The Ultimate Guide for Selecting Equipment for Your Mobile Coffee Shop

Equipping your mobile coffee shop can be a tricky task because of a variety of factors you should consider, particularly for newcomers who are likely to be overwhelmed by scads of options. It is not all about choosing the kitchen appliances for making nice coffee. The kitchen equipment that health codes and regulations require should be given the same importance, or your mobile coffee shop business may have to stop for a couple of days. So, how to select equipment for your coffee shop? We will guide you through the whole process in this post.

 

 

What is the Essential Equipment In Your Mobile Coffee Shop?

Though you need ready need to cook in it, your mobile coffee shop should have an interior that reaches the commercial kitchen standards in the aspect of layout, hygiene, and configuration. Here is the commercial kitchen equipment that everything food trailer must have, and they are dispensable for daily operation.

 

- Stainless Steel Workbenches: As required by the codes, the tables in the concession trailer should be easy-to-clean and do no harm to food or the human body. As the equipment in all restaurants, 201/304 stainless steel workbenches are a good choice. They have a good ability to resist heat and corrosion and are not easy to deform.

 

- Water Sink: Sinks are required in order to maintain proper sanitation standards in your mobile coffee trailer. You need to rinse cups, clean utensils, and wash your hands frequently. Of course, you can do these things in the commissary. But, it is a hassle, isn't it? Then, here is a question you should think about. How many sinks does your mobile coffee shop have? Sometimes, a sink is far less than you thought. Choose the number of sinks according to the local health codes instead of your needs. For example, most regulators in the US ask for 4 water sinks ( a 3 compartment water sink and a single-hand sink) in a food trailer. If your coffee trailer doesn't have it, you need to pay extra for the installation of water sinks.

 

- Fridge: A fridge helps to maintain the freshness and quality of the ingredients. If milk, cream, and chocolate are the necessities you need to bring with you, your coffee shop must have a commercial fridge for keeping them. You don't want them to become spoiled, though they do if the temperature is too high for them, right? Don't worry about the interior space in the trailer. You can select an under-bench fridge, a kind of fridge fixed under the tables.

 

 

 

The Kitchen Appliance for Making the Best Coffee

- Mixer: Quality mixer reduces the time of blending all kinds of powers together and helps them dissolve in the water.

- Coffee Grinder: Few customers go to your coffee shop just for an instant coffee. Fresh coffee is more popular. A coffee grinder can improve flavor and texture and lower the sourness and bitterness in the coffee.

- Espresso Machine: It is a machine for making highly concentrated coffee, namely espresso, that can be used as a base for many kinds of drinks.

- Soft-serve Ice Cream Machine: Ice cream and coffee are a good match in summer. Put soft-serve ice cream, instead of cream, on top of the coffee, and customers will get a special cold treat.

 

 

 

The Cooking Appliances for Maximizing Sales

Expanding your menu is a good way to improve sales. Coffee sales are good, matched with breakfast and desserts. Equipping your mobile coffee shop with some cooking appliances gives you an opportunity to create an innovative menu. Here are some hot cooking appliances you can choose from:

• Gas grill
• Gas fryer
• Bakery food oven
• Gas range stove
• Popcorn maker
• Waffle maker
• Donut fryer
• Toaster
• Chimney cake oven
• Sandwich maker
• Crepe maker
• Ice maker

 

 

 

Now, you probably have a list written down of the equipment that you need. Before purchasing any of it harshly, here is another question: How to choose the right model of equipment? You know, the available space in a food trailer is usually small and needs to be used properly. What should you do? Leave the job to us, a professional food trailer builder! Our design team is able to find the ideal kitchen equipment and appliances that suit your mobile coffee shop model best and optimize the trailer interior layout to make sure it works with your workflow efficiently.

 

Now, contact us for your fully equipped mobile coffee shop!