On the spectrum of effortlessly cool kitchen home equipment, the Technivorm Moccamaster ranks fairly rattling excessive. Lengthy have I coveted my pal’s yellow pepper iteration, beloved for its means to brew 5 cups of espresso in simply 5 minutes, all whereas wanting prefer it must be starring in Moonrise Kingdom. Fortunately for me, one other head-turning colorway from the corporate’s veritable rainbow of choices is on sale for Amazon’s Huge Spring Sale occasion. It’s timeless, and a bit bashful. It’s nostalgic, and positive would look nice in a David Lynch diner. It’s the apricot-colored Moccamaster, and it’s $54 off proper now for the coffee-lover in your life:
The Moccamaster embodies a lot of what makes Scandinavian mid-century trendy design iconic. Designed within the Netherlands in 1968 by Gerard-Clement Smit, the espresso machine was given a satisfyingly modular, serviceable design (I like that it nonetheless features a sizzling plate), and the machines stay service-based to this point (which means: if something ever breaks, you’ll be able to contact the crew or simply discover a alternative half on-line). Moccamasters are additionally freed from BPA and phthalate plastics (no marvel Gwyneth Paltrow has one in her Montecito visitor home), and are nonetheless manufactured in the identical city of Amerongen within the Netherlands the place they had been born.
Now, for just a few specs: the machine has an impressively quiet brewing course of, and is designed with a manual-adjust system that allows you to management the brewing pace/quantity of espresso made (as in, you’ll be able to brew anyplace from roughly 1 to six cups). The inside copper heating factor ensures that the water reaches a super temperature (between 197 and 205 levels Fahrenheit) for avoiding any bitterness, leading to a clean, evenly brewed cup that feels extra single-pour adjoining than, say, a cup from the clunky Bunn machine I had in faculty (no shade; it additionally received the job completed).
Like all coffee-lovers, I’ve examined the gamut of coffee-making strategies; I hold two Bodum French presses on-hand for espresso and tea, respectively. I declared myself a Moka pot devotee after my first journey to Europe (lol), solely to circle again to the single cup, pour-over espresso technique that fueled a lot of the 2010s indie music cafe scene. But it surely wasn’t till I began seeing Moccamasters popping up in my most trendy buddies’ flats (and my very own TikTok feed) that I spotted I had lastly pinned down the best multi-cup, workhorse espresso maker so as to add to the fold. Usually, these beauties will run you virtually $400 with transport — so for those who’ve been debating the funding, this Amazon deal is a reasonably candy time to carry it house.
The Moccamaster is presently on sale for $54 off at Amazon.
