Our coffee grinder's motor gave out during the morning rush yesterday, so we had to hand-grind three pounds of beans with the backup manual mill.

Has anyone else had a major piece of equipment fail at the absolute worst possible time, and what was your quick fix?

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Watched our main espresso machine give up its ghost right before a Saturday morning wedding rush. We had two little home machines we use for staff coffee, so we lined them up on the bar like a sad, slow firing squad. Took about twenty minutes per drink, and I'm pretty sure we killed the goodwill of everyone who ordered a latte.

patharris2d ago

Try explaining to a packed house that the ice machine just died and their water will be warm.