Advice Needed

[Lady Poverty]

I am a new manager of a small college campus coffee shop. We are trying to purchase a semi-auto espresso machine on a small budget. Has anyone used/heard of the brand Astoria? Any suggestions on what brands to look at? Are the websites which review espresso machines?
Thanks for your assistance.

 

[cafemakers]

Try selecting "search" then key in the word Astoria. Plenty of articles to read.

Best,

Andrew

 

[Coffee Guy]

Hey Lady Poverty:

What kind of volume do you anticipate? In my opinion the Astoria is not a bad machine if you are planning on doing small amounts of coffee, whereas, there are other machines a little more, but better suited to handle larger volumes. Some machines I might recommend would include WEGA, La Marzocco, and La San Marco. I would caution you though, do not base your decision on price alone. That could be a mistake. Find out what your needs are going to be, then base your pricing according to the features that each machine offers. 8)

 

[Lady Poverty]

Thanks for the advice!

 

[Coffee Guy]

You bet :wink:

 

[CCafe]

CMA private labels both the Wega and the Astoria. The guts in both machines are practically the same. How is it the Wega is better then the Astoria?

 

[farmbooy]

astoria is a good machine

astoria is one of the best units out there . it is owned by C.M.A.
cma also owns rio and wega. ask if you have any questions