Westomatic knows the art of coffee making and vending tea
At Westomatic, we’ve been living and breathing hot beverage vending for the past 43 years.
Our vending expertise has enabled us to develop technology to such a high standard, that our vending machines are now able to produce coffee that can rival baristas' in the best high street coffee shops.
Barista quality taste
A barista is an expert who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks. The word is Italian in origin, where it means bartender.
Championship competitions are held for competing baristas who demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of coffee, coffee blends, espresso, quality, coffee varieties, roast degree, espresso equipment and maintenance and even latte art.
The right equipment
High quality ingredients are an important factor in making the perfect vended coffee, but alone are not enough to produce coffee shop standard drinks. Choosing the right equipment is critical to getting the best out of your ingredients.
Ingredient ‘pulsing’ technology
Our innovative ‘pulsing’ technology ensures that ingredients are mixed to the right consistency, blending ingredients to perfection for great tasting coffee every time. The ‘pulsing’ works because instead of dispensing ingredients in all at once, they are ‘pulsed’ in little by little. This means no clogging and no lumps, especially important when delivering the popular 9oz and 12oz drink sizes.
Our ‘pulsing’ system has even enabled us to develop a range of new premium drinks, including macchiatto, on our range of bean to cup coffee machines.
Paperless brewing technology
Our paperless brewing system has proved that vending machines no longer need to use complicated high pressure closed brewing systems to produce the punchiest espresso.
Westomatic’s paperless brewer operates at low pressure. This open system is very easy to clean and delivers a consistently great cup of espresso, every time.
A giant leap for vended tea!
Our paperless brewer has also helped us to dispell the myth that tea from a vending machine is second-rate. Our unique tea brewer replicates traditional tea-making methods for ‘that perfect cuppa’.
Traditional tea, made by hand, is a simple process so why mess with a successful technique? That’s the design philosophy behind our unique brewer, which we design and manufacture in the UK.
Unlike coffee, tea doesn't need hot water forced through the ingredient in order to extract flavour and create a richer taste. Tea requires a more gentle brewing process and so we use an atmospheric pressure to infuse the leaves. This ensures that the tea is not over-stewed by the pressure or burnt by the water temperature.
The brewer, which features in our Prelude table-top and Sigma free-standing hot and cold beverage machines, is arguably one of the most advanced of its kind. Incorporating superior materials, the permanent filter (which works like a tea bag) can be quickly and easily removed for cleaning which reduces waste and improves routine cleaning time.
The standard of the tea from our new brewer is second to none and caters for a market which traditionally, has been neglected by the vending industry.
12oz cups
An integral part of delivering coffee shop quality drinks is to serve it in the right cup. 12oz cups are proving highly popular with customers at the moment, especially when branded, and they are prepared to more for them. Westomatic’s Sigma packs 400 12oz cups into one machine, for the complete the coffee shop experience.
Sip lids
The finishing touch for any authentic café style experience is 2009’s ‘must have’ coffee-to-go accessory, the sip lid. Westomatic has developed the first integral sip lid dispenser for its Sigma vending machine, which stores 80 lids in a free-flowing dispenser.
Contact us today to find out more about our vending expertise.
