La Pavoni

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La Pavoni manufactured the world’s first espresso machine in 1905, and they continue to do so in the same Milan factory today. They've mastered the science behind pulling a perfect shot of espresso, so you can focus on the art of making it perfect for *you*. ---BUYERS GUIDE--- If you love espresso—as in, consider yourself a true connoisseur—then you may already know La Pavoni. They sold the world’s first espresso machine back in 1905, and with the 1961 invention of the La Pavoni Europiccola, the first espresso machine for domestic use. The manual lever machines we carry are the Europiccola, La Pavoni Professional Lusso, and the La Pavoni Esperto Abile and Esperto Edotto. We also carry three La Pavoni semi-professional machines. What is a lever coffee machine? A lever coffee machine, quite simply, uses a lever mechanism to pull a shot of espresso. In fact the verb ‘pull an espresso’ comes from the lever model. How it works is that to make coffee, you have to pull down a lever in order to send water through a ‘puck’ of tightly packed ground coffee beans. This motion helps facilitate the minimum nine bars of pressure required to extract coffee and make espresso. To learn about how to use a lever machine, read our comprehensive guide . Which La Pavoni espresso machine is best? There’s no such thing as the ‘best’ La Pavoni espresso machine—only the best La Pavoni espresso machine for you! Our favourite as a team is the La Pavoni Professional Lusso, which provides more feedback than the La Pavoni Europiccola, thanks to a pressure gauge on the boiler, but less than the La Pavoni Esperto Abile or Edotto, which has two pressure gauges: one on the boiler and one on the group head, which shows the pressure of your pull. With the single pressure gauge, the La Pavoni Professional Lusso provides just enough feedback to pull excellent shots of espresso. If you would like consistent-tasting shots of espresso, as opposed to espresso that, albeit excellent, may vary in taste, then th