There may be maybe no espresso machine higher suited to customization than the La Marzocco Linea. Roughly a field, the Linea is an icon of straightforward magnificence that many individuals see no cause to switch. (In the event youβve ever seen one with chopped legs that seats it nearer to the counter you may perceive the attraction.) However that simplicity additionally makes it ideally suited for reimagining; itβs a clean canvas.
Which is what offers us the Topo Body. Designed to suit a Linea Micra, the Prime Body brings motion and structure to the house espresso machine, and itβs actually pretty.
Showing on I Canβt Afford This However Possibly She Can (prime tier identify for a web site btw), a curated, design-forward on-line bazaar, the Topo Body is the work of Dresden, Germany-based product designer Tina Bobbe. Itβs manufactured from interlocking sheets of uncooked aluminum, βdesigned to wrap exactly round a La Marzocco Linea Micra,β the curved edges giving wave-like motion to the in any other case static form. Per Bobbe, the Topo Body is designed for usability and βto help each step of the espresso-making course of.β
Bobbe is not any stranger to espresso design. She has beforehand created a number of pipe frames for Linea Minis and a stone pour-over dripper in addition to coffee-based collaborations like espresso mugs with Dresdenβs Yard Shed Workplace, a bike-mounted cup holder for Oatly, and a few actually wild idea machines for La Marzocco.
However neither artwork nor espresso machines are low cost, and in order for you a Topo Body of you personal, itβs going to run you a cool β¬1,900 ($2,163 USD), which is about half the price of the Micra itself. Theyβre made to order and require 5 to eight weeks lead time.
If I had espresso machine/artwork/espresso machine artwork cash, you higher imagine Iβd have a Micra with a Topo Body. However I donβt, so I donβt. A boy can dream although, canβt he?
Zac CadwaladerΒ is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Community and a employees author primarily based in Dallas.Β Learn extra Zac CadwaladerΒ on Sprudge.
