An XLVI 2-group espresso machine. All pictures courtesy of XLVI.
As espresso tools corporations emerge from a 12 months of misplaced product launches and public advertising occasions, one firm to observe on the specialty espresso tools scene is the Italian producer XLVI.
Based mostly within the Adriatic seaside metropolis of Rimini and providing modern expertise with customizable machine designs, the corporate is anticipating its espresso machines and associated tools to succeed in North American shores later in 2021 after distribution plans for 2020 have been dashed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
XLVI’s aesthetically customizable multi-group, multi-boiler espresso machines supply particular person group water temperature and volumetric controls, and can be found both with basic E61 or saturated group heads, but in addition they supply plenty of extra uncommon options.
The XLVI 55 Volante mannequin espresso machine
On the 55 Volante mannequin, steam wands function timers and built-in temperature probes for monitoring milk temperature. For the corporate’s skilled Steamhammer machines and for its prosumer dual-boiler, single-group STH9, an elective filter espresso module entails an inner potentiometer…
