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Whether you’re upgrading an existing coffee facility or introducing one for the first time, Millsons Vending can help you find the perfect coffee machine suited to your business in Sussex.
Fresh Milk vs Powdered Milk Coffee Machines
Choosing between a fresh milk and a powdered milk coffee machine comes down to three things: how good you want the drinks to taste, how many cups you pour each day and how much upkeep your team can take on. Fresh milk gives a creamier, coffee-shop-style drink. Powdered milk is cheaper to run, keeps for longer and copes better with heavy demand.
We supply and maintain both kinds of coffee machine across Kent and the South East. Here is how they compare.
What Is the Difference Between Fresh Milk and Powdered Milk Machines?
A fresh milk machine draws real milk from a chilled fridge unit, then heats and froths it as each drink is made, much like a barista’s steam wand. A powdered milk machine mixes a dried milk ingredient with hot water instead. Both can be bean to cup coffee machines that grind fresh beans for every cup, so the difference is in the milk.
The Case for Fresh Milk
Fresh milk produces a smooth, silky foam that is hard to tell apart from a high street latte. If your staff pick up a coffee on the way to work, or you want to impress visitors in reception, this is usually the better choice.
Many fresh milk machines can also serve oat, soya or almond milk alongside dairy, which more of your staff will expect each year.
The catch is the extra care. Fresh milk has to be kept cold, topped up and replaced before it goes off, and the milk system needs cleaning every day. Some newer machines, such as the Rhea rhMM2.v+, have a sensor that picks up poor-quality or out-of-date milk.
The Case for Powdered Milk
Powdered milk commercial coffee machines are cost-effective, low-maintenance and well suited to busy sites such as warehouses, factories and schools. There is no fridge to fill and no sour milk to pour away on a Monday morning. Ingredients last for months, the cost per cup is lower and the hundredth drink of the day tastes the same as the first.
Which One Should You Choose?
- Choose fresh milk if drink quality comes first, you host clients or visitors, you want plant-based options and the machine can be cleaned daily by your team or ours.
- Choose powdered milk if you serve a high number of drinks, staff work shifts, the machine sits in a shared or unattended area or you want to keep running costs low.
Some businesses choose both, with a fresh milk machine in the meeting area and a powdered milk machine on the shop floor.
Talk to Our Team
We have spent more than 50 years helping workplaces find the right coffee machine, and every machine we supply comes with a Brita water filter as standard. We look at your headcount, daily demand and space first, then recommend a machine we can fully manage or you can run yourself.
Call us on 01732 500599 or email sales@millsons.co.uk to talk through your options.
The right business solution
“From the initial meeting and tender presentation, Millsons demonstrated their professionalism and their comprehensive vison of the vending offer they could provide us, including concepts they could introduce to our business over the contract duration to meet our specific customer profile and requirements.
Installing state of the art machines with our own branding, with full size digital screens for advertising has enhanced our offer. We have seen a considerable uptake of usage, with machines always well-presented and stocked, with some nice touches such as the coffee machines using local small batch coffee beans and having alternative milk available.
Millsons are approachable and provide detailed information at our quarterly meeting. We see working with them as a partnership that benefits both parties and of course the end users.”
S Lambert
Manager, University of Brighton
“We have been working closely with Millsons Vending since 2010 and have benefited from their expertise, professionalism and excellent customer service ever since.
As a family run business, we understand that great customer service and after-care is vital to a successful business partnership and we have enjoyed working alongside Millsons as both family ventures have grown.
Millsons’ excellent team (both sales and service) have constantly shared new innovation and products that align with our values and ethos where they have taken the time to understand us as a customer. We highly recommend them”
C O’Grady
Facilities Manager, CHILDRENSALON