Giotto Evoluzione R Espresso Machine

What is it?

The Baratza Vario is an all-purpose home coffee grinder with 54mm flat ceramic burrs. It has a digital timed dosing system, dual stepped adjustment, and a hands-free portafilter holder as well as a grounds bin.

Who is it for?

For the home coffee enthusiast who will never be satisfied with just one brewing method. You switch back and forth between espresso and drip coffee, mixing in a few other brew methods to keep things interesting. You need one grinder that can keep up with your wildly varying demands without skipping a beat, and while providing deliciously consistent results across the spectrum. No, you’re not asking too much.

Why do we carry it?

Before the Vario, a grinder that was truly adept at all-purpose coffee grinding, switching between espresso, drip coffee, and french press with ease, just didn’t exist. At all. Baratza’s unique perspective, being a coffee grinder company that almost exclusively caters to the home market, made that void glaringly obvious. Years after its release the Vario still dominates this category. Even if you were to grade the Vario solely on its merits as an espresso grinder, it would get high marks. Great consistency, easy to clean, low retention, and its ceramic burrs reducing mitigating heat. But it ranks just as high as a coffee grinder for any other purpose. The real question here is: how could we not carry it?

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What is it?

The Profitec T64 is a dedicated home espresso grinder with 64mm flat steel burrs. It uses a digital timed dosing system, stepless worm-drive adjustment, and has a hands-free portafilter holder.

Who is it for?

The T64 is for those who truly want cafe-quality espresso at home with a grinder that feels like it’s straight out of a cafe without the commercial footprint. The experience and feel of pulling your daily espresso are just as important as how that shot tastes. You want something that feels substantial and looks like a piece of mechanical art in your kitchen to add just that much more magic to your daily ritual.

Why do we carry it?

In terms of design, performance, and size the Profitec T64 offers a unique experience in the now burgeoning market of prosumer espresso grinders. Its casing and buttons are beautiful polished stainless steel. The timed dosing buttons have a satisfying weight to them, and the portafilter holder allows for easy hands-free grinding. With its 64mm burrs and large motor, it offers some of the smoothest espresso you can get at home. And hey, it’ll fit under your cabinets and take up minimal counter space. Across the board, the T64 continues to be one of our favorite home espresso grinders.

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Rattleware Round Handled Tamper

This Rattleware Tamper features a highly durable, impact resistant ABS handle. The round handle is the perfect shape and very comfortable in your hand.

If you have a LUCCA A53/A53 Mini or other La Spaziale machine, make sure to get the 53mm Tamper. If you have a LUCCA M58, or any other 58mm portafilter, make sure to get the 58mm Tamper.

Cafelat Frothing Pitcher

This is our flagship latte art pitcher for the cafe and enthusiast. The Cafelat Frothing Pitcher was designed by founder Paul Pratt over a number of years to incorporate and perfect all the features that help with achieving great milk texture and latte art pours. Comes in 0.3L - perfect for home users! 

Cafelat Knock Box and Corner Tamping Mat

Keep your countertops safe from gouges and your portafilter steady while you tamp with these rubber mats. Discard your puck in this durable knock box - it may be small, but it can comfortably hold 10 coffee pucks.

Bonavita Auto Tare Gram Scale

The Bonavita Auto Tare Gram Scale offers precise measurements with automatic taring, for everything from pour-overs to baking to measuring your espresso shots. The sleek design is not only easy on the eye, but is small enough to fit on most drip trays and also features unique nano-coating protection to prevent water damage.

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We encourage you to seek local expertise before deciding on a filtration or softening system. The composition of water and water pressure can vary so greatly from one location to another that you may require a different level of softening, filtration, or purification then our kits provide (ours is designed for hard water). Regardless of water quality, some type of filter is always required to keep solids out of the machine.  It includes everything needed to connect the cold water source under your sink to the braided line included with your espresso machine.

The cartridge in this kit is a Homeland filter. Homeland is a co-op of Holiday House Distributing and Omnipure Filter Company. This cartridge filters taste, odor, chlorine, lime scale, and particulates. Its service life is 1,700 grains or roughly 1,000 gallons with a flow rate of 2 gallons per minute(GPM).

To learn more about water and how it might affect your morning routine, check out The Importance of Water and Your Machine on our blog. 

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