Crane Coti 2

The front of the machine. The original Coti had a 21.5-inch touchscreen; the Coti 2 has a redesigned door with a 27-inch portrait HD touchscreen, built-in 4G connectivity and a layout that is easier to clean, refill and service. The platform behind the door carries over: the same footprint, the same brewers and the same ingredient capacities. Crane also sells the new door as a retrofit, so an existing Coti can be brought up to date without replacing the whole machine.

The Coti 2 Lite is the streamlined version and suits a single coffee point that simply needs to make excellent drinks. The connected Coti 2 adds remote control of menus, prices and screen content, plus promotions and loyalty on select models, which pays off when you run several machines or want to market through the screen. The Coti 2 Tower is a taller retail unit with a built-in cup and stirrer station, designed for retail outlets and 24-hour areas. All three make the same drinks. We will recommend one at the survey.

Two things in practice. First, menu breadth: the screen comfortably surfaces a richer drinks menu without sub-menus, including custom names and modifiers. Second, promotional content: the screen rotates branded content, daily specials or location-specific messaging when idle, which matters for hotel and customer-facing sites. For high-traffic public sites, both earn their keep.

The machine stores and drops its own paper cups: up to 630 at 7oz, 570 at 9oz or 420 at 12oz. That means the coffee point never relies on someone keeping cup stocks topped up. Ingredient hoppers (3.5kg of beans, 2.5kg of milk, up to 5.8kg of chocolate) are sized generously but will need refilling before the cups run out on a milk-heavy menu, so we plan the service cadence around your actual drinks mix.

Same cabinet, same install footprint, same power and water requirements, and the same cup and ingredient capacities. The differentiator is the interface: a 27-inch HD touchscreen with built-in connectivity on the Coti 2, versus direct-selection buttons with a 5-inch colour display on the Cali 2. Pick the Coti 2 when the screen is doing real work (promotion, menu breadth, a public-facing experience). Pick the Cali 2 for steady office or hotel staff use where the screen would be over-spec.

Different propositions at the high end. The Coffetek Vitro X5 is a high-volume bean-to-cup with optional filter brewer and dual grinders, focused on cup quality at scale. The Franke A Line A800 is the premium Swiss flagship with triple boiler and parallel dispensing for absolute peak-throughput sites. The Crane Coti 2's strength is the 27-inch screen for a customer-facing experience, plus self-contained cup handling. We help you decide based on whether peak throughput, premium cup quality or the customer-facing screen is the priority.

Yes, on the connected Coti 2. Menus, prices and screen content can be managed remotely over the machine's built-in 4G connection, and select models add promotions, loyalty and dynamic pricing through the VendLive platform. For multi-site estates this is meaningful: a single update reaches every machine without a site visit. The Coti 2 Lite is the simpler option where that is not needed.

Floor-standing placement against a wall, plumbed cold mains water, and a standard 13-amp 230V supply. Standard install timelines are 2 to 3 weeks once specified and ordered. Service includes quarterly preventative maintenance covering descale, grinder calibration and wear-part replacement.