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Barista Tech offers free MOT for coffee machines
 An MOT for your coffee machine

Barista Tech offers full health check with PSSR test on all major coffee machine brands

Is your flat white a bit too flat?  Your espresso exhausted? Commercial coffee machines need regular servicing as well as the annual PSSR check.  Now HTG’s specialist coffee division, Barista Tech, is offering a free MOT for espresso machines, when businesses book their PSSR test via the company.  The MOT will check that the machine is running at optimum efficiency and, if it isn’t, will give the operator a list of potential issues, along with a no-obligation quote for fixing things. 

Barista Tech engineers are trained to carry out the MOT and PSSR test on both traditional and bean-to-cup espresso systems.  This means that whatever type of machine a business has, and just about whatever brand, the engineer will be able to run the test and advise on its state of health. 

The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) mean that, by law, every commercial coffee machine that uses an enclosed boiler system must have an annual test. It is the foodservice operator’s responsibility to ensure the test happens, whether they own, lease or rent the equipment.  Failure to do so could invalidate insurance, if a claim is made. 

Unlike some coffee machine service providers, the Barista Tech engineer automatically replaces the boiler valve as part of the PSSR test, to ensure that everything is running safely.  Barista Tech also offers a comprehensive menu of service packages for coffee machines and associated systems, including PPM (Planned Preventative Maintenance) contracts. 

Typically a one-off PSSR test from Barista Tech, with the free MOT, will cost around £249 + VAT for a two group head traditional espresso machine. 

Barista Tech is part of HTG Trading.  For more information visit www.baristatech.co.uk.

 

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Press Enquiries:

Alison Haynes at The Publicity Works:

01263 761000; scotsman@publicityworks.biz 

 

David Rees, Marketing Manager, HTG Trading, 01473 350045

 

Note for editors

Brands supplied by Barista Tech include Bluewater, Conti, Egro, La Cimbali, La Marzocco, 3M, Marco, Nuova Simonelli, Rancilio, Ripples, Schaerer, and Synesso.  Barista Tech and its sister companies, Taylor UK, Hubbard Systems and HTG Service, are part of HTG Trading, which has over 40 years’ experience as a foodservice equipment supplier.