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A tall copper café machine and a compact lever model make the same drink in very different ways. These photos show how espresso machines evolved, from early steam-powered columns to the pumps and group heads that changed café and home counters.

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Faema E61
Faema E61: The E61’s backlit glass panel faces the café, while the brew groups sit on the opposite side. Introduced in…
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La Pavoni Europiccola
La Pavoni Europiccola: A long hand lever projects from the front of the narrow boiler. La Pavoni introduced the Europiccola…
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La Marzocco Linea Classic
La Marzocco Linea Classic: Two group heads sit under a straight stainless-steel face, with room on top for cups. La…
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Elektra Belle Epoque
Elektra Belle Epoque: A brass eagle sits atop the tall copper-and-brass body. The brew groups and their separate drip trays…
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Gaggia Classic
Gaggia Classic: A small switch panel sits above a single brew group, and the steam wand curves out to the right. Gaggia…
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Victoria Arduino Venus Bar
Victoria Arduino Venus Bar: Eagle ornamentation crowns a tall metal body in the style of early Italian café machines. The…
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Rancilio Silvia
Rancilio Silvia: Three small switches sit in a column beside the steam control. The single-boiler Silvia keeps the brewing…
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Olympia Cremina
Olympia Cremina: A long lever and an exposed brew group project from the rectangular case. Lifting the lever lets water…
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La Pavoni Ideale
La Pavoni Ideale: This two-group Ideale at Turin’s Lavazza Museum has a tall boiler column, brewing handles, and small cup…
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Gaggia Classica
Gaggia Classica: Three lever handles rise above the ribbed metal cabinet in this archival photograph. The 1948 Classica…
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La Cimbali Granluce
La Cimbali Granluce: From the café side, the Granluce shows a ribbed gold panel, chrome trim, and the tops of two levers…
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Faema Urania
Faema Urania: The ribbed, glazed cabinet wraps around the rear of this restored 1957 Urania. The tall lever visible over…
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La Cimbali Pitagora
La Cimbali Pitagora: The ADI Design Museum’s Pitagora has a squared stainless-steel body, deeply recessed brew heads, and a…
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La Marzocco GS
La Marzocco GS: Repeated group heads line the front of this café machine. Introduced in 1970, the GS uses two boilers and…
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Baby Gaggia
Baby Gaggia: Makio Hasuike put a single group and controls into a small, rounded body for home counters. Launched in 1977…
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Elektra Micro Casa Leva
Elektra Micro Casa Leva: A small vertical boiler and an eagle finial give this home lever machine the profile of an old…
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Breville Dual Boiler BES900
Breville Dual Boiler BES900: A round pressure gauge and a digital display sit above the single brew group on this home…

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