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What do you need to make great espresso? Tightly regulated temperature and pressure. We approached it as an engineering problem, not a coffee problem. It started to look like we could do a better job for less. We could, however, buy a bunch of (very) used espresso machines off of Craigslist, tear them apart, see what made them tick, then Frankenstein them back together to try to make one that worked better. We were college students we loved espresso but we couldn’t afford a $1000+ home machine that would make truly good, reliable espresso. And that’s what really got us thinking about the problem. Huge commercial machines have been refined to provide more temperature stability and pressure consistency, but home machines never really caught up despite a growing community of at-home espresso lovers and increases in our knowledge of what you need to make good espresso.Įven without major modifications in design, home machines that make solid espresso are really expensive.

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It’s first important to know that there’s been very little advancement in the way of manual and semi-automatic espresso machines-especially in home machines-since the first pump-driven E61 machine was introduced in 1961. Where do these differences lie, and what makes these important? Home espresso machines in that price range are hopeless. If that does not help, have the machine looked at. 1st thing I would do is to clean the machine with a 'descaler' it should help with the water heating system and the pressure. I understand the Nocturn to be distinctly different from most other home espresso machines. I assume, if it is working like my machine, that the water is being re-heated for a next shot. The ZPM team were happy to answer some questions I had for them, and ended up telling me a very compelling story, which I’d like to share with you.ġ. Following their webby approach to design and engagement, their startup-mentality, and the ultimate goal of bring professional-grade espresso home, the Nocturn sits soundly on the girders of my writing interests. When a friend sent me a link to their Kickstarter project, I quickly joined the-now immense-throng of backers.

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I’m geeky enough to know what a PID controller is, and why that’s something £5k+ professional machines tend to have under their shiny bonnets.

ZPM‘s Gleb Polyakov and Igor Zamlinsky introduced me to Kickstarter through their Nocturn espresso machine.