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Coffee Shop POS System

A coffee shop lives on speed and regulars. POSolid rings up every flat white in seconds and remembers who keeps coming back.

Your point of sale on any device

Built around how you actually work

✓ A full POS on the phone or tablet you already own.
✓ Drinks with sizes, milk options, and syrups a barista taps in seconds.
✓ A short food menu alongside your drinks, on the same screen.
✓ Cash and card with a fast receipt and no fumbling.
✓ Busy-hour and best-seller reports to prep and staff the peak.
✓ Loyalty cards — every tenth coffee free — to keep regulars loyal.

How to use POSolid

1

Set up drinks and sizes

Add your drinks with sizes, milk options, and syrups, plus a short food menu — a barista taps any order in seconds.

2

Serve the rush

Take and charge each order in a couple of taps, keeping the morning line moving when every minute is packed.

3

Take fast payment

Cash or card with a quick receipt — the customer is seated or on their way in seconds.

4

Know your regulars

See which drinks and hours are busiest so you prep and staff for the real peak.

Full setup guide

Everything you need to launch: what to buy, how the tablet, printers and internet connect, which settings to turn on, and our recommendations for every size of crew.

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What you can improve

Reward regulars

Add a loyalty card so your regulars choose your shop over the chain down the street.

Pre-order by QR

Let guests order ahead by QR, then take payment and hand over the cup at the counter.

Prep for the peak

Use hourly sales to have cups, milk, and staff ready before the morning wave hits.

Roster around the rush

Build the week against the hours that actually take money, and clock people in and out, so the morning wave is covered without paying for a quiet afternoon.

What should a coffee shop POS system do?

If you are comparing systems rather than looking for a particular one, these are the six things a counter-led coffee shop needs from one.

✓ Ring a drink in seconds, with the size and the milk on the item rather than typed in as a note.
✓ Price a size, an alternative milk and an extra shot correctly without the barista doing arithmetic.
✓ Carry a short food menu on the same screen as the drinks, so a pastry is not a second transaction.
✓ Take payment fast enough that the queue keeps moving at the worst ten minutes of the day.
✓ Remember the regulars — a loyalty card is what a chain has and an independent usually does not.
✓ Show the hours that are genuinely busy, so prep and staffing follow the real peak rather than the remembered one.

The rest of the system

Every part named above is a module of the same platform — the plans build on each other, and the 14-day trial opens all of them.

Coffee Shop POS Questions.

What should a coffee shop POS system include?

Drinks with sizes and options priced on the item, a short food menu beside them, checkout fast enough for a morning queue, loyalty for regulars, and hourly sales so you prep for the real peak. Anything that adds taps at the counter is working against you.

Can I set sizes, milk options and syrups?

Yes. Sizes are variants with their own prices; milks, syrups and extra shots are modifiers, grouped so a group can be required — pick a size — or optional, and single or multiple choice. The price follows the choice instead of being adjusted by hand.

Is it fast enough for the morning rush?

A regular order is a few taps: the drink, its size, its options, then payment. Nothing has to be typed, and nothing has to be looked up. Several devices run at once on the same live data, so a second till at the counter is a spare tablet rather than a purchase.

Can guests order ahead?

Yes. A QR code opens a menu that reads your live catalogue — current prices, current availability — in whichever languages you enable, and guests can send an order from it. It earns its keep at the times the queue is long enough that someone would otherwise walk past.

Can I run a loyalty scheme for regulars?

Yes. Loyalty and discount cards are built in, applied at the till before the check is closed, and can be tied to a customer record so you can see who your regulars are rather than only recognising a face.

Will it tell me when my peak actually is?

Yes. Sales break down by hour and by item, so you can see which part of the morning really carries the day and which drinks move with it — which is what you need to order milk and roster baristas against something other than a guess.

Other business types

POSolid is set up differently for each kind of venue. Here is how it works for the others.

Ready to serve in minutes?

POSolid runs on any device you already own — no hardware, no setup fees. Start your 14-day free trial and take orders today.

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