Austrian Lever Espresso Machine - Alpina
- Jack
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Greetings !
Have recently found an interesting Lever machine which looks pretty alike the Gaggia Americano. However, there is not much info could be found for this Machine on the internet. Only clues are that it was made in Austria, manufactured by Alpina Factory and it's probably around 60 years old.
Just wonder if there is any experts who could tell us more about this machine as well as the Alpina Factory? Will post more photo once machine arrived next week
Cheers~
Have recently found an interesting Lever machine which looks pretty alike the Gaggia Americano. However, there is not much info could be found for this Machine on the internet. Only clues are that it was made in Austria, manufactured by Alpina Factory and it's probably around 60 years old.
Just wonder if there is any experts who could tell us more about this machine as well as the Alpina Factory? Will post more photo once machine arrived next week
Cheers~
- rotchitos
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fantastic
have you seen the same machine on the kaffee-netz ?
have you seen the same machine on the kaffee-netz ?
http://machines.cafeslevier.free.fr/
I look for persons to translate into English one or + pages of my site... :-)
I look for persons to translate into English one or + pages of my site... :-)
- Jack (original poster)
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Hello Vincent:)
searched on Kaffee-netz for a while but not much information available there as well.
....mysterious....
searched on Kaffee-netz for a while but not much information available there as well.
....mysterious....
- drgary
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The serial tag should give the manufacturing date. I doubt it's 60 years old.
Gary
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- rotchitos
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why not ?
her sister gaggia america was born from middle 50'
her sister gaggia america was born from middle 50'
yes it's sad, but excitingJack wrote:Hello Vincent:)
searched on Kaffee-netz for a while but not much information available there as well.
....mysterious....
http://machines.cafeslevier.free.fr/
I look for persons to translate into English one or + pages of my site... :-)
I look for persons to translate into English one or + pages of my site... :-)
- drgary
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I thought those Gaggia Americas and Oriones were a bit later. My bad. None of that is a dig on that great machine.
Gary
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- pootoogoo
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That's a beautiful rarity, congratulations. The design is really from the 50s but the front electrical switch look a bit more recent... drgary may be right about the 60s.
What is very strange and original with this machine is the bent lever arm... it seems genuine but the only other lever I know with this is the also very rare ("Spagna" ?) lever from Gaggia:
(but it's bent in the other direction).
"Alpina" is also the name of 1955 Rancilio lever... doesn't seem to have anything to do with it.
What is very strange and original with this machine is the bent lever arm... it seems genuine but the only other lever I know with this is the also very rare ("Spagna" ?) lever from Gaggia:
(but it's bent in the other direction).
"Alpina" is also the name of 1955 Rancilio lever... doesn't seem to have anything to do with it.
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I was lurking around this machine and the offer for weeks - and I just couldn't decide whether to buy or not.
What pushed me to "no, thanks" was, that the seller couldn't provide any info or pics from the inside or any more tech specs.
Now I think "I should have taken it..."
What I found out about the manufacturer: the company still exists in Austria (Kufstein), is still in the business of making gastronomic equipment and took over the production and/or name rights from Reneka! They have a prosumer line under the name of "Macchiavalley" .
Did you buy it, Jack?
Regards
Holger
What pushed me to "no, thanks" was, that the seller couldn't provide any info or pics from the inside or any more tech specs.
Now I think "I should have taken it..."
What I found out about the manufacturer: the company still exists in Austria (Kufstein), is still in the business of making gastronomic equipment and took over the production and/or name rights from Reneka! They have a prosumer line under the name of "Macchiavalley" .
Did you buy it, Jack?
Regards
Holger
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- pootoogoo
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Ahah... sacré rotchitos, I understand now: the KaffeeNetz post.
- Jack (original poster)
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