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On the streets of the United States, you can see office workers holding coffee in their hands everywhere.

A wave of high-end coffee machines, I fell in love with the first one...

1.

Entry Level

Poursteady

(Automatic hand-pour coffee machine)

Quantum Coffee

455 Granville St, Vancouver, BC

Earlier this year, Quantum Coffee from Toronto opened a store on Granville Street in Vancouver. Many people who entered the store noticed this "little guy" next to the common espresso machine.

Just like independent coffee shops usually have a hand-poured coffee bar (for customers who like to drink black coffee with different beans), the only difference here is that the hand-poured coffee is replaced by a machine. Its name is Poursteady, which can brew five cups of black coffee at a time, and the water column stability time is also well controlled. No matter which cup, the output is very stable.

The barista only needs to set up the utensils, and it will operate itself with a few buttons. This saves a lot of time, and in fact, the barista's own skills are not so high. The industry has mixed opinions on this. After all, for the third wave of handmade coffee, it is the kind of warm operation and years of training that are the so-called "people-oriented". If you like to try new things, you can order a cup of hand-poured coffee (Pour Over) to see how it works.

2.

Advanced

"Steampunk"

Alpha Dominche

(Automatic siphon pot)

Cha Le Tea Cafe

1207 Hamilton St, Vancouver, BC

The "Steampunk" produced by the American Alpha Dominche company is also a machine that improves the traditional hand-brewed coffee industry. Its principle is the same as that of the siphon pot that became popular because of Starbucks. It injects water through pressure and then passes through the small holes between different containers to successfully realize the process of pouring into the cup.

In the past, the production of siphon coffee still relied a lot on the experience of the barista. With the "Steam Poncho", only a few buttons are needed, which can save a lot of labor, because the whole process will be replaced by a machine. The sophisticated design naturally has a high price. Each instrument is priced at more than $15,000, so it is still mostly purchased for commercial use.

Because of its good performance, this machine is now available in many tea bars besides coffee shops. Imagine the exquisite aesthetics of traditional tea ceremony, but now it is replaced by a metal machine . I don’t know whether this is good or bad. Anyway, Cha Le Tea in Yaletown uses it to make tea. They not only sell black tea and green tea, but also oolong and puer tea. Change the space and environment and drink a different tea.

3.

Advanced

Under Counter

Modbar

(Built-in coffee machine)

Propaganda Coffee

209 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC

When you first go to Propaganda, you will notice the mysterious device on the table, especially the small tube that can be pulled freely, like an IV tube. This machine is Modbar's built-in coffee machine Under Counter, and the technical support for the espresso machine itself is provided by La Marzoccco, a widely used brand on the market.

Modbar designed the heavy machine to be hidden under the table, which not only left more space for the coffee table, but also allowed customers to clearly see the coffee making process. It is said that Modbar spent ten years developing this solution that can improve hand-brew and espresso machines.

In Vancouver, Propaganda is also the first coffee shop to introduce this machine. If you want to try this different kind of coffee, you only need to order a cup of black coffee in the store.

4.

Professional

Seraphim Brewer

(Semi-automatic hand-pour coffee machine)

Revolver

325 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC

If you have been to Revolver, the most popular independent coffee shop in Vancouver since October this year, you may have noticed this guy who looks like a desk lamp. The Los Angeles company spent three years making a semi-automatic hand-pour machine.

Why is it called semi-automatic? Because although it has achieved automation in the final water injection process, it also retains many professional barista skills . For example, on the interactive operation screen next to it, the barista can adjust the water injection frequency, water volume and other small details according to his or her preferences. This section is also called the "recipe application" step.

With this machine, the efficiency of baristas has been improved, because the pouring time of hand brewing is often considered to be the most patient and slow process. Now you only need to set your preferences and the machine will do it for you. Revolver has gained a lot of new attention since it attracted attention. If you are in Gastown, you can also go and try their latest bean brands and "semi" hand brewed coffee.

5.

Antique

Belle Epoque

(Vintage espresso machine)

Finch's Market

501 E Georgia St, Vancouver, BC

The period from the late 1880s to the early 1890s to the First World War was called the Golden Age. The stability of life brought about a variety of inventions. They were not only precisely made, but also had a distinct "sense of ritual" in appearance. This is also what is now called the "steampunk" era in science fiction. Many people assume that if this trend had become mainstream, we would probably be living in an era that always retains a retro aesthetic but is very advanced inside.

Even though it didn't really happen, there are still many interesting "experiments" preserved. The Belle Epoque coffee machine is the best product to pay tribute to that era. The machine is designed in a dome shape, with hand-polished details, a complex design inside, and a four-jet steam nozzle, which can make the milk foam smoother. It can be said to be the best coffee machine that perfectly presents the steampunk style.

This coffee machine is also known as a top-level luxury model, and its price of $20,000+ makes it internationally famous. If you are curious about what kind of coffee this seemingly bulky baby makes, remember to go to Finch's Market to take a look. Of course, if you are also a steampunk fan, you will be excited just by looking at its appearance.

In the late 19th century, Europe still loved steam power, but it was not easy to make a pressurized coffee machine that could brew and drink almost instantly. Explosions were a common occurrence under high pressure. Among the predecessors of the Italian coffee machine, the earliest model was patented in 1878 by a German named Gustav Kessel. Kessel's machine used steam pressure to force water through a small layer of coffee, and even produced a stream of steam at the end to dry the coffee powder and make it easier to remove. In theory, this machine could produce a single serving of coffee quickly and efficiently, but there was a big problem: it was impossible to implement.

It took another six years before a device similar to Caesar's design was actually built, although it could only be designed based on an old patent. In 1884, Italian entrepreneur Angelo Moriondo demonstrated a new steam prototype for economical and fast brewing of coffee at the Turin International Exposition. It worked by using steam to force water through a layer of coffee.

Moriondo’s machine, however, was a more professional bar-top unit and was undoubtedly the earliest known machine to control steam and water in two separate boilers, a feature of the modern espresso machine. Despite this, it was not able to produce the single-serve espresso we know as coffee. It would take another two years for the first commercially produced single-serve machine to be solved. It was the collaboration of Luigi Bezzera and Desiderio Pavoni that made espresso a reality.

It all started with Bezerra, who designed the Double-Head Extra Large Machine, which was the first to use a portafilter. In addition, the machine was controlled by a lever and could be connected to different brewing heads. The only drawback was that it had to be heated over an open flame. Bezerra succeeded in building his machine, but like many other inventors, he lacked the marketing skills to sell his invention.

In 1903, Pavoni came on the scene. It is said that he immediately saw the potential of the machine, so he paid 10,000 lire to Bezzera to buy his patent, and the two began to cooperate. Moreover, Pavoni was not just a simple businessman. He made two changes to Bezzera's original design. One was a pressure reducing valve to divert part of the steam away from the barista; more importantly, a steam wand was added to effectively utilize the machine's accumulated resources and transform them into an effective tool for heating milk. The two of them called this machine - Ideale. The Ideale brews very quickly, but like other steam-powered machines, it can only produce a pressure of 1.5 Pa. This pressure does not reach the concentration of modern Italian coffee.

Over the next four decades, the situation changed dramatically until the advent of coffee master Pierre Teresio Arduino. Arduino developed his own espresso machine around the same time as Bezzera and Pavoni, but his contribution to coffee was more about popularizing espresso than improving the machine. Arduino tried to use a piston controlled by a mechanical bolt to generate more pressure.

Giovanni Achille Gaggia had his epiphany while developing a spring-piston mechanism that solved the mechanical problems associated with bolts. He came up with the idea of ​​using a manually pulled lever to compress a spring, and when the lever was released, the strong tension in the spring would cause it to expand, pushing the piston downward, which in turn pushed the hot water through a layer of finely ground coffee.

In 1947, Gaggia made a working prototype, which was the first machine that could be regarded as the espresso machine of today. The most important point is that it operated at a higher pressure than any previous machine, which could produce a more viscous, thick and greasy coffee liquid. In addition, a layer of brown fat, that is, coffee crema, would be produced on the surface of the coffee.

6.

Customized

SLAYER

(Espresso Machine)

33 Acres

15 W 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC

The coffee machine of craft beer brewery 33 Acres (15 W 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC) is also very famous. It is a customized SLAYER espresso machine. From the handle to the material, it is a customized design . The final cost of this machine is more than $30,000. It seems that 33 Acres really spent a lot of money on making coffee.

Slayer is committed to creating a new extraction method. They add a needle valve to the brewing head of a traditional espresso machine, which can control the water flow rate and allow the machine to slowly distribute water under conditions of changing water flow.

The difference between the Slayer and espresso machines is that the Slayer has a pre-soaking process, a slow, flow-limited "infusion" phase; this allows for an ideal balance of flavors.

Source: Food and Technology

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