About Us

We’ll make sure you follow your dreams to give your customers a standout coffee experience in challenging times for the industry.

What do we do?

We help independent hospitality businesses stand out with reliable equipment, full support, and coffee expertise built entirely around their needs. Our mission is simple: to give independents the confidence, consistency, and guidance they need to serve great coffee every day.

How do we do it?

Value

Bundle deals, leasing options, free installation and delivery to take coffee setup off your plate entirely at an affordable price.

Support

Your espresso machine is your ultimate workhorse, and we’ll make sure you back the right horse for your performance needs. We’re also here when you need it before, during, and after purchase.

What makes us special?

As an All Things Coffee customer, you have the option to receive valuable consumer insights directly from your customers. Our Smart Cups, featuring your brand, are the tool that makes this possible.

We’ll send you regular insights reports about your customers, complete with recommendations to help you strengthen customer relationships and elevate your coffee offering.

Businesses Who Choose Us Receive

Free Delivery and Installation

Smart Cups

Grinder Discounts With Coffee Machines

Expert Advice

Maintenance Designed For Your Machine

We’re a team of coffee enthusiasts with deep experience in the hospitality industry, more specifically in coffee! We want our expertise to be put to use in making independents' coffee the absolute best out there.

Commercial Espresso Machines

Commercial Coffee Grinders

Home Espresso Machines

We're in the Speciality Coffee Association Directory!

#MakeCoffeeBetter

Blue logo for the Speciality Coffee Association on a white background

The coffee scene in the UK all began in the 17th century when professionals used to meet to have spritely business chats over a coffee. These “coffee shops” then became designated places of business. Did you know that Lloyd’s bank started out as a coffee shop?

Now, the high streets are awash with chain coffee shops. These coffee shops put far less effort into sourcing their coffees. They rely on a steady and cheap blend of hundreds of coffees to be able to achieve their huge profits. For a small amount more money, why wouldn’t you try some single origin coffees that are fully tracible? 

But UK has not stopped evolving yet. COVID lockdown saw the rise of independent coffee roasters who have a passion for delicious coffee and want the UK consumers to experience it with them. All speciality coffee roasters, and their coffees too, have a unique story to tell and an identity that comes through when you experience their quality coffees.

Interested to know more about the speciality coffee scene in the UK? Want to know more about where it all started, and perhaps where it’s going? Check out the Coffee Press blog opposite!

La San Marco – Welcome to All Things Coffee!

We add new machines to our range carefully. We’re not here to shift kit for kit’s sake — if we’re recommending something to an independent operator, it needs to earn its place. La San Marco has earned it. Founded in Italy in 1920, La San Marco has spent over a century...

Coffee Machines for Restaurants: Get the Last Course Right

For guests who’ve spent two or three hours in your restaurant — who’ve been looked after carefully, fed well, and made to feel at home — the coffee is the final moment of hospitality. It deserves the same attention you give everything else.

What If Your Takeaway Cups Could Tell You What Your Customers Really Think?

Customer retention is the single biggest lever most independent cafés have. Acquiring a new customer costs significantly more than keeping an existing one, yet most marketing effort goes into attraction rather than retention.

The Best Coffee Tamper: Types, Sizes, and Choices

There’s no single best coffee tamper — there’s the best tamper for your setup, your workflow, and your level of experience.

Coffee Tamping Stations — What Should Yours Include?

There’s a moment when any serious home or pro barista stops thinking about individual tools and starts thinking about their full setup.

A Buyer’s Guide to the Best Espresso Grinders for Professionals

The best starting point is always your expected daily volume and which espresso machine you’re running alongside it.

Automatic Coffee Tampers: Why Cafés Are Ditching the Manual Tamp?

For anyone pulling a serious volume of shots, or running a bar with multiple baristas, an automatic tamper pays for itself in consistency.

“Bottomless” Portafilters? Do You Need One?

The visual feedback shortens the learning curve dramatically. Problems that take weeks to diagnose through taste alone become simple.

Commercial Portafilter Sizes: A Guide for Café Owners and Baristas

Knowing your portafilter size is essential before buying accessories, upgrading baskets, or sourcing replacement parts.

Portafilter Sizes Explained: Which Size Does Your Espresso Machine Use?

Still not sure which size your machine uses? Measure the inside diameter of your filter basket with a ruler — it’ll be 51mm, 54mm, or 58mm.