Buying guides

Practical help for choosing professional coffee equipment for a café, office or hospitality business.

• How to choose a professional espresso machine for a café

  One group or two, thermoblock or boiler, single-phase or three-phase: what to check before buying a professional espresso machine, with the models we stock compared.

• Bean-to-cup or traditional espresso machine?

  When a bean-to-cup machine is the better choice for an office, shop or small café, and how the Dr. Coffee models we stock compare on hoppers, water tank and size.

• How to choose an espresso grinder for a café

  Flat burrs, on-demand dosing, grind-by-weight and automatic tampers: what matters in a professional espresso grinder and how the models we stock compare.

• Choosing coffee beans for a café: blends and single origins

  How to pick roasted coffee for espresso, milk drinks and filter, with our blends and single origins compared by taste and use.

• Barista tools and cleaning supplies every café needs

  The accessories that make espresso repeatable and the cleaning and water-protection products that keep machines and grinders running.

• Filter coffee for shops, cafés and events

  How to serve batch filter coffee at volume: the Marco Bru F60M brewer and the single origins that work best as filter.