La Marzocco has been on a collaboration sizzling streak for just a few years now. Whether or not it’s a tricked out Linea with Porsche or luxurious journey model RIMOWA or a customized cafe on wheels with bike producer Specialised or perhaps a chef’s knife of all issues (to say nothing of the extra purposeful collab with Mahlkönig, the Sync System), if the long-lasting Italian espresso machine maker is part of it, the result’s all the time covetous.

And so it’s that La Marzocco has returned with one other eye-popping collaboration. This time they’ve tapped trend label Aimé Leon Dore for a shocking new tackle the Linea Micra.

Aimé Leon Dore is not any stranger to espresso. At their flagship areas in Manhattan and London’s SoHo neighborhood, the upscale way of life model additionally runs Café Leon Dore, a Greek-inspired espresso store. Handcrafted at Officine Fratelli Bambi, La Marzocco’s Florence-based bespoke espresso machine studio, the brand new Micra comes adorned in Leon Dore’s signature colour palette. The forest inexperienced machine options brass accents—together with the Leon Dore brand on the steamwand and sizzling water knobs in addition to the Café Leon Dore script on the again of the machine—and touches of walnut wooden within the portafilter deal with, paddle, and paneling.

 

The general impact is that of a really high-end espresso machine, with a high-end price ticket in addition. The €9,900 ($11,000 USD) price ticket is over €7,000 than the common Micra, however it’s utterly constructed to order. It’s as a lot an announcement piece as it’s an espresso machine.

And whereas the Micra isn’t maybe suited to deal with the stress of a full-service cafe, each Café Leon Dore areas may have Linea Traditional machines mirroring the Micra’s design. La Marzocco and Aimé Leon Dore have additionally teamed up for a whole line of co-branded merchandise, together with hats, shirts, aprons, and mugs.

For extra info or to order your individual customized Aimé Leon Dore Linea Micra, go to La Marzocco’s official web site.

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Community and a employees author primarily based in Dallas. Learn extra Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.