caffe1nated wrote:What do you mean by canteen? We use cash for lunch at school, not a card if that is what you refer to by canteen.

Where do the kids use cash to buy lunch if there is no canteen/cafeteria?

entropyembrace wrote:Where do the kids use cash to buy lunch if there is no canteen/cafeteria?

It's just a line where you pick up the stuff you want and then you pay. I thought the canteen idea involved multiple different stations and areas to pick up food, we only have one.

I think what the others were suggesting is that you use the existing cashier in the lunch area to handle money transactions for your coffee bar...to save time in handling money and to avoid transferring germs from the money to the coffee by having someone else handle the cash.

I'm trying to keep this separate from the school and for it to be completely student-run. I'm trying not to interfere from our other lunch cashiers

Do you think teachers would approve it? something about hot water and crazy kids sounds scary...

Also who would be running the bar? Would you be the one training others?

If budget allows you should try to get a double boiler machine like a Brewtus or Mini Vivaldi or Alex Duetto
this way there will be less flushing and more consistency among different 'baristas'.

Also you need a fridge to keep the milk cold? A sink to rinse things in?

godlyone wrote:Do you think teachers would approve it? something about hot water and crazy kids sounds scary...

haha yes

godlyone wrote:Also who would be running the bar? Would you be the one training others?

The bar would be student run. Yes I would run it at first and train others.

godlyone wrote:If budget allows you should try to get a double boiler machine like a Brewtus or Mini Vivaldi or Alex Duetto
this way there will be less flushing and more consistency among different 'baristas'.

Do you think those would be better than the previously mentioned Appia?

godlyone wrote:Also you need a fridge to keep the milk cold? A sink to rinse things in?

A cart like this would have both: http://www.cmcespresso.com/product.asp?specific=155

The Vivaldi has ETL & UL certifications and is designed for light commercial duty, I don't know if the other DBs mentioned are.