"

Simon

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

just landed a couple of events one with 1000 people potentially attending and another with 3000 (this one not till early next year) - did someone say "equipment upgrade?"

Wwwowza! That's a few beans ground ;D. Good stuff

askthecoffeeguy

yep me thinks at least one other cart and some new coffee equipment!