Coffee Bar Organization
Counters arranged around the order of a morning: what each job needs within reach, and what the published sizes say will stand where.
A mug tree trades counter width for height and a wall rack trades holes for counter. What the tree and the rack each state, why one of them is a category rather than a product, and why no load rating appears anywhere on this page.
Mug Storage: The Tree, the Rack and the Shelf
The wall above a coffee counter can take the mugs, the filters and the beans and give the counter its depth back. What goes up, in what order, what the listings state, and the three figures nobody publishes.
The Wall Above the Counter: The Rack, the Shelf and the Hooks
Two people making coffee in the same five minutes are not short of space, they are queuing for one grinder. Two lanes built from published widths, why the deep one is the kettle's, and the one figure on the counter that is in dispute.
Two People, One Counter: A Station for the Same Five Minutes of the Morning
A tray turns a scatter of coffee things into a station by drawing a boundary around them. Size it from what it holds: a knock box and a pour-over cone kit side by side need at least 303 millimetres of width and 160 of depth, before the gaps you want between them.
The Tray: The Landing Zone a Coffee Corner Needs
Under a wall cabinet, the Gaggia Classic Pro and the Stilosa fill their tanks in place, per their manuals, while both Bambinos lift the tank out of the top. The machine and the grinder that suit a corner under a cabinet.
Reaching a Machine's Water Tank and Hopper Under a Cabinet
