Case Study

Diageo – Dalwhinnie Distillery

Supporting a well-known Highland visitor destination with a practical coffee solution using a Gaggia La Solare, alongside supply of Black Heather Solasta coffee beans and Caffia Decaf beans.

Location Dalwhinnie, Scottish Highlands
Installed machine Gaggia La Solare
Coffee supply Solasta & Decaf beans
Environment Visitor-facing hospitality space
Coffee machine installation at Diageo Dalwhinnie Distillery
Gaggia coffee machine at Dalwhinnie Distillery
Coffee set-up at Dalwhinnie Distillery visitor space

A coffee machine solution for a remote Highland distillery site

This project at Dalwhinnie Distillery reflects the kind of installation where site context matters as much as the machine itself. Located in the Scottish Highlands and operating as a recognised visitor destination, the site needed a coffee set-up that would work reliably in a customer-facing hospitality environment.

We installed a Gaggia La Solare at Dalwhinnie, providing a dependable bean-to-cup solution suited to the pace and style of service. Alongside the machine, the site takes our Black Heather Solasta beans and Caffia Decaf, ensuring a consistent drinks offer across both regular and decaffeinated options.

For locations like this, the right choice is not just about serving coffee. It is about choosing equipment and products that suit the pace of service, the standard of presentation and the practical realities of an important visitor-facing environment.

From La Solare to newer generation models

The Gaggia La Solare has been a reliable solution for hospitality and visitor environments, offering freshly ground coffee with straightforward operation and consistent results.

This model has now been succeeded by newer machines such as the Gaggia G500 PrimeMilk, which builds on this with improved milk capability and a more premium drinks menu.

For customers considering a bean-to-cup coffee machine, this reflects how coffee solutions evolve over time — maintaining reliability while improving the overall customer experience.

Gaggia coffee machine installation at Dalwhinnie Distillery
In visitor-facing hospitality spaces, the right coffee machine needs to do more than produce drinks. It has to support the setting, the service flow and the overall experience people remember.

A better fit for hospitality, visitors and day-to-day ease

The Gaggia coffee machine range is well suited to businesses that want freshly ground coffee, consistent results and straightforward operation. For a site like Dalwhinnie Distillery, those qualities are especially important, as the machine needs to work well in a setting where guests expect quality but the team also needs a practical, dependable setup.

With the combination of reliable equipment and quality coffee from our Black Heather range, the site is able to deliver a consistent and well-rounded drinks offer to visitors, including a decaffeinated option through Caffia Decaf beans.

For customers looking at commercial coffee machines for distilleries, visitor attractions, hotels and other hospitality environments, this is a good example of choosing a solution that balances quality, usability and environment.

A dependable coffee offer for a well-known Highland destination

This Dalwhinnie project shows how the right coffee setup is about more than just the machine. It is the combination of reliable equipment, carefully chosen coffee beans and ongoing support that creates a dependable day-to-day solution.

With the Gaggia La Solare and ongoing supply of Black Heather Solasta and Caffia Decaf beans, the site is equipped to deliver a coffee experience that complements its wider visitor offering.

For venues such as distilleries, visitor attractions and remote Scottish hospitality sites, the right machine needs to combine practical performance with a drinks quality that suits the wider customer experience. Newer options such as the Gaggia G500 PrimeMilk show how this type of solution continues to evolve for modern hospitality settings.