[coffee] what kind of equipment are used in top cafes abroad?

With the promotion, popularization and development of Specialty coffee in the United States and other markets around the world, the creative market in the United States has also spawned some new coffee equipment. These include pressure swing extraction Espresso coffee machines (La Marzocco, Synesso and Slayer), negative pressure extraction coffee / tea machines (Bkon), semi-automatic siphon coffee / tea machines (Steam punk), drip filters that meet the gold cup criteria (many brands), Allo pressure, fully automatic hand machines (like traditional needle printers), etc. Compared with traditional machines, these new devices are remarkable, attracting a lot of new users, and some of them are competing to enter the Chinese market. After all, China is rich in almost the largest number of tuhao on the earth. But there is another device that doesn't seem to have shown up yet, of course, maybe I haven't seen it.

Slayer pressure swing extraction Espresso Coffee Machine (three heads)

Synesso pressure swing extraction Espresso Coffee Machine (Nine) (Picture: Sprudge)

Bkon negative pressure extraction Coffee / Tea Machine (figure: the daily tea)

Steampunk semi-automatic electronic control siphon coffee / tea machine (figure: foodrepublic.com)

So what is the device that hasn't shown up in the Chinese market or has already appeared, but I haven't seen it? It is Modbar. In fact, there may not be many breakthroughs in the technology of this equipment, but its design concept is very innovative, and the effect of the equipment is of course very eye-catching. Its biggest feature is to reassemble the original integrated equipment and install the main equipment under the bar, while only the most direct coffee operation and production parts are left on the table, which is extremely exaggerated, exquisite and eye-catching. Some of the newly opened cafes in the United States, or some of the well-known third Wave cafes, are competing to use the device.

Modbar left: the brewing head of the Espresso coffee machine right: the steam head of heated milk and beat milk foam

Hand punch for hand-made coffee (figure: counter culture)

What is the price of this equipment? You don't have to think about it to know that it is very expensive and may be super expensive, but no matter how expensive it is, it will enter the Chinese market sooner or later, not only because China is the biggest potential market, but also because there are plenty of local tycoons, who should also be low-key and knowledgeable; while some Tuhao cafes use the most expensive coffee equipment and the worst coffee beans.