Four options for you:
1. Buy an Aeropress. Remain a snob. Enjoy good coffee. Alone.
2. Look at the rental options as there are companies which supply the higher end machines who are willing to put them out on service contracts/rental arrangements - still unlikely to be cost effective for a small office though
3. Lower your sights, look at one of those Delonghi or Saeco automated bean to cup machines instead of a high end automated or semi-automatic machine - also most staff will find it easier to use an easy push button thing instead of pulling proper shots and steaming their milk. If I'm not mistaken you can pick those machines up for between R3500 to R7000. Dion's got a Delonghi for R6900 on sale - probably others that are also pretty decent.
4. Speak to the powers that be and pitch it as an incentive based on xyz deliverable/project. We did that at my previous company - told the team if they make us Rxxx extra on a certain building project, we'll give them their coffee machine. Worked and done!
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