Imagine being at a hotel that has around 30k setup, and you get a waterfall flow espresso from their ‘barista’

by Kind-Prior-3634

19 Comments

  1. NegScenePts

    I love how the megamachine is still on the default temperature settings.

  2. Yep! That’s because in foodservice the capex budget always dwarfs the hiring and training budgets by 10:1. I send out bid quotes all the time for high dollar equipment for places that pay 9.00/hr for baristas.

  3. Its like buying a ferrari, it costs alot of money but it doesnt make you a great driver

  4. rideveryday

    Or an 8 oz flat white

    ![gif](giphy|XHUE3egBtUTSfAqupP|downsized)

  5. every_little_counts

    Maybe that is the “soup” that Lance Hendrick has been waxing lyrical about.

    Keep up 😛

  6. brandaman4200

    I would do them a favor and dial in their coffee properly and program the machine to the correct settings. And, most likely, spend the rest of my vacation teaching the rest of the staff how to replicate my results. I’d be happy, my wife would be pissed.

  7. RepresentativeAspect

    $30k for equipment is nothing compared to the cost of even a cheap “barista.” Especially since, from an accounting perspective it’s not even a cost. You trade $30k cash for $30k of assets. (You pay via depreciation).

    IOW I do not see a contradiction here. They bought some nice looking equipment for cheap, and hired whoever to operate it.

    The guy playing the $250k grand piano is probably making $200 or less for a night playing, and happy about it.

  8. Dusty_Horticulture

    Fiorenzato F64 EVO Pros on the M4 PUQs is 🤌

  9. brenster23

    I got hired at a cafe cause I saw the machine, identified during the interview asked for espresso held it smelled, passed it to the manager and explained what was wrong with it. 

    Hotels you want to look for a scale, if the shop has separate single double prices run. 

  10. Appropriate-Slip3764

    I’ve seen many of this kind of set up around.