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NEWS UPDATE 15/09/10

Following the explosion in a Sainsbury’s café on Tuesday this week, the coffee-bar trade has been reminded of its responsibility for diligence in the maintenance and care of espresso machines and other containers of extremely hot water.

Louie Salvoni of the Coffee Council said: “Although a very rare occurrence, this is a serious reminder to the catering operator that it is their responsibility to ensure that they adhere to health and safety directives. This is a directive that has for years been reiterated by suppliers but has all too often been ignored by some operators.  

"We don't know at this stage what caused the explosion at Sainsbury's and therefore must not assume that this machine had not been inspected. However the message is clear to catering operators and suppliers alike - they are dealing with a pressurised vessel with boiling water. Follow the health and safety guidelines to the letter and do all that is necessary to ensure your customers are safe in your environment."

Espresso Service is the UK’s only national service provider specializing in the maintenance of coffee equipment.  
Coffee is at the heart of our business and is the core of all our technicians’ training.

Espresso Service purely concentrates on the service of coffee equipment to the UK Foodservice industry, which has allowed us to build an unprecedented expertise, not only in the level of our service and the varied types, styles and brands of coffee equipment that we can maintain, but also in the quality of the coffee delivered in the cup.

Our engineers’ training is always focused on coffee and works back technically from there - in this, we are unique. In addition, as we are not involved in the supply of coffee or equipment in any way, we are able to be completely impartial and will never be seen to be favouring one coffee or coffee equipment supplier above another.