Mirage Lever

#1: Post by **tohenk2** » June 21st, 2015, 1:01 pm

My roaster (Medellin Secret - for me at a leisurly pace a 5 minutes walk away) installed a new espresso machine this week.

And pulled shots for a fair (€1,- each)

Since he was using the beans I usually buy (Santa Elena, a SO from Costa Rica), I bought some shots

Now I know what "Incredible clarity" means.
(I got his permission to post this with pictures and all.)

#2: Post by **baldheadracing** » June 21st, 2015, 1:41 pm

And yet my eyes are drawn to the Art Deco version of the Elektra Micro Casa Semi-automatica sitting in the corner ...

June 21st, 2015, 1:51 pm

Agreed - also a very nice machine! (And he also has a Vibiemme Domobar Super collecting dust now - but I'm still happy with what I got

or so I keep telling myself )

#4: Post by **Marcelnl** » June 22nd, 2015, 2:41 pm

Nice! My previous barista if trust had one for a while and I liked the results a lot.
Hiwever, I do wonder what he is doing with that friesche vlag milky stuff...

#5: Post by **dominico** » June 22nd, 2015, 2:51 pm

If you want one, get it now, they are going out of Production next month.

#6: Post by **Espresso_Monkey** » July 3rd, 2015, 12:15 pm

I'd probably give my right arm for one of those beauties.

#7: Post by **Espresso_Monkey** » July 3rd, 2015, 12:15 pm

dominico wrote:If you want one, get it now, they are going out of Production next month.

True?
Why? Low sales?

#8: Post by **dominico** » July 3rd, 2015, 6:07 pm

They say that the sales on the mirage lever aren't good enough to justify the increase in lead time for all of their other machines caused by needing to support mirage lever construction. They must have highly coupled assembly processes.

#9: Post by **EspressoForge** » July 3rd, 2015, 8:46 pm

Espresso_Monkey wrote:I'd probably give my right arm for one of those beauties.

Working the lever with only your left arm would be a bit of a challenge. But I'm sure you'll get used to it!

I'm sad to see the Mirage fade into the sunset, but I can certainly understand why.

#10: Post by **TheJavaCup77** » July 3rd, 2015, 10:21 pm

If you still had a chance...

Idro with the lever group ? Triplette? Duette? Speedster?

Would you choose a Mirage Idro or a Duette or even the Little Speedo