Barware is an essential part of the beverage service experience, playing a vital role in preparing and serving cocktails and various drinks. Barware includes a variety of tools such as mixers, scales, ladles, strainers, measuring cups, and more. Each tool is designed to perform a specific function, making the process of preparing drinks easier and ensuring that they are served with high quality. Whether you are a professional bartender or just an amateur, knowing and using barware correctly enhances the hospitality experience and makes every drink a masterpiece.
Article Contents:
What are bar tools?
What does a coffee shop project need?
Barista and his effective role
Coffee Luxury Shop for Bar Tools
What are bar tools?
First: Basic equipment
- Espresso machine, there are many types, shapes and sizes of it, and the size, shape and brand of the machine are determined based on the space of the place and daily demand. It is worth noting that it produces a cup of espresso and the barista works through it to prepare and make other products such as: cappuccino, latte and others.
- The coffee grinder is the basic component in the bar and complements the espresso machine. Of course, there are many types and shapes of it. We advise you to use the grinder with conical blades from the Rafaat Al-Qahwa store, to ensure that the coffee beans are ground with high precision and at an appropriate temperature. Make sure, when purchasing, that its temperature does not rise during grinding, so that the coffee beans are not affected by that.
- The ice maker is one of the main components in any café and is indispensable. It produces ice cubes of different sizes according to the need.
- Ice blender, which has a high capacity to grind ice cubes. There are many types and shapes of it, some of which contain a sound-absorbing cover. You can buy it from the Rafahat Al-Qahwa store.
Second: Secondary equipment
- Filter coffee maker, which is used to make and prepare filter coffee, or what is known as American coffee. There are many sizes and shapes of it, some of which have one or more containers. It has its own filter, and it uses a specific degree of grinding for coffee beans.
- Orange juice making machine, it is better to have it due to the desire of many customers to drink fresh juice, there are many types of it, whether manual or automatic, the automatic machine is characterized by high speed and huge production capacity, also its cost is somewhat high, while the manual or semi-automatic is also characterized by the distinctive quality that is not bad.
- A display refrigerator is one of the secondary components for displaying your products and ensuring their continuous presence. There are many different sizes and dimensions. If you want to have it, you must allocate a place for it during implementation.
Third: Supplementary equipment
- These are the equipments that can be dispensed with at the beginning, but their presence is much better, such as: microwave, sandwich maker, water heater, and electric heater.
Fourth: Equipment for specialty coffee
- The Chemex, a specialty coffee tool, features a very thick filter paper to extract the bitter components from the coffee beans.
- The Hario V60, is similar to a coffee cup, as it has a conical shape, with an insulating handle, used manually using a paper or cloth filter, and is characterized by ease of performance.
- The Aeropress is one of the best tools for specialty coffee. It is characterised by its cylindrical shape and ease of use, and it relies on pressure in preparation.
- The siphon differs from all other specialty coffee tools due to its special preparation method, which is by extraction rather than filtration.
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What does a coffee shop project need?
Your coffee shop project needs to follow several things, to ensure its success,
- Develop an appropriate business plan, specifying the main objective of establishing the project.
- Study the market and competitors, analyze their ideas and identify their strengths and weaknesses.
- Set a specific vision.
- Choosing a distinctive place to attract customers.
- Create an attractive and comfortable design.
- Development in marketing, with the presence of promotional ideas and appropriate offers.
- Selecting distinguished employees and training them continuously.
- Continue to improve the quality and service provided to the customer.
- Create a website to display your products in a distinctive way.
- Choose a distinctive brand for the project, which should be simple, clear, and attractive.
The barista and his effective role:
The barista is the person responsible for serving drinks to customers and also preparing them. He is very special in making and preparing coffee of all kinds and flavors, with attention to the smallest details. It is worth noting that the profession of a barista is closer to being a distinguished artist in making, preparing and presenting things in a distinctive way. Among the things that must be available in a barista are:
- How to work on attracting the customer's attention.
- Work on developing your skills constantly, to be distinguished in your field.
- Cleanliness is one of the most important things that a barista should have.
- Attention to detail and work on it.
Barista tools:
First: Basic tools
- Coffee scale: One of the essential tools that a professional barista needs to measure the amount of coffee beans and ensure getting the perfect cup of coffee.
- Milk thermometer: It is important to keep the milk temperature between 60 and 65 degrees Celsius to ensure the sugar and protein content of the milk.
- Portafilter: A very important tool in the espresso machine, it is very similar to the spoon in its external appearance, and it is one of the sensitive parts vital in controlling the quality of the espresso.
- Coffee tamper: It is one of the important tools for the barista, whether regular or calibrated, and it is the most common and widespread.
- Coffee distributor: It is responsible for distributing the coffee beans evenly in the portafilter.
- Clump breaker: There are some clumps that accompany the coffee after the grinding process. The clump breaker works to break them up to make them more porous and allow hot water to pass through them.
- Distribution rings: These are important tools and are placed above the portafilter to ensure that the coffee is distributed evenly before tamping.
- Steaming pitchers: used to steam and thicken milk and create foam. They come in a distinctive shape made of steel to prevent rust. They are available in different shapes and sizes.
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Coffee Luxury Store for Bar Tools:
The Rafaha Coffee store is distinguished by containing bar tools and equipment and tools for baristas. It also has a distinguished customer service that helps you prepare your project with the best tools, and helps you choose with an explanation in case there is a better choice than what you wanted. The Rafaha Coffee store is not only coffee making and preparation tools, but it is distinguished by the presence of all types and flavors of distinctive coffee. Shop now.