Eversysy schrijft geschiedenis met hun nieuwe "Enigma"

NCE SWISS ESPRESSO machine supplier Eversys was first established in 2009, its footprint across the globe has expanded to give more countries access to high-end super traditional coffee machines that can help coffee roasters progress in a competitive environment. The company first opened operations in North America in 2017. Harrison Piperato, who currently serves as Eversys North America’s Commercial Director, was the fourth employee to join the US team in New York. “The ability to open in North America was very important to us,” he says. “The driving force behind getting into this market was recognising we were doing something different while realising we needed that physical presence so that clients understood what the Eversys experience was.” Piperato says the early days for Eversys were about redefining the preconceived notion that the American public, especially coffee roasters, had surrounding super automatic coffee machines. “Back then, we went around to roasters across the country and got them to try some of our equipment,” he says. “Once people tasted what we put in front of them, they became believers. For Piperato and the Eversys team, this period was about spreading the brand’s goals, which was to merge the accessibility of super automatics with the quality of espresso usually seen with a barista’s touch. “Since those early days, we’ve engaged with the specialty coffee community to highlight how we can bring highquality coffee into spaces that couldn’t previously support a traditional barista program,” he says. The first step in building this relationship is discovering the kind of coffee and flavour each roaster client wants to achieve. Piperato says Eversys does not look to alter the desired flavour, but rather find the right machine solutions to replicate it as many times as possible. “We review the work that we’ve done with the roasting community and retailers to figure out how we can lift the total coffee experience,” he says. “A lot of the language traditionally around super automatics has been about replacement of staff, which is something we fully disagree with. Instead, what we’re doing is making baristas think about what they would do with an extra 15 seconds to talk with each customer.” Piperato says the ease and speed in which baristas can pump out drinks while chatting is exactly what he encourages clients to focus on. “It’s about giving someone a boost of positive energy for them to carry out for the rest of the day,” he says. “Not many people can afford to wait the 20 minutes in line that it can sometimes take for a high-quality coffee. Those in a hurry shouldn’t be excluded from being able to enjoy their drink.” When it comes to coffee experiences, Eversys North American VP of Business Development Karalynn McDermott says the American public are looking for more convenience. “I’ve had a lot of conversations in recent years about increasing speed because of drive-thru businesses, mobile ordering, and iced lattes,” McDermott says. “It’s all about how we can improve the ergonomics for the barista.” McDermott notes that the US is leading the world in drive-thru innovation, with more and more businesses every year expanding their services to ensure customers can pick up their coffees without leaving their car. “There’s so much innovation happening in the drive-thru lanes, and these businesses are looking at technolog

“A lot of the language traditionally around super automatics has been about replacement of staff, which is something we fully disagree with. Instead, what we’re doing is making baristas think about what they would do with an extra 15 seconds to talk with each customer.”

Piperato says the ease and speed in which baristas can pump out drinks while chatting is exactly what he encourages clients to focus on.

“It’s about giving someone a boost of positive energy for them to carry out for the rest of the day,” he says.

“Not many people can afford to wait the 20 minutes in line that it can sometimes take for a high-quality coffee. Those in a hurry shouldn’t be excluded from being able to enjoy their drink.” When it comes to coffee experiences, Eversys North American VP of Business Development Karalynn McDermott says the American public are looking for more convenience. “I’ve had a lot of conversations in recent years about increasing speed because of drive-thru businesses, mobile ordering, and iced lattes,” McDermott says. “It’s all about how we can improve the ergonomics for the barista.” McDermott notes that the US is leading the world in drive-thru innovation, with more and more businesses every year expanding their services to ensure customers can pick up their coffees without leaving their car. “There’s so much innovation happening in the drive-thru lanes, and these businesses are looking at technolog

With some stores going as far as adding a second lane to drive-thru operations, McDermott says speed has never been more important in the coffee-making process. This extends to other highdemand areas where coffee is served, such as airports. “US airports can feel like concerts in the way packs of people are moving around,” says McDermott. “Our clients are always looking at the wait time and how they can trim those five or 10 seconds off.” McDermott adds that, with mobile ordering, baristas are being made to produce coffees at a faster pace than ever before. What initially took off in popularity during the pandemic has become a common way to place an order. She says Eversys’ Enigma E’4 (E’4 Barista in the US) is one of the more popular choices among American clients. The machine can produce up to 350 espresso shots per hour, allowing baristas to work on four coffees at the same time. “The US team named it after the barista, because it’s the perfect helper with the ability to work two steam wands and two espresso group heads all simultaneously,” she says. One such business that has seen the benefits of an Eversys partnership is Woods Coffee, a coffee roaster based in the US Pacific Northwest.

“Eversys has helped us with consistency in our multi-store operations,” says Spiker. “They have also helped with effective training, which has reduced stress on baristas from repetitive motion.”

Coffee retailer Kaldi’s Coffee has seen the benefits Eversys’ machines can have. Head of Sales Lyndsey Patel says Kaldi’s was looking for a consistent and quality solution when it expanded its drivethru locations.

“We had team members transferring from existing locations that had operations expectations at such a high level, so we knew the equipment selection would be crucial,” she says. “Expectations are higher than ever for product and experience."

To meet these standards, Kaldi’s looked towards the Eversys Shotmaster s-pro/ST, Eversys’ first machine that can produce up to eight products simultaneously.

“With Eversys Shotmasters, our drivethrus are 27 per cent faster than our brick-and-mortar locations on drink-only tickets,” says Patel.

“[Eversys] has allowed our retail cafés and wholesale partners to maintain quality standards, train teams quickly and efficiently, and have consistent ticket times which, in turn, increases sales.”

It’s not just drive-thrus that have seen the benefits of Eversys machines. Novo Coffee, situated at Denver International Airport, faces a range of challenges every day at one of America’s busiest travel stations.

“This location has a reputation of high turnover with an audience who is entering our space stressed, and in a hurry, and who often don’t understand the time it takes to create consistent high-quality espresso,” says Novo Coffee Director of Operations Heather McCullough.

She adds that Eversys have helped overcome all these challenges, bringing the Enigma and Shotmaster machines into each location across the airport.

“The condensed Shotmaster layout allows for one person to operate on a machine that mimics the output of two machines,” she says. “The volume of output that one person can get on this machine is incredibly efficient.”

With airports being vastly different environments to a standard café, McCullough says Eversys has helped give Novo Coffee peace of mind that it can keep up with high demand.

“Knowing that the machines adjust to the grinder automatically while checking the dose and extraction times of every shot has given me assurance that we are being represented faithfully,” she says. “I’m confident that someone can get the same espresso taste profile at our airport locations as they would get in our retail cafés.”

For Karalynn McDermott and Eversys, the core of the company’s operations comes down to supporting roasters from across the country in finding the right solutions. “Specialty coffee roasters are near and dear to our hearts,” she says. “Those are our core customers.”