Running a local coffee house or restaurant means providing a fantastic experience for your customers from the food to the drinks. If you are producing high-quality espressos and coffees, then you want to maintain that without sacrificing the speed of service. Let’s face it; customers typically do not want to wait for an extended period of time to receive their espressos and coffees from your commercial espresso machine.
If you have noticed that your commercial espresso machine has started to slow down and it is taking longer to meet the demand of your customers, then it is time to figure out how to get your commercial espresso machine functioning better.
Here is how to ensure your espresso shots to run fast by regular maintenance and care of your commercial espresso machine.
Keep Your Cleaning and Maintenance Routine
There are a lot of good reasons to put a regular cleaning and maintenance routine for your commercial espresso machine. It helps to maintain your investment but also keeps your machine performing at its peak. By cleaning your machine regularly, you also can keep up the taste and quality of your espresso and coffees.
What should be part of your cleaning and maintenance routine? You want to have all the jets and internal tubes regularly deep-cleaned and examined for signs of wear and tear. Working with a commercial espresso machine service team, you can also have the significant maintenance completed on a monthly or quarterly schedule.
What Is the Quality of Your Water?
Another part of keeping your espresso machine running fast shots is avoiding mineral buildup throughout your machine. To prevent that buildup, then you should consider a water filtration system. It can positively impact the quality of your espresso and coffee but also keeps your machine efficient by reducing buildup.
Deep cleanings also prevent the buildup of scale due to mineral deposits. A quarter-inch of scale of buildup in your copper pipes that ends up resulting in heat loss. Now your commercial espresso machine cannot perform to its highest capacity. While your team can do the daily cleanings, a more in-depth cleaning should be done by a professional service who knows what to look for and can identify potential problems or repairs before they become expensive.
Your business cannot afford to have your commercial espresso machine down for days at a time. By sticking to a regular deep cleaning maintenance schedule, you can avoid a down machine because you can address problems while they are small and easy to resolve.
Finally, it would be best if you kept your machine on versus turning it off on a daily basis. Your machine will be more efficient when it does not have to waste energy warming back up every morning. It will also help your machine to keep those espresso shots coming fast as your restaurant and coffee shop starts its busy day.
If you are unsure what is involved in regular maintenance, our knowledgeable and experienced team can walk you through the process and get you set up a schedule that maximizing the efficiency of your commercial espresso machine. Learn more about the options available by contacting us today!
Headquartered in Vista, California, NCB Sales is your beverage equipment repair specialists servicing San Diego, Orange County, Temecula, and Hemet. Since 1986, we’ve been repairing various beverage equipment, including coffee, espresso, soda fountain, Granita, juice, water filtration, and more, working on well-known brands in the industry.