Melitta C5 BROCHURE

The coffee specialists for restaurants
and works canteens

Cafina coffee machines are in daily use in
thousands of restaurants, canteens and offices.
Thanks to innovation, high standards of quality,
efficient production procedures, careful final
testing and optimum customer support, Cafina
coffee machines are to be found all over the
world and more pleasure and budget-conscious
restaurant proprietors and coffee drinkers join
the circle of satisfied users every day.

Cafina AG, Römerstrasse 2, CH-5502 Hunzenschwil, Tel. [phone], Fax [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail], www.cafina.com

Cafina c5.

Cafina Coffee Design.

Cafina leaves nothing to chance and
the magnificent result can be seen
in the marbled foam and sensed in
the nose and on the palate. In years
of development and cooperation
with the best coffee producers,
Cafina has created a coffee making
marvel with many outstanding
features.

That is why thousands of restaurant
proprietors reserve a place for
Cafina quality. Take a little time off
and savour it yourself.

Cafina c5 – the wonderful world of coffee

Coffee conjures up scenes of exotic
countries, coffee pickers, the fresh
coffee harvest in jute sacks and the
irresistible fragrance and temptation
of hot coffee in exquisite china.
Coffee connoisseurs and bon vivants
spend hours discussing its merits and
who could possibly forget the sheer
enjoyment of ristretti or cappuccini
drunk in the atmosphere of an
Italian ristorante. Preparing coffee
properly, however, is a science and
not infrequently a guarded secret.
Over the years, Cafina has acquired
extensive knowledge of coffee and
its preparation and incorporated it to
best advantage in all its products.
This is obvious when one compares
the many different tastes and aromas.

Specialities à la carte

The new Cafina c5 coffee machine is
equipped with everything modern
caterers need: well-tried technology,
ergonomic simplicity, operating
convenience, an Automatic Coffee­quality System (ACS) and a wide
choice of coffee beverages, includ­ing the latest trendy coffee drinks
with milk. Cafina has responded to
the quickly changing fancies of its
customers by devising a modular
machine that can be added to as
necessary: the Cafina c5 – good
coffee is always in fashion.

The new Cafina c5 can be
programmed to dispense up to
20 different coffee beverages.
Restaurants and canteens can thus
offer their customers the widest
range of beverages from strong
ristretto and hot espresso to the
favourites coffee cream, foaming
milk cappuccino and simple coffee
with milk and also many other
programmable coffeespecialities.
Hot milk and tea water are also
dispensed.

The irresistible aroma produced
by Cafina coffee machines is without
doubt the best way to promote
business.

Cafina c5 – Cafina coffee design

While taste and price are important,
the Cafina c5 is also pleasing to the
eye. Form, colour and ergonomic
convenience are important aspects
of Cafina products and are the
elements on which ‘Cafina Coffee
Design’ is built. That quality and
technology go hand in hand with
advanced design and operator­friendliness is self-evident.
Te chnology and looks complement
each other harmoniously in catering.
That is the essence of Cafina’s
philosophy. Every Cafina product
should enhance the interior and
working atmosphere of every
catering establishment and enchant
the guests with coffee of exquisite
quality.

Technology – the best
guarantee for a prosperous
future

Te chnology will decide who is at
the top of the coffee business.
High quality can only be sustained
by developing ever more ingenious
electronic and mechanical solutions
such as a chip card system that
is easy to use and easy to maintain,
the latest keyboard technology,
the electronic Automatic Coffee­quality System (ACS), the piston
controled by the processor, the
Var iable Pressure System (VPS),
the high-precision grinder and an
automatic cleaning program.
It is also important to optimise the
mutual compatibility of the various
technologies and materials and
one must always keep an eye on
maximum coffee utilisation and the
impact on the environment.

Superior operating
convenience

Top priority was given to an operator­friendly layout of the controls.
The control panel is equipped with
the latest «click» push-buttons that
confirm their operation both tactilely
and audibly and also perform dual
functions. Large push-buttons,
an illuminated easily legible display,
simple handling of hot water and
steam outlets, well-designed drip
tray and coffee dregs drawer,
a coffee outlet with an adjustable
height and an efficient automatic
cleaning system are just some
of the outstanding features of the
new machine.

Cafina economics

Cafina combats the ongoing demand
for better cost-effectiveness with
innovative developments and more
efficient production techniques.
These efforts have culminated in
the Cafina c5 – a new generation of
coffee machines that achieves
highest coffee quality at lowest cost.

The advantages at a glance:

• Ultimate coffee pleasure

• Flexibility in application

• Convenient in use

•Environmentally friendly

•Reliable

• Cost-effective

Enjoy all these advantages in an
aromatic cup of Cafina coffee and
find inspiration for advancing your
coffee business.

Cafina c5 – Customised coffee
making

The Cafina c5 stands for innovative,
well-conceived solutions for
making coffee fully automatically,
guaranteed coffee quality, machine
reliability, service-friendliness
and a long trouble-free machine life.
Good coffee and satisfied customers
are the aim. Cafina, however,
is in search of more: perfection in
coffee making.

Automatic Coffeequality
System

The heart of the new machine is
the patented Automatic Coffee­quality System (ACS) that continu­ously supervises all parameters of
consequence such as grinding
fineness, coffee powder quantity,
infusion time and water temperature.
The ACS automatically corrects
any deviations from the set values
and thus guarantees maximum
coffee pleasure. Clear displays
inform the operator when the dregs
drawer is full or the coffee bean
hopper is empty.

The automatic convenience of the
comprehensive, efficient and time­saving cleaning program rounds off a
design that satisfies every wish.

The Cafina c5 has numerous safety
and self-supervision features.
The ACS monitors every conceivable
factor, supervises every possible
parameter to protect the machine,
maintain hygiene and ensure the
long-term quality of the coffee –
truly a coffee machine with the
highest standard of safety and
quality control.

Fully automatic coffee
making

To this end, Cafina has packed
all the advantages of a fully
automatic coffee machine into
a smaller space. The new
high-quality infusion mecha­nism in conjunction with the
patented Variable Pressure
System (VPS) enabled Cafina
to achieve its goals.
The compression during infu­sion is continuously variable
from 1 to 150 kp and can be set
individually for each beverage.
One machine is thus capable
of making the full range of
coffee beverages from a really
strong ristretto to the popular
coffee cream or a refreshing
jug of coffee.

Sensitive sensing

And that is not all. The VPS
sensors measure the compres­sion continuously during
the infusion process and detect
and signal any deviation in
milliseconds. The pressure is
then corrected much faster and
more precisely than it could
ever be achieved manually.
The automatic fine adjustment
functions for all the different
grades of coffee and grinding
fineness.

Finely tuned coffee design

The Cafina c5 is the ideal blend
of electronics and mechanics
to achieve fully automatic control
of quality and function.
Ideally matched components and
software applications with integrated
data and energy management
provide for smooth, reliable opera­tion which in turn contributes
to optimising costs and therefore
profitability.

High-precision grinder

The powerful and yet super-quiet
grinder is equipped with a heavy­duty grinding wheel that can be
reground when necessary.
The constancy of the grinding
fineness is electronically supervised.
An especially developed measuring
system ensures that the coffee
powder remains accurately dosed
even after many thousands of cups.

Piston system with
microprocessor control

The new piston system is fast,
accurate and gets the maximum out
of the coffee powder. Water and
coffee powder quantities and the
compression (VPS) are programmed
individually and perfectly gauged
to suit the blend of coffee.
The new piston operating principle
with synchronous drive and
electronic pressure measurement
achieves optimum infusion.

Cafina micro-sieve

The ultra-fineness of the micro-sieve
means that the coffee beans can be
ground finer than ever before and
excellent coffee can be infused from
an absolute minimum amount of
coffee powder.

Pre-infusion

Espresso and ristretto will only be
strong if the coffee is pre-infused,
i.e. the coffee powder is moistened
before the infusion process proper
starts. This causes the coffee to swell
slightly and release its full aroma.

Bypass

The bypass technique ensures that
bitter ingredients are extracted from
the coffee when dispensing large
portions and the true aroma remains
strong and pleasant.

Heating system

The Cafina c5 is equipped with a fully
insulated, low-energy hot water and
steam system that provides water at a
consistently high temperature from
the instant the first espresso is
poured.
When drawing hot water, a special
mixer maintains the temperature
constant and prevents hissing steam
and splashing. Hot water pours
almost silently and steam output is
smooth and continuously variable.

ACS: Automatic Coffeequality System
VPS: Variable Pressure System

250

450

250

600

450

680

c5-1

Coffee outlet 1
Cups of coffee per hour

Coffee cream 170 / 200
Espresso 250 / 250

Width/height/depth 450/680/600
Connections

Standard supply 1N AC 230 V / 10 A
On request 1N AC 230 V / 16 A
Rated power 2,3 / 3,4 kW
Water 3/8“ 2–4 bar
Water drain 2“

c5-1W

Coffee outlet 1
Hot water outlet 1
Cups of coffee per hour

Coffee cream 170 / 200
Espresso 250 / 250
Hot water 20 / 30 litre

Width/height/depth 450/680/600
Connections

Standard supply 1N AC 230 V / 10 A
On request 1N AC 230 V / 16 A
Rated power 2,3 / 3,4 kW
Water 3/8“ 2–4 bar
Water drain 2“

c5-12W

Coffee outlet 1
Hot water outlet 1
Cups of coffee per hour

Coffee cream 200
Espresso 250
Hot water 40 litre

Width/height/depth 450/680/600
Connections

Standard supply 3N AC 400 V / 16 A
Rated power 7,4 kW
Water 3/8“ 2–4 bar
Water drain 2“

All rights reserved with respect to technical changes

c5-1C

Coffee outlet 1
Hot water outlet 1
Steam outlet 1
Cups of coffee per hour

Coffee cream 200 / 170
Espresso 250 / 250
Hot water 30 / 20 litre

Width/height/depth 450/680/600
Connections

Standard supply 3N AC 400 V / 16 A
On request 1N AC 230 V / 16 A
Rated power 6,0 / 3,6 kW
Water 3/8“ 2–4 bar
Water drain 2“

c5-1C IF

Coffee outlet 1
Hot water outlet 1
Steam outlet 1
Milk outlet 1
Cups of coffee per hour

Coffee cream 200
Espresso 250
Cappuccino 200
Hot water 30 litre

Width/height/depth 450/722/600
Connections

Standard supply 3N AC 400 V / 16 A
Rated power 6,1 kW
Water 3/8“ 2–4 bar
Water drain 2“

c5-12C

Coffee outlet 1
Hot water outlet 1
Steam outlet 1
Cups of coffee per hour

Coffee cream 200
Espresso 250
Hot water 40 litre

Width/height/depth 450/680/600
Connections

Standard supply 3N AC 400 V / 16 A
Rated power 7,4 kW
Water 3/8“ 2–4 bar
Water drain 2“

1 CW Cup warmer cabinet

Capacity approx. 100 cups
Width/height/depth 250/680/600
Connections

Standard supply 1N AC 230 V
Rated power 0,15 kW

c5-1C EF c5-12C EF

Coffee outlet
Hot water outlet
Steam outlet
Milk outlet
Cups of coffee per hour

Coffee cream
Espresso
Cappuccino
Hot water

Width/height/depth
Connections

Standard supply
Rated power
Water
Water drain

1
1
1
1

200
250
200

30 litre 40 litre

700/680/600

3N AC 400 V / 16 A

6,1 kW / 7,5 kW

3/8“ 2–4 bar

2“

Independent expertise confirming
the high hygienic standard of the
milk foamer system on the Cafina c5.

The outstanding features
of the Cafina c5

Te chnology makes the difference.
Cafina’s entire know-how and
experience of catering and the
development and construction of
coffee machines has gone into the
c5 series of machines. Cafina is
familiar with the needs of progres­sive catering managers and while
developing tomorrow’s technology,
already included what they will be
looking for the day after.
This philosophy influenced the
operator-friendliness of the Cafina
c5 generation. An innovative
ergonomic control and display panel
enables the operator to «communi­cate» with the Cafina c5 and guides
him through the many useful
functions it provides. A function
button is used in conjunction with
the buttons for selecting beverages
and quantity to switch between the
control levels.

The latest chip card
technology

Maintaining consistently high coffee
quality on this high-tech machine is
made easy by a user and mainten­ance-friendly chip card system and
the electronic Automatic Coffee­quality System (ACS). Every Cafina
c5 is equipped with a chip card
interface that performs the internal
data management functions.
Different chip cards for the operator,
manager and service technician
provide access to the respective
functions.

Decaffeinated coffee

A chute is provided which enables
every programmed coffee beverage
to be made with a different blend
of coffee.

Hot water or steam

Hot water can be dispensed in
individual quantities, while the
steam output can be continuously
regulated.

Refill the coffee bean
hoppers

The level of the coffee beans in the
hoppers is continuously monitored.
If one of them is empty, the corre­sponding hopper, 1 or 2, is indicated
on the display. When this appears,
refill the hopper, cancel the signal
and carry on.

Coffee dregs drawer

The dregs drawer is also monitored
and gives advance and final warning
that the drawer needs emptying.

Cleaning and switching off

To ensure a high standard of
hygiene, the Cafina c5 has an auto­matic pre-configured cleaning
program. Operation of the cleaning
program is signalled on the display.
When it is over, the machine is either
switched off or to the energy-saving
standby mode.

Just insert your card in the
Cafina c5:
The user card switches the

machine on and initiates the
automatic cleaning program when
switching off.
The manager card performs
the same functions plus special
functions needed by the manager.
A memory and an engineer card
enable the Cafina service techni­cians to service the machine quickly
and efficiently.

Controls for navigating
through the man/machine
interface (MMI)

The manager card gives access to
those functions necessary
to program the operation of the
machine and the beverage settings.
The corresponding instructions and
information appear on the display:
– Start cleaning program
– Set water, coffee powder and

milk quantities

– Change output times for hot

water and steam

– Initiate the cash register system

and set the prices

– Set time and date

Dispensing coffee

‘Select beverage’ appears on the
display. Press the button for the
desired beverage. The beverage you
have selected appears on the display
and the coffee is dispensed.
A speciality is the ‘double click’ dual
function which enables two cups of
coffee to be selected at the same
time. It is indicated on the display.

Simplicity itself and it’s fast

Once the right coffee blend and
degree of roasting have been
determined, the rest is a matter of
proper grinding, dosing the coffee
powder, precisely controlling the
water quantity and temperature and
the compression for the particular
beverage (VPS), making provision
for the coffee powder to swell during
pre-infusion and accurately timing
the pressing of the water through the
coffee powder. Cafina has mastered
all these functions so that it is only
necessary to press a button to obtain
every beverage with exactly the same
quality every time. Whether a bar,
restaurant, self-service canteen or
haute cuisine, the machine has to be
simple and practical to use and be
able to cope with peak periods.

The height of the coffee outlet is
adjustable and it can also be tipped
to accommodate the various sizes of
cups and jugs.

The drip tray is functional and
guides the cups into the correct
position.

Cafina c5 – Handling natural
products

Combined coffee/milk outlet

By combining coffee and milk
outlets, a beverage with milk can
be dispensed without having to
move the cup. This makes it easier
to use the machine and shortens
dispensing time.

Milk beverages served at
the push of a button

The Cafina milk foamer puts that
finishing touch at the press of a
button on cappuccino, milk coffee
or simply hot milk. The milk foam is
compact, firm and homogeneous –
an absolute joy and really Italian.

Fully automatic cleaning
program for coffee and
milk systems

Cafina’s famous fully automatic
cleaning program cleans coffee and
milk systems quickly and thoroughly
and then sterilises them for
maximum safety. It maintains the
highest standards of hygiene
as confirmed by an independent
expertise (HACCP).

Cafina c5 – the new milk
handling generation

Milk is a natural food, it’s healthy
and trendy – even in coffee.
The Cafina c5 series includes two
alternative milk versions:
– the integrated solution – a unique

completely new design with a self­cleaning cold milk storage unit

– the external solution with a

generously sized high­performance ancillary unit.

The user can choose the solution
that best suits his circumstances.

Cafina c5 – milk foamer with
natural advantages:

–Proper cool storage keeps the

milk fresh and wholesome longer

– Simply dispensed at the press of

a button

– Dosed steam heating to preserve

nutritious value

–Automatic sterilisation ensures

absolute hygiene
– Combined coffee/milk outlet
–Automatic cleaning of coffee and

milk systems
–Low purchase price and

maintenance costs

Cold milk storage

For reasons of quality and hygiene,
the milk in both versions is kept
cool and then heated gently in the
especially developed steam heater
and outlet unit. This heating system
achieves the shortest heating time
without diminishing quality.

The integrated solution

The version with integrated cold
milk storage unit has a capacity
of 1.5 litres and is suitable for small
to medium-size catering facilities.
The entire system is accommodated
in the main Cafina c5 housing.

The external solution

In this case, an ancillary compressor
refrigerator of matching c5 design
is added. It has capacity for 5 litres of
milk which is adequate for large
catering facilities.

Ancillaries for higher coffee
performance

Second grinder

A second grinder offers a choice of
coffee blend and inspires new coffee
creations.

Self-service

Large clearly labelled push-buttons
for the various beverages and a
large display are ideal for use by the
public in self-service restaurants.
Cafina can also supply a ‘Turbo
optimiser’ to increase throughput.

Dregs container

The Cafina c5 is prepared for
the connection of an external coffee
dregs container where correspond­ing quantities are produced.

Cup heating cabinet

Space for stacking more than 100
cups of different sizes is provided on
three shelves. The cups are kept at
the ideal temperature for serving
hot beverages. The subsequent
addition of the cup heating cabinet
to an existing machine is simple and
requires only little time.

Trolley/stand

With its freshwater tank and waste
water level monitor, the trolley
makes coffee mobile and indepen­dent. A stand with a fixed connection
to the water supply is also available.

Pay systems

Coffee can be paid for using either
coins, tokens, credit cards or code
keys. An interface is provided for
connecting propriety cash register
and on-line systems.

Extra large coffee bean
hopper

This ancillary is suitable for
large caterers with a high coffee
requirement.

Corporate identity

The Cafina c5 can be supplied in the
appropriate colour to match corpo­rate colours or building interior.
The RAL range provides an
adequately wide choice.

Side coffee outlet

Provision is made on the side of
the Cafina c5 for fitting an outlet for
filling thermos flasks.

Coffee and milk in one

The Cafina c5 series of coffee
machines includes two types of milk
foamer, a compact 1.5-litre version
for integration in the machine and a
larger high-performance 5-litre
version as ancillary unit.
Both have cooling units for storing
the milk at the ideal temperature and
automatic cleaning systems.

Quality service for quality coffee
wherever you are worldwide

Quality organisation

Coffee consulting

As a leading manufacturer of cater­ing coffee machines, Cafina offers
professional consulting, including
analysis of requirement and the
proposal of solutions that take
account of clientele structure and
kind of catering facility.
Profitability and customer focus
offer chances that should be seized.
Professional advice from our
specialists always pays off.
Experience gained from cooperating
with thousands of customers
provides a solid basis for a compe­tent proposal.

Financing models

Wide knowledge of running Cafina
coffee machines in catering,
how their operation has to be
assessed for an investment or busi­ness plan and the various financing
models provides the basis for decid­ing how best to finance the
lucrative coffee business.

Customer support

Every Cafina c5 coffee machine is
installed and programmed according
to the customer’s wishes and
subsequently carefully maintained.
A close-meshed network of service
centres is ready to respond quickly.
The well-equipped mobile work­shops are quickly on the spot and
guarantee high operational avail­ability of every Cafina coffee
machine. The result is long machine
life and satisfied coffee drinkers.