When there are many users at your home or office, we strongly recommend superautomatic espresso machines (machine types info here). The main reason is for consistency of the espresso, cleanliness, and ease of use for most employees in the office to enjoy (or ease of use in the home). These Superautomatic machines, although seemingly complex, are very simple to use. Plug it in, add water and beans, prime the machine, let it warm up, and you are ready to Go! Just remember, one or two people should be assigned to clean and maintain the machine.

Saeco

These pump driven machines grind your beans, dose (measure) the proper grind, tamp it into a puck, and extracts espresso at the touch of a button. It can not get any easier than this. These units make it extremely easy to make espresso and cappuccino. The used grinds get ejected into a dump box - so there is less effort to clean up. In addition, the pannarello frothing attachments make it easier to steam and froth your milk in the steaming pitcher. The Vienna lines do not have a bypass doser for pre ground coffee, whereas the Magic and Royal machines do. There are six (6) convenient models to choose from:

Saeco Magic Comfort+
In addition to the upgrades of the Saeco Royal Exclusive, the Saeco Magic Comfort+ enjoys a second boiler that heats up in 15-20 seconds to steam or froth your milk. Recommended use of 20-30 cups per day.

Saeco "Royal Professional"
Need to make 40-60 cups every day. Then, this is the machine of choice. Considered to be parts of Saeco's commercial division.

Ascaso

For more than 40 years in the espresso world, Ascaso has transformed to build not only a reputation on quality, which is unheard of with espresso machine manufacturers in Spain, but also a reputation in building world-class leadership in espresso machine manufacturing.

Ascaso Steel Duo Office
This is the newest Ascaso espresso machine brought into the United States.

This machine has been renamed in North America as the Ascaso Steel Duo Office because it is believed to be a great office espresso machine. The reasons are

a) It has a brass boiler for the coffee and a separate thermoblock for
steaming - each with their own independent pumps, and

b) The coffee boiler has the heating element on the outside of the boiler
so a lack of water will not damage the heating element while left on all day (remember to place a surge suppressor of 1040 joules or higher before plugging into unit, and

c) This machine can be used with pre-ground coffee as well as E.S.E. pods

With regards to B and C above, the comparative model DUO Professional should not be left on all day and the professional's baskets require good fine tuning of the grind fineness. With the SuperCream baskets included with this Office model, the grind can be off for a multiple of users, and the machine will still make great espresso.

Ascaso Dream Pod-Only
Just like the regular Dream by Ascaso, except this one is designed for pod use only- making it a great machine for an office environment.

Didiesse

These pod only espresso machines for the office environment keep it simple and clean for all employees to enjoy espresso, cappuccino and lattes!

Vapor and Aura
An Easy Serving Espresso pod is inserted into the pod holder in the front of the machine and slide the lower front lever from left to right to create the seal. Press the coffee switch on to start the extraction and depress it again to stop the extraction. Then push the lever back to the left and remove the pod. That's it!

Segafredo

Great for the the medium to large office! Boost productivity with caffeine. There is no mess with coffee grinds or grinders. Cleanup is easy, too.

The SZ01 Segafredo Coffee System allows office employees to make espressos, cappuccinos, lattes, hot chocolate, and teas with true ease of use and with minor cleaning and maintenance. This quick system saves valuable employee time!

SZ01 Coffee System
The SZ01 Segafredo Coffee System is 'exclusively' designed for Segafredo's patented coffee capsules. With the machine warmed up and filled with water, just put in a Segafredo capsule, place your espresso cup, and press either the manual coffee button to self-dose the coffee amount or press the programmable push button for a preset water amount. After 25 cups are made, an indicator light will inactivate the machine until the disposal chamber that holds the used capsules is removed and cleaned.

Capresso

There's one thing we love about Capresso. They have the best service! For their machines listed below, they have dedicated toll-free customer service lines. We don't need to say anymore...

Jura-Capresso F9 - S7 - S8 - S9
The "creme de la creme" of superautomatic espresso machines. Considered semi-commercial machines, this model allows significant control over the espresso extraction process - for the three (out of five) programmable water dosage buttons (not F9), you can program different amounts of ground coffee to be dispensed into the brewing chamber. The other 2 buttons (out of five) are double the respective single dose buttons). The machine also has an automatic milk frother to froth and steam large amounts of milk. Recommended for 30-50 cups per day.