How to make manage multiple hot drinks orders

Sometimes making great coffee just isn’t enough, you also have to make it fast and consistent. In this quick power-up training we explain how to make multiple coffee drinks to make a busy service run that little bit smoother.

Below you'll find a step by step guide with some of our life-hacks for managing multiple hot drinks orders efficiently.

Once you've finished your multiple drinks training, try our other online training resources on cleaning your coffee machine, milk steaming and latte art.

STEP BY STEP GUIDE: HOW TO MANAGE MULTIPLE DRINKS ORDERS

1. 1
   

   SET UP YOUR STATION FOR SERVICE

   Make sure your grinder is dialled in and dosing correctly and that the hopper is full of beans

   Remove milk tabs from the milk bottles you'll be using on (fiddly with wet fingers in a rush!)

   Empty your knock box before service begins.
3. 2
   

   MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF THESE

   Spare clean jugs

   Enough takeaway cups for the day

   Warm cups on the top of the machine and stacks of saucers

   Loads of teaspoons

   Microfibre cloths for cleaning
5. 3
   

   ORDER OF SERVICE

   Start with the largest, milkiest drinks (they stay hotter for longer) and finish with the espresso and americano.

   1. Cold milk into jug

   2. Shots on and extracting

   3. Then start steaming the milk
7. 4
   

   SPLITTING THE MILK

   Pouring two great looking coffees using one jug of steamed milk saves you time when you need it most. This is called ‘splitting’ here's how to do it:

   1. Steam one larger jug of milk rather that two smaller ones.

   2. Pour half the steamed milk into another jug.

   3. Check the foam is evenly split between both jugs.

   4. Pour each drink and check the texture is correct.
9. Tips
   

   TIPS FOR SPLITTING MILK LIKE A PRO

   Warm the second jug with a blast of steam.

   Practice pouring from different sized jugs.