Ristretto sets up nine coffee bars for ‘Real Radio’ launch
Ristretto, the UK’s premiere event coffee specialist, was recently able to staff and supply nine coffee bars in nine separate London locations for a one day radio launch at virtually no notice.
The PR company NDL had arranged another coffee company to provide coffee bars for their event – who unfortunately let them down at the last minute. Ristretto were contacted on Wednesday afternoon for an event that was going live first thing on Monday morning.
“At the time of the request, the event was a matter of days away, and we had a large number of our own espresso machines and grinders in mainland Europe for events – leaving us several machines and grinders short“ noted Ristretto’s managing director, Joseph O’Hara.
“It was clearly time to call in some friends. Luckily we have great relationships with La Spaziale UK and London School of Coffee, and within a few short calls we were able to source the equipment we needed.
“The logistics on the day were complicated, as you can imagine. Some difficulties were encountered with access to sites, but we were able to overcome these problems to provide a seamless service.
“All the clients were wowed with the taste of the coffee and some amazing latte art.”
Lauren Beer of NDL, who contracted Ristretto to provide the coffee service, noted:
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for everything – you have been truly brilliant and absolutely saved our bacon at the eleventh hour! I honestly don’t know how we could have done it without you – the bars all looked fantastic and the baristas were all brilliant at their jobs. I really can’t thank you enough.”
Joe O’Hara concluded: “We were very happy with how the event worked out –challenges presented by events like this certainly help to keep us on our game.”
