Nuova Simonelli Appia Viva espresso machine and Viva Grinder on the HostMilano 2025 present in October. Day by day Espresso Information photograph by Nick Brown.

Italian espresso gear firm Nuova Simonelli launched a brand new era of its longstanding Appia line of business espresso machines, referred to as Appia Viva, alongside a companion espresso grinder referred to as the Viva Grinder.

Past the coordinated look of their colourful, contoured ABS shells, the 2 machines are constructed to speak through a wired connection by way of the model’s C-Automation expertise. The grinder can self-adjust to help shot consistency based mostly on shot circulation and timing.

Day by day Espresso Information photograph by Nick Brown.

“Nuova Simonelli believes that the easiest way to succeed in excellence is to extend simplicity and make user-friendly merchandise,” Claudio Cingolani, head of R&D for Nuova Simonelli mother or father firm Simonelli Group, informed Day by day Espresso Information through electronic mail. “Its constructive strategy has at all times pushed to enhance and research the easiest way to facilitate the barista in his job.”

The Viva Grinder is obtainable with both 65-millimeter or 75-millimeter flat burrs.

Day by day Espresso Information photograph by Nick Brown.

The Appia Viva espresso machine is available in two primary variations: the volumetric XT, which provides a touchscreen and a redesigned person interface, and the Customary mannequin, which retains issues easy. Each fashions are available 2-group and 3-group configurations, whereas the Customary mannequin additionally features a 1-group choice.

Nuova Simonelli first launched the underlying idea behind C-Automation within the Nuova Aurelia line, later formalizing it beneath the C-Automation identify. Within the new line, C-Automation is barely obtainable between the Appia Viva XT and the Viva Grinder. 

Day by day Espresso Information photograph by Nick Brown.

The XT mannequin additionally contains Simonelli Group’s Gentle Infusion System for automated pre-infusion, and it may be configured with the group’s E-Milk system for programmable steaming profiles.

Throughout the Appia Viva line, the corporate says insulated boilers and optimized hydraulics ship a 7% discount in vitality consumption in comparison with the Appia Life machines.

Nuova Simonelli first launched the brand new Appia lineup on the 2025 HostMilano expo in Italy (learn all of DCN’s HostMilano 2025 protection).

Day by day Espresso Information photograph by Nick Brown.

Pricing has not been introduced for the Appia Viva and the Viva Grinder. The corporate informed DCN the machines will probably be obtainable to prospects in america starting in 2027.

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