Sharing a very high-quality and playable Italian slot machine, even if you are not familiar with espresso, you can still make good Espresso at home.
Why buy the Flair 58 Espresso Machine?
I think for myself, if I want to make a cup of coffee, compared to the electric Espresso and Nespresso machines, I can have a cup of stable flavor in a very short time. It has the function of milking, automatic water dispensing, heat control, pressure increase and decrease, and easy cleaning. , everything can be left to the "machine" to help you decide on the electric ESP machine. I would rather choose an all-mechanical operation. The process of slotting may also be very painful. The water temperature will drop slowly, and you have to add water manually. There are many Without stable factors, the results are no longer stable every time.
What is important may be a simple sense of ritual, or the feeling of making a cup of ESP with your own hands, nothing else.
But relatively speaking, every time I make a cup of espresso, I will have more joy, expectation, process, and connection... pursuit... I hope to know what method can be used to make it perfect next time.
Flair 58 is full of playability
Friends who have seen this may think it is exaggerated, but the above is really my experience in the past six months. My family bought a Lelit mara x V2 at the same time a few months ago. It is relatively more mechanical, but unfortunately it is not. I still feel that there are relatively few changes in gameplay. Some people may also ask, has it changed at all? Isn’t it enough?
Enough, but I think the Flair 58 can be better.
I can put milk, frozen lemon tea, soup, and any liquid in the Flair 58 water tank. I can put Milo in the powder pan and add two pieces of orange peel. Yes, I can fill it with other electric ESP machines, but what about cleaning it afterward? If I finish this morning, what if I want to drink a cup of espresso at night? I believe that most traditional espresso machines will need to be repaired in the factory, but the Flair 58 can make a comeback after being cleaned (about 1 hour). Due to its fully mechanical design and easy cleaning (it does not take 5 minutes under normal circumstances), it can It is very satisfying and unexpected. I don’t even have to worry about the heater, ESP water level, built-in boiler, etc. and lose a good machine.
Of course, if you ask me, the quality of the traditional product will be better, it can also pump milk, and it will be more convenient to use! Undeniably, yes! But the minimum admission fee is $7000up, and it does not include aging and replacement (due to the mechanical design of Flair, I personally think it can be played for at least several years... and there are separate parts that can be easily replaced by yourself). I think when I enter the pit, it will This is the position that I have been thinking about in recent years. I think that if you can achieve ESP 8-9 at half the price, I prefer the former.
Flair 58 brought me six months of user experience
Flair 58 can be easily pressurized to 9Bar, which can achieve the quality of a traditional 10,000-yuan espresso machine (personal opinion). The coffee machine also has a preheater and can be ready in about 3-5 minutes (but the preheater version It costs extra (about a few hundred Hong Kong dollars). You don’t have to worry about the metal water tank absorbing/dissipating heat and losing temperature after filling it with water. Compared with Flair Pro2/Neo, it has to be filled with water to preheat, which is much more convenient!
Reject complicated cleaning procedures
On the other hand, most lapa espresso machines are very troublesome when preparing to make a cup of espresso, such as assembling the water tank position, pull-out/pressurized handle, and after pressurizing to make ESP. Regarding one problem, it needs to be disassembled and cleaned. I found it really annoying when using Flair Neo/Pro 2 before! And when assembling, your hands will be extremely painful due to the pressure of the coffee ingredients! Therefore, most of the Neo becomes a decoration... and compared with traditional ESP coffee machines, the use experience feels like a toy, but the Flair 58 greatly improves this experience. When cleaning, you only need to simply fill the water tank with water and use paper towels to clean it. 58mm The coffee handle can be cleaned in the same way as a traditional coffee machine and can be used interchangeably. It only takes 5 minutes for me to clean it afterward, and I can enjoy it easily while going to work in the morning.
Painless admission to the casino
Other sharing is that most ESP machines have a pressure change function, but from what I know, the admission fee is $10,000-12,000 or more, but the Flair 58 can change the pressure during production according to the strength you exert (of course, every penny is worth it. The process of dividing the goods and making them is laborious (that is, pulling the poles up and down), but in exchange, you get another more precious flavor, which I think is OK.
Except that it cannot pump milk and does not have a built-in large water tank or water removal tank, the other differences are not much different from the ESP machine.
Disadvantages of using Flair 58
There are so many likes, so it’s time to count the disadvantages. What I want to talk about first is this! So dusty! Great for vacuuming! If you look at the photos, you will find a lot of dust, right? I want to say that I have cleaned it several times before taking pictures... but I still vacuumed... There is a glue position on the outside of the water tank of the fuselage. I personally think it can be used to participate in the past Japanese program - Conflict Showdown (can never clean out all the dust) machine vs. a machine that can clean all dust), if you are a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is definitely a nightmare... After every production, you have to put a plastic bag on him to prevent dust...
Ignoring the instructions leads to regrettable beauty after assembly
Another point is that, like the glue position, because the heating component and the water tank are over there, if you want to disassemble the whole machine, you have to turn the entire assembly, but the problem is... After assembly, I found it difficult to disassemble it, and then because of the The location of the hot wire and power supply is inside the rubber-like metal position of the water tank, but the rubber-like rubber can be rotated... As a result, when the rubber-like outside is rotated, the wire at the metal preheating position of the water tank will be torn off (because that's what happened to me... In the end, the preheating position can no longer be used ("I guess"), so... After buying the solid, I didn't read the instructions completely, so I broke a part of it without knowing it, and the preheating turned out to be no longer. Hot, and finally it has to change back to heated water for preheating.... Be careful not to turn it! After installation, do not turn the rubber ring on the outside of the water tank...
Summary of Flair 58 user experience
In addition to the above disadvantages, the experience of using it for half a year is very good. Overall, it is a very satisfactory manual espresso machine. You can imagine the sense of ritual and playability brought by a traditional film camera and a digital camera (electric espresso machine) There are advantages. Both can make really good photos (espresso), but the process directions are different and the things they pursue are very different. It just depends on personal preferences.
