Small Village Cafe & Shop: Espresso setup for my mother (UK)

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Small Village Cafe & Shop: Espresso setup for my mother (UK)

Small Village Cafe & Shop: Espresso setup for my mother (UK)

minimum dose size?

I use the Hario switch to brew my coffee and am trying to reduce my caffeine consumption. Hence I would like to brew smaller cups of coffee. I am currently using 10g of coffee with 160g of water. (1:16 Ratio) I am wondering if there is a minimum amount of coffee...

Small Village Cafe & Shop: Espresso setup for my mother (UK)

Hi everyone, my mother – a chef who knows little about coffee except how to operate a Nespresso – is setting up a small village cafe and shop in the very small English village she lives in. The village recently lost its pub, so it's in need of somewhere for people to socialise, and it has potential for tourism. We hope to be able to bring a bit more social space and togetherness to the village.

Part of the discussion has been about espresso and milk drinks, and I'm wondering what advice people here would have for a (very) small cafe setup in a cafe that won't have too many customers. The budget is limited, but I'm chipping in to help, and our rent will be very low due to the village hall helping.

It won't be intensive, the village only has 400 people, though might need to do several drinks in a row at peak times for when friends visit together and the after church rush hour. That said, I can't imagine my mother managing more than one drink at a time. I will be going down to the village to teach her how to operate everything, but my only experience is with basic home setups, and I'm also looking for barista courses in her county (Devon).

Do you have any recommendations for grinders? Machines? We want the coffee to actually be decent – if the shop doesn't work I will use it in the future – but i'd say speed and a crazy efficient workflow aren't the greatest concerns.

I guess the budget is somewhere around £1500, but can be extended for a really good reason.

Grinder: Niche Zero? DF64? Malkohnig x54?

Machine: No idea! But around the £1000 mark is probably our limit. Needs water tank options, as we can't do plumbing there. Someone in another thread recommended Rancillo Silvia.

Second hand: We'd be happy to go the second hand route, but have no idea how to find second hand equipment in the UK.

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