Marco's self-service brewers are designed to fill a gap in the market for affordable self-help coffee service equipment that serves quality filter coffee, whilst at the same time providing enhanced user safety. These days, customers looking for a decent ‘regular' coffee are increasingly presented with a less than satisfying Americano from a bean-to-cup espresso machine. To date, the only option for caterers looking to set up a self-service run is to spend up to £10,000 for a portion controlled automatic bulk brewer, which is expensive and provides no significant water volume for tea.

Now, the new Marco self-service brewers provide a real solution to this dilemma. First of all, they brew filter coffee to the very high standards required by the SCAE's Gold Cup award. They represent value for money by serving filter coffee, as well as providing large volumes of hot water for tea from a single machine and, in addition, requiring a lower coffee dosage per cup than bean-to-cup machines or automatics.

They are designed for self-service coffee dispense from one side of the brewer and staff service from the other. The side facing the operator is fitted with traditional free flow Tomlinson style handles, so that staff may draw coffee at any time. The self-service side is a push and hold system, where coffee pours only for as long as the button is depressed. Together with the design feature of recessed cup stations, these represent important safety features to prevent customers from the possibility of being scalded whilst serving themselves with coffee. The push and hold configuration actually saves money, too, since it avoids customers topping up their cup with a second portion of coffee, which effectively wastes almost a full cup of coffee. This service method also allows caterers to use variable cup sizes.

Standard features include full and half brew, as well as simultaneous brewing on twin urn models, security lock, barrier rail and a secondary filter to prevent grounds overflow. Many regular Marco patented features have been engineered into the new models, for example Aquaisolate, which is a reliability feature that positively separates the water from the electrics. The style of the new machines follows sleek, modern lines and they are manufactured throughout from durable brushed stainless steel. Clients may choose to have their own branding on the machines at a realistic cost.

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