For coffee drinkers
Why You Should Ask to See the Coffee Certificate Before You Order
You would not step into a lift that has not been safety-tested. Why do you stand inches from a boiling steam tank that might not have been?
Just drinking the coffee? Ask to see the certificate. One question, and you will know how the place is run.
£265
what compliance costs the café
48 hrs
from visit to certificate
10 L
typical boiler under pressure
What is actually true
The fear is real.
So are the numbers.
An ad that overstates the risk is worthless, because the first engineer who reads it stops believing the rest. These are the facts behind the headline — nothing added for effect.
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A Written Scheme of Examination is a legal document. It names the vessel, the protective devices and the examination interval.
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The engineer who signs it is a competent person under regulation 9. Their name is on the report.
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If a café cannot produce one, that is a question worth asking out loud.
You are not being difficult. You are the only person in that queue who has thought about it.
Ask the question
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PSSR.uk is a booking network. We connect coffee businesses with independent, CoffeeSafe-registered engineers; the engineer who attends carries out and certifies the examination in their own right. Prices shown are + VAT and are agreed before anyone travels.