Maintenance Costs: From “Instruction Manual” to “Long-Term Investment”—The Real Ledger for Coffee Machine Buyers
I remember sitting down with the owner of Bangkok’s Bean There Café last year, staring at his profit-and-loss statement, and realizing the 3k espresso machine he’d bought to “save upfront costs” had cost him **12k in lost sales and repairs** in 6 months. His boiler leaked, he couldn’t find replacement seals locally, and the 2-week […]
