“Imagine that I’ve just been to my favourite café.
The best part, Brett says, is the ability to create recipes and share them with friends at home or colleagues in a professional setting to replicate using an iPhone or Android with Bluetooth capabilities. Via the app, users can set the temperature, pre wet the coffee, program the steam pressure and hot water volume, and see extraction time. To control the extraction, the E1 Prima has an interface to display shot time, but Victoria Arduino has also created a mobile app to fully engage with “the magic” of an extraction. It maintains high pressure levels to allow a greater dry and saturated steam production with an elevated power/speed ratio to reach a superior cup quality. This steam-by-wire system is electronically controlled through new and improved ergonomic levers. Because it’s separated from the NEO technology, users can extract espressos and steam milk without losing power at either end. The technology proved to be so compact that it is easily adapted into the E1 Prima without compromise because only the required water for extraction is heated.Īs such, the E1 Prima features a small stainless-steel boiler. NEO technology was first developed for Victoria Arduino’s Eagle One commercial espresso machine.
It incorporates Victoria Arduino’s New Engine Optimization (NEO) technology that represents a new approach to heating water for coffee extraction. The E1 Prima offers a sustainable alternative that considers the machine’s environmental impact in terms of energy and economic savings. It can be plugged straight into a wall with an in-built water tank or plumbed water supply both available in the one unit. The 10-amp machine is SAA Approvals certified, the highest certification standard in Australia for domestic machines. They may already have an Eagle One in the field and could be guaranteed the same experience on the one-group Prima back in the roastery.”Īlready, Victoria Arduino Australia distributor Espresso Mechanics has 50 units of the E1 Prima coming into Australia by the end of January, in matte black, white and steel. “A roaster needs a precise machine to profile their roasts. The Prima is a high-end single group machine that’s suited to anyone wanting to extract the best from their coffee at home, in a restaurant, an office, a coffee cart, or roastery,” he says. “I think interest in domestic models is set to continue. In a year that saw more people working from home, the retail market advance, and home barista needs excel to another level, Brett says the machine’s launch was perfect timing. The E1 Prima one-group espresso machine made its global debut on 18 September, with an online video that, at time of print, was watched by more than 20,000 people. My wife Nat doesn’t want it moved from the benchtop, and neither do I.” I’ve made lots of coffee for family and friends on it, and not one person left saying it wasn’t good.
It produces the type of quality you’d expect in a café. “The thing I love most is that this machine’s performance is identical to a professional Eagle One two- or three-group. “I am currently the only one in the country with the Victoria Arduino E1 Prima sitting on my kitchen bench, and I’m never looking back,” Brett says. The Victoria Arduino E1 Prima has a compact size and high-end functionality make it more than just a domestic machine for coffee professionals or enthusiasts.Īfter 30 years working in the Australian coffee industry, Victoria Arduino Australian Sales Manager Brett Dedman is proud to admit the new E1 Prima has cured him of something he’s never been shy to admit – his craving for instant coffee.