Hot drins at the touch of a button

The Cafitesse 400 and 110 from Douwe Egberts are compact systems which serve liquid roast coffee, tea or hot chocolate at the touch of a button, and branded cups are also available.

The Cafitesse 400 system is very fast and with the ability to serve two cups at the same time, it can make up to 3,200 cups per hour. The strength of the beverages can also be adjusted to suit and as it makes enough cups or pots as needed, there is no waste.

Both machines use Douwe Egberts' Liquid Roast, a fresh, concentrated coffee. It is packaged "bag-in-box" and frozen within seconds. The packaging is designed to fit quickly and easily into the Cafitesse dispenser.

A wide selection of hot beverages can be served through the Cafitesse 400 system. These include Arabica Gold, a coffee roast using a selection of Arabica beans; Gourmet, a blend of Columbian, Guatemalan, Salvadoran and African beans; Prestige, a lightly roasted well-rounded flavour from South American beans and Decaffeinated.

It also dispenses Pickwick Tea, a blend of African, Indian and Brazilian Assam leaves; Cacao Fantasy, a whipped chocolate drink and Cafe Milc, an ambient concentrated natural milk that can be used to make cappuccinos, lattes or other milk-based drinks.

The Cafitesse 110 serves coffee or tea including Arabica, Gourmet, Prestige, Decaffeinated and Pickwick.

Douwe Egberts

Hot tips

Here are some handy hints from Typhoo and Cadbury's for generating more hot beverage sales:

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  Personalise the hot beverage menu to suit customers' tastes.

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  Present the hot beverages menu with style.

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  Make sure the staff are trained to offer hot beverages as an option.

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  Use special boards to highlight the menu.

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  Use tent cards at the tables.

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  Site the hot beverage machine in a prominent position.

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  Change the menu regularly.