The ECM Mechanika Max. It's the best heat exchanger machine currently available.

2025-07-11

I have owned too many espresso machines to recall them all. It all started with a Rancilio Audrey and there have been many memorable moments since. There was an early ECM Giotto (loved that machine!) and a rare Veneziano S1. There have been dual boilers, a pressure profiling Rocket R Nine One, two different gear pump souped up custom LMs and a beautiful old Faema Leva. You'd think that I would have long since moved on from Heat Exchanger machines, but there is one (and only one) currently availa