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New Coffee Nation ‘barista bus’ embarks on UK tour
Coffee Nation, the UK’s leading provider of gourmet coffee on the go, has launched a new concept - the ‘barista bus’. The barista bus is a unique mobile drinks unit that enables hospital caterers to offer self-serve gourmet coffee from a specially designed and custom-built vehicle.
The barista bus will be used to sample and sell coffee at Coffee Nation’s partner locations across the UK. It can also be hired for a variety of activities from medical roadshows to fundraising events.
On Thursday 9th September, Coffee Nation used the barista bus to raise over two hundred pounds for High Wycombe charity, Iain Rennie Hospice at Home. Local business people and the public were invited to try out the coffee and make donations to the charity.
A range of gourmet coffees and hot drinks can be dispensed - in under a minute each - using touch screens in two self-serve ‘windows’ on the side of the vehicle. These include classics such as Cappuccino, Latte and Mocha alongside flavoured specialities like Vanilla Latte, Praline Chocolate and Caramel Chocolate. In addition to high quality drinks, the advantage to customers is the ability to pay with either cash or chip and pin and no queuing. All the products use fresh milk and real coffee beans, offering high street coffee bar quality with the convenience of vending.
The state of the art vehicle is only 5.5 metres long, can be set up in any high footfall area within 10 minutes and is equipped with its own generator, water and waste facilities. Coffee Nation will provide personnel to maintain the coffee systems and promote drinks sales throughout the day and a range of promotional materials are available to drive coffee sales.
Coffee Nation’s CEO, Scott Martin explained: The ‘barista bus’ is a fun and exciting way to allow us to take gourmet coffee to the nation and a great way to raise charitable funds. We expect it to go down well with hospital caterers and customers across a variety of sectors.”
Anyone interested in hiring the barista bus should contact Oona Rosser at Coffee Nation on 01628 536139 or email: oonarosser@coffeenation.com.
About Coffee Nation
Coffee Nation is the UK’s leading provider of premium quality, self service coffee in the UK. Established in 1997, Coffee Nation works with over 800 partners.
For more information please contact Coffee Nation:
Oona Rosser Tel: 01628 536139
E-mail: oonarosser@coffeenation.com
Stephanie Curtis Tel: 01628 6145
E-mail: stephaniecurtis@coffeenation.com
