Maintaining Your Coffee Shop Equipment
With the freezing weather we've been experiencing across the Midwest, people just can't get enough of their warm morning coffee! As a coffee shop owner, it's important that you keep your equipment maintained, especially during the busy season. Today's blog from Fast Fix LLC offers some tips for maintaining some of the common pieces of equipment in your coffee shop. Cleaning Your Commercial Espresso Machine While proper maintenance of your espresso machine can save you money, the most important reason to clean and maintain your equipment comes down to the taste. Espresso machines quickly fill up with resins from the oil in your coffee. If allowed to accumulate on critical parts of the machine, these oils will most certainly turn your espresso products bitter. Use the following checklist to ensure you're properly cleaning your espresso machine: After every cup, make sure you blow the remaining water and milk out of the steam wand. Once leftover milk gets dra...