Put a stamp on the coffee. Ivan Kvasov expects to open up to 40 coffee shops under franchise, where they print on foam

Coffee printer: for printing on coffee and coffee foam

Drawings on the surface of a cappuccino or latte became a real art, and the most capable barista artists collected applause and box office receipts. But progress does not stand still. Today, every coffee shop can acquire a special coffee printer that prints any pictures on the surface of drinks.

The equipment became widely available several years ago. At first, the owners of bars and cafes were cautious about the new product. But the response from visitors was enthusiastic. Today, both expensive designer establishments and affordable student coffee shops have coffee printers.

The first models could only print a one-color image, but now full-color pictures can be easily printed.

What features does a coffee printer have?

• Prints on a light surface. Ideally, it should be white, otherwise the design will be difficult to see. Therefore, pictures are applied to milk foam or ice cream.
• Stock of consumables. This role is played by coffee extract or special food coloring.
• To apply, you will need a mock-up of the image. The coffee printer software has a database of pictures, but for a real exclusive you will need a photo or drawing that you make yourself. For example, a photo of a guest.

Description of the franchise for printing photos on coffee Coffee Print

Store format

Online sales. Equipment rent.

Franchise offer

Principle of operation

The guest, using his mobile phone, uploads his photo to your coffee printer. The barista, after making coffee, places the cups in the Coffee Printer.

In 5 seconds! Delicious coffee with an individual image on the foam can be served to your guest.

The Essence of the Franchise

Coffee Printers are now gaining huge interest among cafes, bars, restaurants, fitness clubs, exhibitions and events. Our printers are often ordered even for rent for weddings. You can either sell these printers or rent them out!

Not everyone wants to spend money and buy a printer for personal use; for such clients there is a rental option. Since the equipment is unique and there is zero competition, you can set good prices.

Many companies that organize exhibitions, events, and weddings want to see a coffee printer at their booth for 1-3 days. Equipment rental for 1-3 days was always at a high price.

We offer several options for cooperation.

Areas of use

Coffee printers are very popular in Cafes, Bars, and Restaurants. Establishments are happy to buy or rent devices to create a WOW effect among their guests.

Cafes can use this printer in different ways:

1. Printing photos of guests;
2. Printing logos of your cafe (raise the status of your establishment);
3. Printing funny pictures (which lift your spirits);
4. Wishes and congratulations (have a nice day, happy March 8th, happy birthday).

Imagine what emotions coffee, an alcoholic cocktail or a glass of cold beer with your photo or a funny image on the foam will evoke in you in the establishment. This is a huge charge of positive emotions, even because it is something new, there is nothing like it anywhere! Customers are happy to share this on social networks and thereby advertise establishments in their city.

Other niche clients are organizers of exhibitions, events and even wedding ceremonies.

For these events, Coffee Printers are rented for 1-3 days. Companies rarely buy such equipment, since they will only use it for 1-3 days; it is easier for companies to cooperate with you on an ongoing basis and rent equipment for a specific client.

Cooperation options

Option 1) Franchise for attracting clients.

This option of cooperation represents additional income. You can combine it with your main job. You are required to call establishments and offer them the purchase or rental of our Coffee Printers. Once the client is interested in purchasing, you can transfer this call to our professional managers who will close the deal. All responsibility to the client, delivery, guarantees and training falls on our company.

We have 2 of the most popular models: Coffee Printer for 4 cups and Evebot Premium.

After selling a Coffee Printer for 4 cups (after the transaction takes place) you receive 4,000 rubles for each printer sold. As soon as you sell the fourth printer in a month, you receive 8,000 rubles for it. For each subsequent one you will receive 5,000 rubles.

After each sale of Evebot Premium you receive 7,000 rubles. As soon as you sell the third printer in a month, you receive 9,000 rubles for it. All subsequent printers cost 9,000 rubles each.

If there is our partner in your city who will rent coffee printers (Second Franchise Option) and you find a client to rent, you will receive from 15-20% of his contract with the client.

Each manager will have a bonus for the client! When purchasing a printer, the client receives an additional set of monochrome inks. Our company sells this ink for 1,500 rubles. Thus, it turns out that it is more profitable for the client to buy from the manager than from us directly.

A good manager earns an average of 60,000 rubles.

To start this Franchise package, you need to fill out an application and pay a lump sum fee of 3,000 rubles to confirm your intentions for serious work. We don't want to produce thousands of managers, we want to train people who will work and develop with us!

This amount includes:

1. Educational video lessons, presentations.
2. Training videos, descriptions of printers.
3. Package of audio calls from our professional managers (Communication with clients).
4. Package of audio training lessons, negotiations.
5. Speech.
6. A personal manager with whom you can call and ask all the necessary questions.

Option 2) Franchise “Teamwork”

This Option is designed for renting Coffee Printers.

You need to purchase a modified Coffee Printer from us and rent it out to organizations and cafes in your city. If we receive an application from your city, we transfer it to you.

Client 1) Exhibitions, events, corporate events, coffee breaks, weddings and so on are held every day in every city.

Every day, the organizers of these events are racking their brains on how to surprise their visitors, what to offer them that is new in order to attract even more potential clients, and then a new “trick” appears - the Coffee Printer. You just need to contact them and tell them that you have a new product, they will be happy to offer this opportunity to their clients and also make money from it. You will also receive rental requests from our partners who have chosen the first option of our franchise.

The printer does not make coffee, it only makes an image on the foam. But you don’t need to buy expensive coffee machines, since at this type of event, in practice, a trained barista will already be working on a special coffee machine. You will only need to put the ready-made drink into the coffee printer.

Average prices for renting a coffee printer.

First day – 15,000 rubles. It all depends on the operating time and the number of cups. From the second day the price is 5,000 – 8,000 rubles per working day. Thus, if you hold only 3 events a month for 2 days, your minimum profit will be 60,000 rubles from one printer.

Client 2) Cafes, Bars, Restaurants are ready to test this printer in their establishment.

Since the technology is new, customers like it, but they are afraid whether it will work or not. The client wants to test the device before purchasing or simply wants to rent it and receive a full range of technical services from you.

Two weeks of such rent costs 15,000 rubles. Month – 20,000 rubles. If a client wants to rent a coffee printer on a permanent basis, it will cost from 12,000 rubles per month (agreement of 6 months).

You will also receive rental requests from our partners who have chosen the first option of our franchise.

At the same time, you will also sell the client additional consumables during the rental process (Ink and Cartridges).

In the process of searching for customer data, you may encounter a client who is ready to buy a coffee printer right away. Earnings from such a sale will be from 10,000 rubles.

Teamwork Franchise Packages

1. Quick start. Buying one printer.

• Coffee Printer for 4 cups - 75,000 rubles.
• Coffee Printer Evebot Premium – 120,000 rubles.
• 1 year warranty.
• Service support via video communication via Viber and WhatsApp (for regions)
• Training (sample contracts, training videos, telephone conversations, etc.)

2. Standard. Purchase of 2 printers. (which 2 printers these will be, you can choose yourself) All subsequent purchases are made at these prices.

• Coffee Printer for 4 cups – 70,000 rubles.
• Coffee Printer Evebot Premium – 115,000 rubles.
• We indicate your contacts on our website as a manager in the region.
• 1 year warranty.
• Service support via video communication via Viber and WhatsApp (for regions)
• Training (sample contracts, training videos, telephone conversations, etc.)

Additionally you can purchase for 15,000 rubles.

• Development of a website page for your city (page on our website)
• SEO customization of the website page for your region.

Monthly payment for this option is 3,000 rubles (after 1 month of operation)

3. Premium. Purchase of 3 printers. (you can choose which 3 printers you will use yourself) All subsequent purchases are made at these prices.

• Coffee Printer for 4 cups – 68,000 rubles.
• Coffee Printer Evebot Premium – 110,000 rubles.
• We indicate your contacts on our website as a manager in the region.
• 1 year warranty.
• Service support via video communication via Viber and WhatsApp (for regions)
• Training (sample contracts, training videos, telephone conversations, etc.)

Additionally, you can purchase for 10,000 rubles.

• Development of a website page for your city (page on our website)
• SEO customization of the website page for your region.

Monthly payment for this option is 2,500 rubles (after 2 months of operation)

4. Exclusive. Purchase from 5 printers. (you can choose which 5 printers you will use yourself) All subsequent purchases are made at these prices.

• Coffee Printer for 4 cups – 65,000 rubles.
• Coffee Printer Evebot Premium – 105,000 rubles.
• We indicate your contacts on our website as a manager in the region.
• 1 year warranty.
• Training (sample contracts, training videos, telephone conversations, etc.)
• Service support 24/7 via video communication Viber and WhatsApp (for regions)
• Development of a website page for your city (page on our website)
• SEO customization of the website page for your region.

Monthly payment for page action and SEO support

• 2,000 rubles (after 3 months of work)

How does a coffee printer work and how does printing occur?

The operating principle of the equipment is not much different from a conventional printer.

A special program is installed on a tablet or smartphone that allows you to download all new pictures and send them for coffee printing. The software has its own plot database. As a rule, they are divided by topic: travel, love, neutral. Some programs allow you to edit pictures, add funny inscriptions, hearts or other decorations.

Software for some coffee printers comes as standard. In others, it is paid and installed separately.

So, what do you need to do to decorate your coffee cup?

• Brew the drink according to the usual recipe. Naturally, with milk foam.
• Upload the desired picture or select from the database.
• Place the coffee cup in the device holder.
• Confirm the selection of the picture and click the “print” button.

Via a Wi-Fi connection, the image is transferred to the coffee printer and then transferred to the surface. “Drawing” occurs with the help of a special composition - coffee extract or food coloring is supplied from tiny holes. If we look for analogies with a real printer, the operating principle is reminiscent of inkjet printing.

Watch a short video that clearly shows the process of “painting” onto the surface of coffee.

The video shows a modern model. The cartridges contain food colorings that allow you to create full-color images.

Popular coffee printer models

Western manufacturers produce technologically sophisticated printer models equipped with many functions.

Ripple Maker

The device of the American company Ripple is an entire multimedia station capable of creating a personal section in the cloud for storing content. A whole staff of professional illustrators and designers work on the original drawings. Back in 2015, Ripples entered into an agreement with Lufthansa airlines to install printers in airport lounges, where they have enjoyed continued success.

The disadvantage of Ripple Maker is its high price and the need to subscribe to a monthly update service. In Russian cafes and restaurants you can often find cheaper models produced by Russian and Chinese manufacturers.

Ripple Maker

Cafe Maker

The Chinese printer is designed for printing on drinks with dense foam and small cakes. Connects to a computer via USB. The device operates in monochrome and color mode. Consumables – blue, yellow, red and brown pigments. Inside the sealed cartridges there is a sponge, which must be thoroughly moistened with dye using a regular syringe before use.

Prints images from its own database, as well as customer drawings and photographs. Works with containers not exceeding 18 cm in height; the diameter of the vessel is set manually in the application. Operating time is from ten to twenty seconds.

Cafe Maker

SelfiePrint

The Russian company produces advanced models capable of printing on drinks and baked goods using Wi-Fi technology. The device comes with a cartridge designed to create eight hundred drawings. Despite the higher cost of the device compared to Chinese printers, it has a number of advantages:

• one-year manufacturer's warranty;
• certified food colors;
• training, support and assistance with software integration.

Coffee printer: brands, models, manufacturers, price

Despite the novelty of the idea, there are offers on the market, and they allow you to choose a coffee printer to suit the needs of the establishment.

What coffee printer options can you choose based on your business needs?

• The number of cups that are printed at the same time. The most compact models work with one cup. They are bought by establishments with low traffic, mobile coffee shops.
• Number of flowers. Simple devices are printed in one color. Advanced coffee printers delight the eye with color pictures.

Our market sells products mainly of domestic and Chinese origin. Many of them are not even branded and are sold under the generic name "Coffee Printer". The situation is most likely caused by the availability of manufacturing technology.

What could we find in the current sale in the Russian Federation?

SelfiePrint

The coffee printer is produced by the Russian company of the same name. You can choose models for different numbers of cups. Provides full-color printing and works with different types of surfaces. The delivery set includes the device itself, a tablet, and a set of consumables for 5 thousand cups. The cost of a workplace is 120 thousand. The advantage is the serious approach of the manufacturer: warranty, service, support.

Where can I buy?

On the official website: selfieprint. RF

Ecoprint

We were unable to find information about who exactly the manufacturer is. But most likely this is Chinese equipment. There are models for one and several cups. The package includes a coffee printer, a tablet with software, and a supply of food coloring in four colors for 10 thousand designs. The cost starts from 100 thousand rubles, but we have seen promotional offers starting from 77 thousand.

Where can I buy?

On the official website: coffee-printer.rf

Ripple Maker

3D printer for printing drawings, produced by Steam CC (EU). Applies a coffee-colored image only. It has relatively compact dimensions. Works with one cup at a time. Can be used in mobile coffee shops, in transport and even at home. The cost is about 60 thousand rubles. You will have to pay separately for access to the software.

Where to buy in Russia?

There are no official dealers, but you can find out about delivery conditions on the website: https://www.coffeeripples.com

Buying a coffee printer is not a problem. There are enough offers, and for those who want to save money, there is Aliexpress, where the cost starts from 45 thousand rubles excluding delivery.

Coffee syndrome. Is the coffee shop market at risk of oversaturation?

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Vera Kheifetz

In St. Petersburg, there are now six coffee shops operating under the Stories brand: on Malaya Morskaya Street, Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street, on Nevsky Prospect, etc. The seventh location will open within a week on Aptekarskaya Embankment. There are currently three network points in Moscow. All establishments are owned by the founder.

In the future, the entrepreneur intends to develop the network as a franchise. In the near future, 15 chain establishments should open in St. Petersburg under the management of franchisees. Another 25 coffee shops of the Stories chain will be added to the Moscow market. According to the owners’ estimates, a total of 55 million rubles will be invested in expanding the network.

Why do you need a coffee printer?

In ordinary life, it is hardly necessary in a single kitchen. An expensive toy, nothing more.

For the coffee business it can become a full-fledged element of competitive advantage. Receiving a small surprise is pleasant for every guest of the establishment, and with a coffee printer, endless possibilities for creativity open up. Portraits of visitors, declarations of love, thematic drawings, and holiday symbols can attract the interest of guests and increase their loyalty.

Some manufacturers talk about increased revenue when using a coffee printer. For example, SelfiePrint publishes statistics about an increase in monthly revenue by 23% and an increase in traffic to establishments by 30% over two months of use.

However, people quickly lose interest in new products. Therefore, it is difficult to judge how successful an investment will be in the long term.

Among the obvious advantages of a coffee printer:

• differentiation from competitors,
• customer focus,
• "highlight" of the image.

Minuses:

• relatively high price,
• uncertainty of prospects,
• the need for additional costs for consumables.

What kind of coffee can you draw on?

For drawing, use strong, thick coffee - cappuccino or espresso, prepared according to all the rules in a coffee machine. A latte will also be suitable for this purpose, only in this case dark (for example, chocolate) patterns will be applied to the white background of the drink, rather than milk patterns on top of the dark-colored espresso. You can find latte coffee recipes in this article.

The instructions for beginning artists emphasize that the main component of success is good milk foam , which is used to apply the drawing. However, your own coffee foam is also extremely important - in a well-prepared drink, it lasts for a long time, giving the master the opportunity to create. Sometimes this foam is sprinkled with cocoa powder, and this adds additional beige shades to the traditional coffee color scheme. Information about the benefits and harms of cocoa powder can be found here. Read the following article to learn how to properly froth milk for cappuccino.

How to make drawings on coffee

Whatever drawing technique the master chooses, the first thing he does is prepare an invigorating, high-quality espresso or cappuccino in a coffee machine. The drink is poured into a cup or glass (as you like) and sprinkled with chocolate, cocoa powder or cinnamon on top. Thanks to these ingredients, the drawing will turn out to be especially interesting and expressive.

Then milk foam is prepared. Cream (30 percent fat content) or milk (fat content percentage of at least 3-3.5) is best suited for this purpose. The foam preparation technology involves the use of a chilled product , which is then heated to the required temperature and at the same time whipped under pressure.

The whipping process, according to experts, should not be too long, because its goal is to achieve a slight thickening of the product . To simplify the task, in addition to coffee machines, a special jug for milk (pitcher) is provided; use it like this:

• fill the pitcher with milk just below the base of its spout;
• the steam tap of the coffee machine is lowered into the pitcher so that the holes in the tip are a centimeter and a half below the milk level;
• the steam tap of the coffee machine is opened;
• the milk will increase in volume, therefore, in order to maintain a distance of one and a half centimeters, the tip of the tap will also need to be raised up, the duration of whipping in different coffee machines is from 5 to 15 seconds;
• the same amount of time will be required for the procedure called steaming milk - the tip is immersed deep into the pitcher, and 1-1.5 cm now separates it from the bottom, and not from the surface (the jug will have to be slightly tilted so that vortex processes occur in it more actively);
• in 5-15 minutes. the steam tap is closed, the milk at this point warms up to a temperature of 65-70 degrees;
• You can start drawing patterns on the coffee surface using the pitcher’s nose as a “pencil.”

For a beginner, this will be quite difficult to do, but experienced baristas are able to achieve the desired result in different ways:

• placing the pitcher at different heights from the cup (thus changing the strength of the jet);
• adjusting the speed of the jet;
• selecting various points on the coffee surface and directing the jet at them.

To apply patterns, various thin and sharp sticks such as toothpicks are used. They are lowered into the coffee to the required depth, and then lifted, grabbing a little coffee and bringing it to a snow-white surface, and a light dark touch, geometric lines, zigzags, ovals, flowers are applied to it.

To create original coffee pictures, a pastry syringe with a thin nozzle is also suitable; it is filled with liquid chocolate or thick syrup (caramel, strawberry, chocolate) and patterns are created directly on top of the milk foam.

If you don’t get the perfect picture, it’s better to start by mastering a simpler method of drawing - using a stencil, buying a ready-made one, or cutting it out yourself from cardboard. The stencils should be slightly wider in diameter than the cup or mug, but the design should not extend beyond its limits.

If you are making your own stencil, try not to make the slits too thick - this will make the image look more elegant. The stencil is placed over a cup, the surface of which is covered with milk foam, and grated chocolate, cinnamon, and ground nuts are poured onto it. On the dark surface of the espresso it will be interesting to look at an image made of powdered sugar - for example, a swan, a bunny, a deer.

How it works and types of devices

The operating principle of a food 3D printer is similar to a conventional inkjet printer. The only difference is that instead of simple ink cartridges, a food 3D printer uses food coloring cartridges. The device's memory allows you to store many recipes. To print the desired dish, you just need to select the saved recipe and press the button. After the dish is sent to print, the printer will begin to lay out the ingredients in layers on the work surface or directly on the plate. The printed dish can be sent to cool in the refrigerator or baked in the oven.

Kinds

Despite the fact that 3D food printing technology is the youngest in the field of 3D modeling, it is dynamically developing and improving in several directions at once. Food 3D printers have significant differences and are divided into several types:

• 3D food extrusion printer - this type of device extrudes edible mass layer by layer onto the working surface until the dish is completely formed. The operation of the printer is controlled by a computer, on which a three-dimensional model of the object and a recipe for the dish are located. The printer itself, like its inkjet counterparts, is designed very simply - it consists of a table and a print head. The head moves along three coordinate axes, and an extruder is placed inside it to heat the mixture. The extruder is the main element of extrusion-type printers. The printing ingredients are filled into a special syringe, which is placed in the print head. A significant disadvantage of this type of device is that the more complex the model is in composition and color, the more often you will have to stop printing and replace the syringe. Extrusion-type printers include Chokola 3D - the device allows you to work with chocolate and paste-like ingredients.

Note! The smaller the diameter of the nozzle through which the raw material is extruded, the more accurate, accurate and realistic the printed dish will be.

• 3D food printer of carousel type - despite the fact that the main working element of printers of this type is an extruder, such devices are called carousel because of the mechanism for feeding raw materials. A carousel 3D printer rotates a container with raw materials over the working surface, selecting the desired ingredient and squeezing out the dosage of the product specified in the recipe. Externally, the printer really resembles a kind of carousel - containers with products rotate in slow motion above the table. A carousel-type food 3D printer can store an almost unlimited number of recipes in its database, and no special skills are required to use it. All the user needs to do is simply press a button and start printing. The carousel printer independently doses the raw materials, alternately squeezing the food mixture out of the desired container. Depending on the device model, there can be from 4 to 16 containers. A signature product from Martha Stewarts Crafts, the Cricut Cake Carousel Printer will help you create original cookies or a holiday cake decoration. The owner of the printer just needs to press the start button - Cricut Cake will do the rest. The device comes with a large cookbook with ideas for creating real edible works of art.

Why is this necessary?

According to reviews from restaurant owners who have tried to use coffee printers in their work, revenue increases. This is achieved by increasing audience loyalty. Beautiful drawings surprise, delight and are remembered by the person who tasted this coffee.

A coffee printer is a good marketing investment. Yes, payback will not happen in a couple of days. But after a couple of months, wouldn’t it be great to have more satisfied customers?

What do you think? Let's discuss in the comments!