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Wine for the Soul

May 3, 2024

By Arturo Rubio

With April approaching, nothing can beat a terrific spring day like friends, fun, and wine, whether you are a fan of enjoying a beach vacation during spring break or just having that special someone over for dinner on a warm night. One important component of any great party is the sounds. Music, much like a glass of Central Valley Zinfandel, feeds the soul as much as it feeds the body. But what kind of playlist should you choose? What style of music gives the feeling of a drive down the California coastline? I come with a personal recommendation that will be a hit in any situation. Check out two musical genres called Yacht Rock and Rosé Wave. Introduced around 2020, they give the feeling of soft summer days lying on a yacht approaching Catalina Island, even if you’re grilling in your own backyard. After reading, check out SC Beverage for more beverage guides.

What Is Yacht Rock?

These genres are a subclass of soft rock, a style of music meant to invoke a velvet energy that is perfect for long days playing on the sandy coast. Much like a stone at sea, the melodic nature of soft rock is like waves of the ocean smoothing out the rough edges of Hard Rock. Producing light rock music is perfect for partying but with a Cali twist. For a nostalgic sound of the 70’s and 80’s, nothing can beat Yachts Rock. Classic soft rock from two decades that gave us great music that can be listened to over and over again. Imagine sipping a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc with its bright green flavors to Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald, or a glass of Napa Valley Chardonnay with its sun-bathed grapes and citrus-infused taste as you dance to Carly Simon and Dionne Warwick. Whatever your personal tastes are, I recommend getting your favorite bottle of Los Angeles Pinot Grigio and sipping an ice-cold glass of wine. Cooling down with light and fruity flavors and listening to TOTO’s IV, an album made for the days in April.

What Is Rosé Wave?

Where Yacht Rock takes you to the past, Rosé Wave is more centered on contemporary music. As the name suggests, a bottle of Rosé, the French word for pink, and a few great songs are all that is needed for a great time. A sparkling wine, Rosé is made by either letting the skin of the grape soak long enough to give the wine its traditional pink coloring or adding a splash of red wine to the batch for a bold or fruity flavor. The traditional and beloved color of the brilliant wine loved by those on the coast. Some would call it a lifestyle or a mindset instead of just a musical cousin to the already popular Soft Rock. Rosé Wave, like the drink, is to be enjoyed at the beachside, dressed in your most comfortable clothes and usually feasting on fresh seafood that day.

The Rosé Wave Playlist

On the Rosé Wave playlist, you’ll hear a grouping of artists and songs ranging from Beyoncé (Break My Soul) to Harry Styles (Watermelon Sugar), Carly Rae Jepsen (Cut To The Feeling), Adele (Rolling In The Deep), and Ed Sheeran (Shape Of You).

With the right music, your home can be a coastal paradise whether you’re landlocked and surrounded by desert sands in Las Vegas, Nevada, lakeside on the rocky shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, or as far away from the summer sun as anyone could be in Anchorage, Alaska. These songs can transport you where the sun never stop shining and the wine is always flowing.

Find Your Right Mix

These amazing branches of music are so popular you can find hundreds of verities, mixes, and albums all created for you to enjoy on Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music ready for your next party.

Alternative titles:

Sounds in a Bottle
Sand, Sounds and Vino
La Dolce Vino
The Drinkable Ocean

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Top 3 Benefits of a Commercial Juicer

October 6, 2023

Anyone running a food and beverage-based business knows that having the best equipment can guarantee the highest-quality items – as well as incredible customer satisfaction. If you serve juice at your location, then you probably have at least one commercial juicer to work with. They can provide tons of healthy and flavorful drink options to your customers while being fairly low maintenance and easy to handle. A lot of our customers still worry if it is worth having a commercial-grade juice machine, however. Below, we cover the top 3 benefits of commercial juicer.

Top 3 Benefits of a Commercial Juicer

Our SC Beverage pros know that there are some amazing benefits to having an industrial-grade juicer as a part of your business. From ease of cleaning to stellar production value, your business is sure to boom when you get your hands on a commercial-grade juicing device. Today, we want to show you the top 3 benefits of a commercial juicer that you won’t want to go without. Feel free to reach out to our experts online for more commercial juicer tips!

Add More Flavor Options

A better juicer means more advanced options to present to your patrons. Whether you are into making smoothies or you want to squeeze fresh fruits to make the best juice for customers on the spot, you can do a lot with a commercial juicing machine. If you have been into a restaurant and noticed their advanced soda machines with hundreds of flavors to choose from using a digital screen, then you might have an inkling of the endless benefits that can come from a juicer. This is also a great machine to have for unique and freshly-made cocktails!

Maintain Cost-Effectiveness

The number one reason why many customers are hesitant to obtain new industrial-grade juicers is that they worry about the expenses of maintaining such a machine. However, there are a wide range of commercial juicers at a wide variety of prices, which can help restaurant owners feel a bit better about the price tag. In fact, some commercial juicers are sold for less than $700, making them almost as affordable as retail items. Other juicers may come with a higher cost but guarantee to last for many years without the need for expensive repairs.

Clean-Up is Easy!

Commercial juicers don’t just come with the machine itself. But they are also set up to provide you with instructions on how to clean them. Manufacturers will recommend that you keep your juicers at the highest of hygiene standards at all times. This is a great way to avoid contamination and to keep your customers happy and healthy.

Maintenance is easy to achieve on your own. Aand should be done many times per day. But professionals can also assist you with more complex repair needs. Commercial juicers may require part replacement and complete descaling before and after use. If you’re unsure about the best way to clean your juicer, you can read an online manual or get in touch with our commercial beverage experts.

Browse Commercial-Grade Juicers Today

SC Beverage is your local beverage equipment supplier, offering top-notch equipment and repair services to restaurant owners around the region. Are you:

opening a bar
supplying a new restaurant
or creating the next hottest juice shop in your town?

Then you can greatly benefit from having a commercial-grade juicer in your facility. Browse our selection of juice equipment to explore the latest technological advancements in juicing technology. If you are looking for a reliable manufacturer to serve all of your beverage supply needs, look no further. SC Beverage offers everything from juice dispensers to fresh juice squeezers to satisfy even the most niche of businesses.

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How to Clean a Commercial Juicer

March 24, 2023

If you are running a corner coffee shop, a healthy smoothie stand, a cool cafe, or any kind of food service location that serves juice, odds are that you have at least one heavy-duty juicer on site. If you are new to the world of commercial beverage systems and machines, then you might be a little afraid to start using it to its full potential. Let’s see how to clean a commercial juicer.

How to Clean a Commercial Juicer

It is important that you make good use of the equipment that you invest so much of your time and money in. As long as you know how to properly use and maintain it, you should have no problem providing delicious juice for your returning patrons. Today, our SC Beverage pros will show you how to clean a commercial juicer quickly and effectively.

Get the Best Cleaning Equipment

To give your juicer the best clean, you need to be investing in the best products. Many commercial juicers come with a list of recommended cleaning products and tools that will effectively clean every inch of the machine. If you use your juicer on a daily basis, it is important that you get your hands on cleaning supplies that will help you exceed hygiene standards in your area.

Always Read the Manual

Your equipment will come with an instruction manual or even a short guidebook to help you navigate your new machinery. Whether or not you have cleaned a commercial juicer before, it is a good idea to read the manual thoroughly before attempting to clean it on your own.

More often than not, our SC Beverage pros have seen one of our clients try to come up with their own cleaning methods for their machines, and it always ends up causing unnecessary damage over time. In the event that your machine did not come with a manual, you should at least look at some legitimate online cleaning guides before attempting to scale the machine yourself.

Clean It Out Multiple Times Per Day

If you own a commercial juicer, you are probably using it all day, every day. One popular feature in restaurants nowadays is the ability to let customers juice their own beverages. This can cause the machine to get messy pretty fast, so you need to keep up with the fast pace of your restaurant by cleaning it out once every 4 or 5 hours. It might seem like a minor inconvenience to shut the juicer down for a few minutes, but this will keep it running smoothly and for much longer periods of time without any issues.

Implement Cleaning Procedures

In order to ensure that your commercial juicer and all of your other high-usage equipment get cleaned on the regular, you can incorporate some new tasks into your process and procedures. Make sure that all employees end up trained to properly use and clean the juicer before you put that machine to work. A lot of managers have solid cleaning practices for other parts of the facility. That includes the floors and the dishes. However, machinery tends to end up neglected. It is used just as often as everything else, so it is important to maintain it daily.

Learn More With SC Beverage Today

We offer a wide selection of industry-grade restaurant machines and appliances, including commercial juice equipment designed for daily use. Have you recently gotten your hands on a juicer? But you don’t feel sure how to thoroughly clean it? Then keep an eye out for the equipment manual. You can also contact any one of us at SC Beverage and we will help you clean your professional juicing products.

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How to Juice a Healthy Way

September 28, 2022

Juicing can be a great tool for improving your daily nutrition and gut health, but it really only works if you know what you’re doing or follow the instructions of someone who does. Without proper guidance, juicing is more likely to spike your sugar intake without a requisite improvement in your daily intake of vitamins and minerals. Let’s see how to juice a healthy way.

How to Juice a Healthy Way

To help improve the nutritional aspects of your juicing journey, let’s look at some of the top tips for creating healthy juice blends.

Don’t Skimp on the Veggies

The best juices include a healthy dose of a variety of vegetables. While leafy greens may not provide the juice volume you need for more than a shot glass, there are plenty of vegetables that will provide plenty of juice and nutrients.

Carrots, zucchini, cucumbers, and celery are all great options for including more vegetables in your juice without overpowering the flavor profile.

Include Seeds

You should never put seeds through your juicer, but that doesn’t mean you can’t mix them in afterward. Adding in a tablespoon of chia seeds and some flax seed is a great way to boost your omega-3s for the day with little to no effort.

Keep in mind that chia seeds do become gelatinous when exposed to liquid, so your juice may be a little more like a smoothie if you let it sit or blend it. This is normal, but can be unpleasant if you aren’t expecting it.

In addition to seeds, you can add a teaspoon of grated ginger or nutrient-dense spices to your smoothie for an extra kick. Things like matcha, turmeric, and cinnamon all have awesome health benefits that you can easily blend into your daily juice.

Use Strong Fruit Flavors

The biggest mistake people make with juicing is relying too heavily on fruit. Fruit is an excellent source of essential vitamins, but it’s also naturally high in sugar. Fruit sugars play their role in your diet, but a big glass of pure fruit juice can be too much.

By choosing strongly flavored fruits like citrus, dark berries, and some variety of apples, you can easily cover the flavor of everything else in your juice without surpassing your sugar goals for the day first thing in the morning.

If you’re struggling to get the balance right, experiment with your commercial grade juice machine. Gradually add my pre-made fruit juice to your vegetable juice medley until the flavor is to your liking. Keep track of the ratio for future juices.

Opt for a Morning Juice

Drinking juice on an empty stomach helps to improve absorption and primes your digestive system for the day. While you can certainly still choose to have your daily juice in the afternoon, it’s always best to drink it while it’s fresh.

Again, if you don’t have time to make juice fresh each morning, something is better than nothing. However, it may not be as potent after being refrigerated.

Add a Good Protein Source

Adding a healthy protein source to your morning juice is a great way to provide yourself with fuel first thing. Powdered essential amino acids or powdered pea proteins are both great options, but they aren’t the only way.

There are a ton of different protein sources that can be easily added to your morning juice. Just keep in mind that many marketed protein powders contain excessive calories and additives that could undermine the nutritional balance of your juice.

Applying Juicing Tips to a Commercial Setting

If you’re looking to build up a juice bar offering at your restaurant or cafe, then all of these tips are essential to offering your customers the best possible product. To learn more about how you can maximize the use of your Southern California beverage systems, contact Southern California Beverage today.

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How to Clean Juice Equipment

December 29, 2021

three types of juice from clean juice equipment

Restaurant juice equipment isn’t the easiest to clean. There are so many little nooks and crannies where bits of pulp can hide. However, you cannot afford to slip up when it comes to maintaining proper restaurant hygiene and customer safety. That is why it is so important to have an established cleaning guide that follows a scientifically supported schedule.

How to Clean Juice Equipment

Every establishment’s cleaning guide will look a little different depending on the normal flow of customers. Ideally, the most thorough cleaning will occur during slow or closed hours. With that said, the frequency and steps involved in your cleaning schedule should look about the same if you’re going to ensure that your equipment is safe for your customers. Here are some tips on how to establish a cleaning schedule that works.

Use Separate Juicers

Whenever possible limit each piece of restaurant juice equipment to one product. Having separate machines for each of your primary ingredients will reduce the need to wash in between drinks, as the risk of cross-contamination is essentially eliminated. You may keep one juicer for your less common ingredients. This machine will need to be washed in between each drink.

Washing Between Drinks

If you’re processing more than one ingredient in a given machine, then you will need to wash the primary pieces in between each drink. For traditional juice equipment, a quick scrub with soap and water followed by a thorough rinse is fine. For juice equipment that processes whole fruits and vegetables, you will need to use a nylon bristle brush to remove pulp from the basket and blades. Other machines that are only used for a single ingredient should be washed in the same way every few hours to prevent the growth of bacteria.

Wash Produce First

For restaurants using whole fruits and vegetables, it is important to thoroughly wash produce prior to juicing. Check with your local government body to learn more on the approved washing methods for the produce you regularly use.

Thorough Daily Washing

Owners should thoroughly wash juice equipment after closing each day. This typically includes soaking any spouts or tubs in warm water and soap prior to sanitization and rinsing. This process is designed to ensure that your equipment is squeaky clean at the end of every day, preventing bacteria from growing overnight. As a bonus, it means you get to start each day fresh.

Weekly System Flushes

Small, individual juicers don’t usually have water or syrup lines. However, the professional equipment provided by SC Beverage Company will have these extra lines in most cases. Healthcode guidelines can vary by area, but the typical rule is that these lines should be flushed once per week. The process for flushing these lines is fairly simple, just time-consuming. However, the process will vary depending on the manufacturer, so check with your user guide to ensure it is done properly.

Maintaining Standards

Maintaining a clean and safe restaurant is not easy. It is a constant, uphill battle that never ends. Therefore, it is vitally important to start with a cleaning schedule that keeps you on top of the most pressing items on a day-to-day basis. Remember that you can always make small adjustments to account for changes in traffic, but you will need to establish those changes with your employees to make sure that your restaurant never suffers from poor hygiene.

For further advice regarding equipment maintenance and regular cleaning schedules, talk to your representative at SC Beverage Company. They will be able to provide targeted advice that’s specific to your business and your equipment.

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