Passion unites in China

High-quality coffee beans meet high-end fully automatic machines for perfect coffee enjoyment. Melitta Professional has been cooperating with Coffee Commune in Shanghai since 2022. The company specializes in the entire coffee process from bean to cup. Coffee Commune's mission is to help Yunnan coffee farmers produce high-quality coffees that are recognized in the world market and in China itself.

As part of the partnership, coffee masterclasses have been held since September 2022, covering a wide range of topics and providing coffee professionals with information and knowledge from the industry. The course is open to baristas, roasters, coffee shop operators and other experts from various areas of the coffee industry. During this course, the Melitta Cafina XT8, among others, will be used.

"The XT8 has amazing things to offer," reports Coffee Commmune founder Eric Baden. "With the machine here in the store, the team can continue to develop at any time and internalize the know-how of the high-end fully automatic machine in order to make optimal use of all functions." According to Baden, the special feature of the XT8 lies in all the technical details that have gone into the development to prepare coffees reliably and at the touch of a button in a quality that a barista in top form with a lot of manual work on the portafilter can offer.

Thanks to the consistent best quality in the cup, Coffee Commune reaches discerning customers who are looking for the first-class enjoyment of a coffee speciality.

However, Coffee Commune is not only targeting its own businesses, but also wants to equip other cafés with high quality and address other areas in the out-of-home market, such as hotels, restaurants and work & office. The challenge is to reconcile cost efficiency and quality for the different requirements of the various industries and to meet the individual needs of the markets.

In collaboration with Melitta Professional, Coffee Commune is able to develop solutions that fit each of these industries. Thus, in addition to Yunnan Farmer, coffee beans coffee machines and the related technical service can be offered by Melitta Professional, which match the high quality of the bean, achieve a first-class overall result and ultimately provide what the customer is looking for in terms of a complete experience.