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01 — The environment
A shared workplace beverage point serving changing tea and coffee demand through the working day.
02 — Operational requirement
What the environment demands.
Demand rises and falls around start of day, breaks and meetings rather than staying level.
The machine is used by colleagues directly, without an operator standing behind it.
Tea and coffee are both expected from the same point.
03 — Beverage requirement
What has to come out of it.
Tea and coffee from one machine.
Fresh milk where the machine and accessory support it.
Cup sizes suited to desk-side use.
04 — Recommended system
Commercial tea and coffee systems
05 — Recommended machines
Documented for this environment.
Brewtec
A commercial tea and filter-coffee machine. Brewtec boils real tea and brews filter coffee in dedicated brewers, then dispenses each cup on selection from an eight-drink touchscreen.
BrewNex
A fresh chai batch-brewing machine. BrewNex dispenses tea leaves and sugar into its brewing pot and boils each batch of 500 mL to 5 L under sensor control, ready for the operator to serve.
O Series
A commercial bean-to-cup coffee platform recommended for 200 cups a day. It comes in three bean, powder and fresh-milk configurations, with a user-replaceable brewer and two boilers.
AT31B
A commercial bean-to-cup machine for around 100 cups a day, with a detachable brewer, 64 mm flat burrs and fresh-milk foam.
AT06B
A compact bean-to-cup machine for 20–30 cups/day, with a 64 mm grinder, fresh-milk frother and six drink buttons.
Machines shown are those documented for this environment in the Automat product master.
06 — Supporting accessories
Compatible with the machines above.
07 — Tea and coffee programme
Blends developed for these machines.
Masala Chai
Ginger Chai
Cardamom Chai
Blend names, formats and availability are confirmed with each programme.
08 — Visibility
What the site can see.
Machine Status
Machine ID, site, floor, model and last-updated status visibility.
Consumption Visibility
Cups and brews by date range, machine, partner and customer.
Ingredient and Refill Visibility
Tea liquor, coffee liquor and milk levels with refill state.
Automat IoT Cloud, shown with customer, site and machine identifiers removed. Capabilities are listed only where the machine documents them.
09 — Service and deployment
How it gets installed and kept running.
Installation and machine handover are arranged with the site. Refill and service arrangements are agreed for each deployment.
Tell us how your beverage operation works.
We will help configure the appropriate system for this environment.
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