The coffee catalogue
Coffee gear
Brewers, grinders, accessories and roasters: what each one does, what it costs and what to use instead.
Espresso coffee maker
Water to 9 bars of pressure through fine and pressed coffee. Here are the machine types, from the lever to the double boiler.
€150–3500Lamp espresso
Hand-made espresso: you, or a pier, generate the pressure with a lever. A lot of control and no bomb.
€150–1500Espresso of a boiler
A single boiler for coffee and steam, one behind the other. The classic entrance door to the serious espresso at home.
€400–900Thermoblock espresso
Heat the water by passing through a metal block: ready at a time and affordable. The usual in domestic machines.
€150–600Espresso with heat exchanger
A steam boiler with a tube that heats the water from the coffee as it passes. Coffee and milk at the same time, ideal if you make many coffees with milk.
€900–2000Double boiler espresso
Two independent boilers, one for coffee and one for steam, with temperature under control. The most precise domestic machine.
€1200–3500Superautomatic coffee maker
It grabs, doses, press and extracts when pressing a button. Total comfort with coffee in grain, in exchange for control and some taste.
€300–2000Capsule coffee maker
Coffee dosed into capsules that the machine perfuses and extracts. Quick and clean, but face by cup and with a lot of waste.
€80–300Portable espresso
Hand and compact equipment, type Picopresso or Flair, that reach the pressure of the espresso without electricity. To travel or to begin.
€130–350
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