Rental coffee equipment is easy because there is little investment upfront. Depending on your coffee machine, you can rent it for a few hundred a month or less. Compared to owning many high-end espresso machines that can cost you over $10,000 this is a much cheaper option. Most of the time routine service is part of the rental agreement, which leaves you stress free of the worries of your machine failing on you. If something breaks, usually you’re not stuck with the bill to repair the cost.

However, stress free does come with a cost. Many coffee distributors or coffee roasters will use the term “free equipment” with the purchase of their beans. DO YOU REALLY THINK IT’S FREE? Everything has a cost, it just comes down to where you are paying for it. You are paying for the coffee by a higher price per pound or you are paying for a low-quality, cheaper coffee bean to supplement the cost of the equipment. Remember those days of cell phone contracts? Free phones from companies that would also lock you in for a long-term contract? Some coffee distributors will do this too. At Banyan Coffee we have zero contracts because we believe the coffee is the true contract. If you love our coffee, you will not leave us. We would rather bind your relationship with coffee and service and not a pen and paper contract.