The Munaco Shotbrewer. All photos courtesy of Munaco.

German espresso tools startup Munaco not too long ago launched the Shotbrewer, a compact single-group espresso machine with a minimal footprint.

Occupying roughly the identical quantity of countertop area as business methods like Modbar or Mavam, the Shotbrewer is designed for both mild skilled or high-end residence use.

By means of a round touchscreen atop the 58-millimeter group housing, customers can program the stress, temperature and period of every espresso extraction.

The wifi-enabled machine heats up in about seven minutes, in response to the corporate, and requires a plumbed water connection to repeatedly refill the PID-controlled brew boiler. Set up suggestions name for energy and water cords to be invisibly run via a gap lower within the counter beneath the machine.

“My ardour for specialty espresso has pushed me to develop each side of the machine with out compromise to attain perfection,” Munaco Founder and Designer Ignaz Neuhäuser, based mostly in Munich, instructed Day by day Espresso Information.

Beforehand a designer of lighting merchandise, Neuhäuser began designing the Shotbrewer roughly 5 years in the past. On the time, Neuhäuser was available in the market for an espresso machine befitting the trendy environments for which he designed lighting.

“I used to be stunned to search out no options that seamlessly built-in into a contemporary, minimalistic kitchen,” stated Neuhäuser. “All gadgets had virtually the identical design. This realization sparked the imaginative and prescient to develop such a machine myself. I wished to create a machine that customers would get pleasure from each throughout extraction and all through on a regular basis they spend within the kitchen.”

Contained in the Shotbrewer’s aluminum housing are a chrome steel boiler and grouphead. The customized portafilter’s twin spout options an angular design and is detachable for bottomless extractions. The machine doesn’t have a steam wand — therefore the identify Shotbrewer — though it may heat cups on one aspect of the bottom.

The corporate launched the Shotbrewer in September of final 12 months following 4 years of improvement. Earlier this 12 months, the machine obtained an iF Design Gold Award.

The machine is being bought solely in Europe, for €5,900 ($6,438 as of this writing).

“Sooner or later, we plan to ship to the USA, as this market could be very fascinating for espresso lovers,” Neuhäuser stated, including that he’s at present engaged on extra options and software program enhancements.

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