Incomplete list of Gravity-fed lever machines - Page 5

[Paul]

Hi Timo and others interested in these small fellows.

Here is a rarissima example for your list:

http://tinyurl.com/y7b4w9

[hbuchtel]

Hi Timo and others interested in these small fellows.

Here is a rarissima example for your list:

http://tinyurl.com/y7b4w9

Nice one! Never seen it before, any idea of the year(s) of production? (not 1825 presumedly )

The water level on the side is a nice touch. Did you see the wall-mounted Faema by the same seller?

Henry

[Paul]

Not sure of date. I guess it is '60s.

A friend of mine identified the wall mounted faema as a 'velox'. It shares its group with later urania, president and lambro models. Nice behind a bar I guess.

[missionhb]

Hi All,

After Arrarex definively disappeared, It seems the Arrarex "Little" was rescucitated for some months/years by Zerowatt that was selling this model late 1978.
This machine presents a classical Arrarex design: open boiler, "hollow piston", dry heating element (attached to boiler but separated from water by inox encasing), and thermostat (not adjustable, though).



Cheers,
F

[hbuchtel]

Wow, you say the Little was manufactured by Zerowatt? Do you know any more about Zerowatt's espresso machine making days? I own the Zerowatt ca310 (1980) pictured in the beginning of this thread and I was trying for a while to find out more about the machine and the company... do you know anything else about them?

"happytamper," one of the members here owns an Arrarex Little, is the one in the picture yours?

Henry

[hbuchtel]

I forgot to post this- a while ago Julius G. sent me these photos of the "mystery machine" from the first page, it turns out to be a Zerowatt (model #?) produced in 1954.




Regards, Henry

[missionhb]

Hi Henry,

I suspect is that your 1980 Zerowatt was the result of this company taking over the MiniGaggia (much similar to spanish MiniMoka and Arin) and making some mods to accommodate steaming.
Before you posted the images of Julius G., the only thing I knew about Zerowatt was that they were producing this ugly machine in the 60's:

Best,
François

[missionhb]

I forgott: yes, the Zerowatt "Little" I showed is mine (and makes great ristrettos).
Cheers,
F

[missionhb]

A weird Neowatt manual lever machine. The sight glass is retroilluminated by a 10W bulb hidden in the machine body.
Cheers,
F.

[hbuchtel]

That one is crazy! I was trying to think what it reminded me of ... I think it is the face of the Laputa robot from 'Castle in the Sky.'

Do you know when/by who it was made?

Henry

[missionhb]

Hi Henry,

To my knowledge, this machine has no "nickname", and Neowatt refers to the Italian company that produced it. I think Neowatt was rather specialized in home steam espresso brewers, and than this machine was their unique contribution to the world of home hydrocompression devices. I completely restored it and it works fine (one day I should shoot some videos of shots produced by those old guys).

Cheers,
F

PS: with regards to the "internal design", wiring, & switch I tend to think this is a machine from the mid-late 50's

[missionhb]

Hi All,
Here is a prehistoric "La Peppina" (it can also be seen in the first post of this forum). At that time it was called "La Piccolina", made by FE-AR for the company "La Carimali". The distinctive bowl looks like it was made of ceramic, but in fact it is metallic with a very thick layer of enamel. The basis, the drip tray grate, and the bakelite handles also differ from the later models.
Best regards,
François

[CoffeeOwl]

beautifully-bright-red

[hbuchtel]

The shape of the bowl is really nice too. I tried to update the names (la piccolina/la peppina) in the first post but there is now a 'no-offsite images' rule for posts!

I can just imagine some Italian bachelor in his flat in the morning, placing a single cup under the spouts, lowering the lever, turning to the gas range steamer to froth some milk, then sitting down with his latte and a newspaper before rushing out to catch a tram...

Regards, Henry