Are all the milk tea shops with high sales using such ice machines?
Hello, would you like some ice?”
I believe everyone is familiar with this sentence, which is a question that every tea shop and coffee shop must ask. So what role does ice cube play in drinks?
Advantages of ice cubes
1. It can remove the bitterness of tea. Ice cubes are added to drinks to quickly chill them, because the astringency of black and green tea will be reduced a lot after rapid chilling.
2. It can lock the fragrance of tea. When the drink is boiled, it is cooled in real time and a large amount of ice cubes are used to lock its flavor for preservation. Low-temperature bacteria have weak activity and the odor caused by decomposition is less likely to occur.
3. The role of ice cubes for drinks is also to keep warm, fresh and beautiful. Let the drink maintain a relatively low temperature for a period of time.
4. Low temperature can inhibit the activity of bacteria, which greatly reduces the ability of bacteria to decompose. Tea drinks are also healthier to drink
The most important If you see ice cubes added to drinks in the hot summer, the heat will have already disappeared even if you haven’t drunk it yet.
Therefore, ice cubes play a very important role in drinks, and ice makers are also one of the necessary equipment in beverage shops.
In the next few days, the temperature will soar straight up, and the tea market is extremely hot. Once the flow of people in the store increases, can the quality of each cup of drink be guaranteed? Can the output of ice makers in the store be guaranteed to keep up with the rhythm of demand?
Types of ice makers
1. Bar counter ice maker
This bar counter ice maker is mainly used as an integral countertop with the water bar. With this design, the water bartender can directly take ice cubes from this bar counter ice maker, and there is no need to open an ice trough (ice storage) on the countertop. This not only increases the operating space of the countertop, but also reduces the space occupied by the ice trough on the bar counter body. , greatly improving the practicality of the water bar. In addition, the biggest highlight of this two-in-one integrated countertop is: beautiful appearance, high-end, small store space, super space-saving!
The ice production of this bar ice maker is 60-120KG/24 hours, and the ice storage capacity of the ice bucket is 20-40KG. According to the algorithm that 50KG can meet the passenger flow of about 100 people, this bar ice maker can meet the passenger flow of about 100-200 people. If the site is located in a prosperous area and the passenger flow exceeds this range, you need to buy other types of ice makers.
The integrated ice maker can also be called an embedded ice maker. It has a beautiful overall appearance. It can be combined with the bar to form an integral countertop, or it can be embedded in the water bar. This design makes the milk tea shop equipment-making The combination of ice machine and water bar is more flexible: it can be made into a water bar with room temperature embedded ice machine; it can also be made into a water bar with refrigeration, freezing or dual temperature function embedded ice machine.
It not only saves space but also greatly improves the practicality of the bar operation and the neatness of the store, which is especially suitable for stores with smaller space.
However, such embedded, if it is positioned in a mid-to-high-end store, will look a bit tacky. “You can’t have your cake and eat it too”, so when purchasing, you should choose according to your store needs.
This kind of ice maker has an ice production capacity of 50-140KG/24 hours, and the ice bucket has an ice storage capacity of 15KG-40KG. According to the algorithm that 50KG can meet the passenger flow of about 100 people, this kind of bar ice maker can meet the passenger flow of about 100-300 people. If the location is prosperous and the passenger flow exceeds this range, you need to buy a split type ice maker.
The so-called “split” in a split ice machine means that the refrigeration compressor and the ice bucket are separated. When customers receive such an ice machine, the two parts are also packaged separately. They only need to lift the compressor part and put it on the ice bucket. This type of ice machine has a large ice production capacity and a large ice bucket storage capacity. Generally, chain franchise tea shops use such ice machines, such as Heytea, Yidiandian, Royal Tea, Gongcha, and other chain tea brands that are not very well-known but are also located in a prosperous area.
This split ice machine has an ice production capacity of 160-1000KG/24 hours, and the ice bucket has an ice storage capacity of 150-470KG. According to the algorithm that 50KG can meet the passenger flow of about 100 people, this bar counter ice machine can meet the passenger flow of about 300-2000 people. No matter how prosperous the location is, how large the passenger flow is, and how fast the ice is used, such ice production and ice storage can be met.
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