coffee bin displays dispensers ?? where

System

I am after a coffee bean display/dispenser.   i have seen large ones in coffee shops on the wall in brass and chrome but am after a small one in stainless steel.

say 60-90 cm high    30-40 cm wide.

saw a few in cafes oseas but nothing here.

anyone steer me in the right direction.

how much ??  

as i say they are out there but wanted to ask someone in the know before i trolled the web.

thankyou

gh

FreshCoffee2

Contact "Climax Engineering" in Melbourne, they have bean hoppers for wall mount shop use and do sell one in stainless steel. It is very plain and simple with large glass / plastic (?) front. Holds approximately 3 kg., works fine. From memory they are / were approximately $150.00 each but you will have to check. If you want to do anything fancy, you either pay the ransom for someone importing hoppers from overseas, or have them made locally to your own design...and still pay the ransom. Cheers, FC.

Unknown

thanks FC will call late thursday..will let you know how i go. yes they do seem to vary in price a lot. cheers gh

Unknown

Dear FC, I have rang telstra directory twice and looked in phone book but no luck finding phone number for climax engineering in melbourne. Can you help ?? many thanks gh

FreshCoffee2

Will come back to you early next week with relevant telephone number. Cheers, FC.

Unknown

thanks FC I tried a google search also no luck so look forward to hearing from you. cheers gh

FreshCoffee2

Hot off the server...a colleague in Melbourne supplied me with the following. Apparently there has been a change of name as well as ownership: ClimaX Trading Factory 4C / 6 Albert Street Preston. T: 03 9480 2133  F: 03 9480 2433. Knock yourself out! Cheers, FC.

Mr._barista

I have found someone who custom makes bean display dispensers in the northern suburbs Sydney. If your still interested, i can e-mail you this guys name and number and he may be able to help you out.

Unknown

FC IS RIGHT RE CUSTOM BIN HOPPERS. i saw a lovely one this year in europe. Plain simple, and in chrome.  Small, 60 x 30 cm.  How much ??  500 euro,        must be a jole i thought. As that is 800-900 dollars.  I am in manufacturing and could have it made for about 150 dollars,(tops)  just wanted to save the hassle to buy a few. So as FC says its up to whatever some people charge and are willing to pay. It was a very small shop so im sure the owner was doubling the price she paid as i was shopping retail which i wouldnt do for such an item but I can only imagine what some of these huge roasters pay for big display bins.   If its not local, wow.I was in china recently and honestly I could buy the 500 euro hopper for $10-20 if I ordered 100 or more.   In the provinces there are thousands of factories making everything. The world is being made there trust me. The buyers for myers were in a factory ordering barbecues.  Big and nice, retail for approx -400-800 how much you wonder/  $ 70 each so long as you take 4000 of them.  Custom made too, ie different knobs tops etc.  Inluding packaging. So same as everything it all depends on the market like FC says. just saw this thread thought I would share my opinion. HOW LONG TILL HIGH end machines come from there. I know italy etc re quality, but a 2000 retail machine would be made for I think 400-500 maybe, now I know china can be average quality but if you give them $100 extra per unit they will add extra quality control to each unit and put in whatever parts you specify. Plus give you a three year guarantee. I have had several things made there in this way. IS it a matter of time till this happens ?? Or will tradition etc win out ?? I think long long term, dont know say 10-20 years you will find some high end machines of HX standard go this way and come down in price. Like anyone elses thoughts there. But if I landed some machines similar to Isomacs (example only)) in Australia for say $500 each, and marked up to $1000 to cover wages salary, shps, marketing etc and profit I think I would sell quite a lot and bite into the other $2000 plus sales of other manufacturers. I am sure it will happen one day, I dont care either way as I have an ECM machine but maybe it will happen world wide.  I saw lots of american execs over in CHINA ordering everything you could think off. i got off the track, sorry this should now be in its own thread. cheers kev

johnronchi

regardless of price...how are these displays in protecting the QUALITY of the bean.. are they easy to clean?, airtight? etc... and give some thought to placement... i recently saw one cafe that had them placed in direct sunlight  :-/

Unknown

I HAVE SOME SAMPLE COFFEE HOPPERS DISPLAY BINS COMING FROM TURKEY THEY SHOULD BE HERE BEFORE XMAS AND REASONABLY PRICED.

Unknown

Found these guys once; www.coffeehoppers.com.au they are in Seven Hills NSW. I can't remember where I had seen the hoppers, but they were that good I asked the store owner where he got them from and I kept the card (yes he happened to have one). MBK