What are the non-spring lever machines out there?

#1: Post by **RedPanda** » August 3rd, 2022, 11:47 pm

Good day,

I had been looking into lever espresso machines, but all I can find is really a very few options for those non-spring levers.

So far I only know of La Pavoni, Argos and Strietman, and the Flair. Is there any other options when it comes to non-spring levers?

August 3rd, 2022, 11:52 pm

Flair, Robot.

August 4th, 2022, 12:01 am

Cremina, EspressoForge, Robot, Portaspresso, and a bunch of portable machines.

#4: Post by **bgnome** » August 4th, 2022, 6:38 am

My Zacconi Baby is a direct lever without a spring, similar to the La Pavoni Pro. I just got a Arrarex Vam 1.0 (aka Caravel) that is also a direct lever.

I have found Aloe's article helpful: https://towardsdatascience.com/taxonomy ... 2d111688f1

Francesco's website is a treasure trove of information about levers: http://www.francescoceccarelli.eu/index_eng.htm

#5: Post by **nguye569** » August 7th, 2022, 11:09 pm

Ponte Vecchio has a couple models as well as all the other ones mentioned so far.

#6: Post by **Idfixe** » August 9th, 2022, 10:18 pm

Had a Strietman for a while, they are great machines. Learned a lot with them!