Intro to the Commercial Espresso Machine

• Tea and Coffee Service
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Today we will:

• Identify how to store tea and coffee to maximise shelf life
• Meet the machine

Storing Tea & Coffee

• In a cafe a lot of care is taken to maximise the shelf life of stock.
• This means, keeping the product fresh for as long as possible.
• The main products in a cafe will be things like; tea, coffee, milk and food items.

Storing Tea & Coffee

• There are 3 factors that we can control to help maximise how long a product will stay fresh:
• Temperature the item is stored at.
• Protection and Wrapping in which the item is stored in.
• Stock Rotation & Display

Have a look behind the counter and identify stock items, noting how they are stored.

Storage - Temperature

•  Tea/Coffee should be stored in a cool, dark place.

• If your coffee heats up before it is used, the aromas start to dissipate and your coffee will taste weaker. Temperature changes, especially fast ones also change the moisture and may ruin the coffee.

Storage - Protection/Wrapping

The worst enemy of coffee is air. 

The fats in coffee easily go rancid while in touch with air, so it’s essential to store your coffee in airtight conditions.

Most of the packages coffee is sold in are airtight, so the problems begin when you open the bag.

The overall best solution is that the original coffee bag is resealable.

If the coffee bag isn’t airtight it is important to have an airtight container where to store your coffee.

Moving the coffee from one container to another isn’t too smart either, because that aerates the coffee.

General Points on Storage

• Only open Tea/Coffee as required.
• Sunlight makes the coffee taste stale and the longer coffee stays in direct sunlight the worse it tastes. That is why it is the best to store your coffee in a cupboard or otherwise shielded from sunlight.
• Be mindful of stock rotation; i.e. First in, First Out!

In Pairs, look around this cafe for good or bad examples of storage. Take a picture to show this.

Before we have an in depth look at the espresso machine.

What dangers do you think you need to be aware of?

The Linen Lounge Espresso Machine

00:38

Find the 'Portafilter'?

00:50

Show me the 'grouphead'

01:14

Have a go popping the 'basket' out

01:51

Find the button for espresso

02:05

Find the 'Hot Water Dispenser'

02:42

Show me the 'Steam Wand'

Portafilter

Steam Wand

Drip Tray

Grouphead

Espresso Buttons

Hot Water Dispenser

In your workbooks

Complete A.C 1.3:

Identify how to store tea and coffee to maximise shelf life.

Today we:

• Identified how to store tea and coffee to maximise shelf life
• Met the machine