Did you enjoy this style of video? I am hoping to mix in things like this from time to time and would love to hear your input! I am so passionate about all things coffee, so I was extra giddy to get this filmed, edited, and released to you all. Thanks again to Mumac for reserving the entire museum for us for 4 hours to shoot!
This was a great journey through espresso history! One comment, as an astronomy nerd: the eclipse in 1961 that gave E61 its name was a total solar eclipse, not an eclipse of the moon - two very different phenomena from an astronomy perspective. That being said, you covered a huge amount of ground here so BRAVO!
correct! So sorry about my communication there. Verbal faux pas. I knew it was a solar eclipse. at that point in the shoot, we were in a bit of a rush and a mower was going on outside and I fumbled a bit. But yes!
This is fascinating, Lance! I’m a history major/coffee ‘professional’, so this is one of my favorite pieces of content that you’ve produced! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Glad to see you made it to the Museum. It wasn't built yet my last visit to Italy. I too was enamored with the La Doria machine that I saw at the Cagliari Espresso Museum; wrote that machine up quite a bit back in 2010ish. Did you get a chance to meet Enrico Maltoni? He very graciously took me on a tour of the Cagliari Museum in Bologna back in 2010. He really is THE historian of this technology. The Cagliari place probably has about 75% of the machines Mumac has.
Would reall love to see videos with these older lever machines! And would also love to see how they compare with new lever machines that still use "old" technology ( La San Marco, Bosco...).
great vid! i particularly enjoyed the 10:05 "Style over Form" slip (as opposed to what it was meant: "Style (or form) over Function") :) keep up the great vids Lance
Great and original content, as always. Beautifully presented. Please share more of this type. This museum is now in my bucket list. History makes me emotional! Those machines have a lot to say.
Being fascinated by industrial design, this was highly interesting to me. Are mere mortals able to visit this museum or only industry professionals? Great work.
I was very hesitant to watch cause it seemed boring tbh but at the end I wish it was longer than that. Great one Lance! Quoting Illy from Espresso Coffee book "Espresso consumption is an aesthetic experience, like tasting a vintage wine or admiring a painting. It is a search for beauty and goodness for improving the quality of our life. As it offers such subjectively ineffable goodness, devoid of defects, the only adequate reaction to it is astonishment- astonishment that can give birth to enthusiasm, and therefore intellectual and spiritual enrichment."
Spectacular video! You’re a natural with the long form . Maybe the next will be in the Port or Mocha, Yemen? Trudge thru Ethiopia to trace Coffees origins? By my lights you’re a shoe-in for a Niche series with The BBC
I think part of the reason E61 is still beloved is: 1. thermal stability is good enough for 99% of people. Saying "saturated is better" while true it's a small difference and except for a few select people, no one cares. 2. it's a simplistic design and extremely reliable 3. parts are interchangeable mostly and widely available
If we can make pump driven machines for cheap today, just think of how good the lever machines we can make for the same price! I so want a £500 spring lever machine for the home!
Amazing! I love it! Design elements through the years absolutely stunning! So is everything about this video - I’d love to see a full-length documentary! Thanks Lance! 💕
Incredible video. Thanks for making and sharing. So much beauty, I can only imagine how exciting and cool it was to actually be there and to be there without anyone else, except Hugo (to whom we are also very grateful!).
Professor Hedrick, this video was incredible. Learnt a lot about the history of espresso machines. Pretty sad because I was in Milan 3 months ago and didn’t know about this museum. But it’s nicer for you to take us through the museum journey.
Considering the number of remakes of lever machines int he last 2 years I feel people have returned to the roots and improved it while keep the essence of the manual machine while keeping taste in mind as the key objective.
I would love to try the “espresso” from all these machines. It would be fun to taste the difference and evolution of how they make espresso. But would you use modern day coffee beans or what they had then? So interesting!
Thank you! I'd been dreaming of when I could justify the trip without dipping too much into my own pockets. Been about a year since I had the idea! Stoked to have finally gotten the chance.
Excellent video! Love the videos you do on the history of espresso. Do you know much about the history and development of steaming milk? I couldn't see any steam wands on the first few machines but by the time you got to the Eterna there were steam wands. Also, are there any modern equivalents to the early steam machines? Or ways to approximate what they would taste like? Are Moka pots somewhat similar in taste or is a different thing altogether?
Awesome video! Definitely came away both enjoying it and learning a lot about the history of espresso! I can't help but mention that Italy had a total solar eclipse (where the moon blocks out the sun) on February 15th 1961. It does not appear that Italy had any lunar eclipses (where the earth blocks the sun from shining light on the moon) in 1961. I had to look it up because solar eclipses are pretty spectacular while lunar eclipses have felt kind of "meh", so I was curious which one it was based on.
Correct. This is what I meant. I said it weird with "eclipse of the moon." I speak words based off images in my head. I saw it and described it in a weird way where I meant the moon was eclipsing the sun, or covering it. Weird brain communication things. You're correct!
A wonderful overview of design esthetics enclosing increasingly complex process controls for extracting coffee flavours. these are not just machines, they are works of art in and of themselves.
Wonderfully created video Lance. Much like a fine cup of espresso filled with creativity and design, executed with true performance. So nice to watch you grow your craft. Thanks from all of us out here in coffee land.
I know this is nit picking but the important 1961 eclipse was solar. Lunar eclipses are a good deal more common. Thanks for the lovely sedate tour, Lance.
What an excellent video, congrats on getting the opportunity to show this place off! Your hosting made this info-dense 20 minutes quite digestible, would love to see more in this vein in the future if/when you have the chance. Bonus props to Hugo (I assume) for some beautiful shots. :)
Your best video yet! What beautiful machines - art is an expression of a theme, an idea, a passion, and to a lover of coffee these machines are art. Also - how diverse are those 20th century espresso machines? We've definitely lost a bit of design flair since that standard "C" shape machine took over, what a shame.
This was a fantastic video and I couldn't help but think about Duvall suing Meticulous and Decent. It was clear that through the decades there were standards created and then other companies adopted those standards. Now anyone can take an old idea, add "software" to it, and no one can replicate it because software is this magical patent land. Innovation will be stifled until this issue is resolved but I truly wish I could go visit that museum. It looks incredible.
So I had always kind of assumed that E61 stood for 61mm and the "E" just made it sound more interesting. Being fascinated by astronomy and all it entails, the actual naming and reasoning behind it it super cool!
This was an excellent video Lance! Espresso machines of the past had so much character vs most today, imho are a bit soulless. Which is why I guess I am drawn to my robot and the eagle one Prima, however I wish I could afford one.
Did you enjoy this style of video? I am hoping to mix in things like this from time to time and would love to hear your input! I am so passionate about all things coffee, so I was extra giddy to get this filmed, edited, and released to you all. Thanks again to Mumac for reserving the entire museum for us for 4 hours to shoot!
Definitely one of my favorite videos to date 🙌
thank you, @mrcakers! appreciate that!
thanks, @benjaminlowen! Had so much fun making it.
That was awesome - really enjoyed the video, great presentation - glad the community support is helping to fund these types of projects
Loved it! Really nice!
this video was such a dopamine rush. the flow of information, the beautiful machines, together with well chosen audio. It's fantastic, Lance!
what a beautiful and well thought out comment! made my evening. Thank you!
Love it Lance! Thank you for sharing our beloved museum!
thanks so much for hosting us! We had an absolutely wonderful time!
We need to bring back some of these absolutely stunning designs instead of just having the same looking chrome boxes everywhere!!!😢
As someone who owns said chrome box - I agree.
amen. I can't even look at my chrome box anymore...at least until tomorrow morning when I wake up thinking about it
haha! preach!
This was a great journey through espresso history! One comment, as an astronomy nerd: the eclipse in 1961 that gave E61 its name was a total solar eclipse, not an eclipse of the moon - two very different phenomena from an astronomy perspective. That being said, you covered a huge amount of ground here so BRAVO!
correct! So sorry about my communication there. Verbal faux pas. I knew it was a solar eclipse. at that point in the shoot, we were in a bit of a rush and a mower was going on outside and I fumbled a bit. But yes!
The passion of italian inventors is unmatched.
agreed! So much love and passion and emotion passed from creator to created. beautiful
So cool, the beauty of those pre 80s machines is amazing
Fantastic! Wish it were 10x longer with demonstrations of the machines and more history!
I love that you don't just focus on what is the best technically in your videos but touch on art, design, experience, craft, and history. Thanks Lance
thank you! I love all things coffee, not just what makes scientifically the best.
This is fascinating, Lance! I’m a history major/coffee ‘professional’, so this is one of my favorite pieces of content that you’ve produced! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Glad to see you made it to the Museum. It wasn't built yet my last visit to Italy. I too was enamored with the La Doria machine that I saw at the Cagliari Espresso Museum; wrote that machine up quite a bit back in 2010ish. Did you get a chance to meet Enrico Maltoni? He very graciously took me on a tour of the Cagliari Museum in Bologna back in 2010. He really is THE historian of this technology. The Cagliari place probably has about 75% of the machines Mumac has.
Would reall love to see videos with these older lever machines! And would also love to see how they compare with new lever machines that still use "old" technology ( La San Marco, Bosco...).
Well done Lance. I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you for your passion.
thank you for your enthusiasm in following along! makes this all fun
Well done brother!!!! Amazing vid that got me thinking a lot, especially at the end.
Works of Art. Thanks for this great video
Great video Lance, thanks. Can’t believe you’re nearly at 200k subscribers. Only seems like yesterday that you passed 100k!
Thank you! Exciting times!
Absolutely beautiful Lance. Thank you for sharing this experience and your knowledge with us here ❤
And thank you Hugo for the amazing collab and camera work on this!
thank you so much! it was a fun trip and one i've been planning for a year. so excited to have it materialize
Loved being able to see it come together here. Thanks again!
Beautiful and informative. Thank you professor Lance!
Thank you for watching! Means a lot
LOVED THIS…. But I so wanted to see Lance pull a shot from an old machine
great vid! i particularly enjoyed the 10:05 "Style over Form" slip (as opposed to what it was meant: "Style (or form) over Function") :)
keep up the great vids Lance
Glad you caught that hahaha
my god, one of the best coffee videos i've ever seen, kudos!
Wow huge praise! Thank you!
More tours!
Amazing video Lance!! 👏👏
Thank you so much!
Great and original content, as always. Beautifully presented. Please share more of this type. This museum is now in my bucket list. History makes me emotional! Those machines have a lot to say.
Being fascinated by industrial design, this was highly interesting to me. Are mere mortals able to visit this museum or only industry professionals? Great work.
Great job Lance!
I was very hesitant to watch cause it seemed boring tbh but at the end I wish it was longer than that. Great one Lance! Quoting Illy from Espresso Coffee book "Espresso consumption is an aesthetic experience, like tasting a vintage wine or admiring a painting. It is a search for beauty and goodness for improving the quality of our life. As it offers such subjectively ineffable goodness, devoid of defects, the only adequate reaction to it is astonishment- astonishment that can give birth to enthusiasm, and therefore intellectual and spiritual enrichment."
Spectacular video!
You’re a natural with the long form .
Maybe the next will be in the Port or Mocha, Yemen? Trudge thru Ethiopia to trace Coffees origins?
By my lights you’re a shoe-in for a Niche series with The BBC
Enjoyed he video, thanks. Can’t believe I visited Milan earlier this year and didn’t know this museum existed 🥴👍☕️☕️
Best video you ever made! I love it, watching 5am before going to work, my E61 preheating in the kitchen
what a beautiful setting to read! Part of coffee history.
very informative, thanks.
Thanks for the amazing historical walkthru. Please keep this coming!
Outstanding! If you were the actual guide there that place would be packed all day!
I'd absolutely love it. So much beauty in the history of espresso.
This video will have millions of views. Incredible presentation, impeccable music choices. Thank you!
that would be mind blowing! still haven't had one hit that marker, so would be astounding!
I think part of the reason E61 is still beloved is:
1. thermal stability is good enough for 99% of people. Saying "saturated is better" while true it's a small difference and except for a few select people, no one cares.
2. it's a simplistic design and extremely reliable
3. parts are interchangeable mostly and widely available
If we can make pump driven machines for cheap today, just think of how good the lever machines we can make for the same price!
I so want a £500 spring lever machine for the home!
Great video Lance! Thank you.
thank you, as always, Brent!
Hello Professor ❤️
Nice to see you again as your Beatboxing fan 🎉
thank you! Hope you enjoyed the video!
i don't have any words to describe.
Amazing! I love it! Design elements through the years absolutely stunning! So is everything about this video - I’d love to see a full-length documentary! Thanks Lance! 💕
the design was remarkable! I miss many of those elements! I'd also love to do a full doc on it. What a fun time that would be!
Incredible video. Thanks for making and sharing. So much beauty, I can only imagine how exciting and cool it was to actually be there and to be there without anyone else, except Hugo (to whom we are also very grateful!).
it was stunning. such an incredible privilege. i'm just so excited I got to share it with you all!
Professor Hedrick, this video was incredible. Learnt a lot about the history of espresso machines. Pretty sad because I was in Milan 3 months ago and didn’t know about this museum. But it’s nicer for you to take us through the museum journey.
So. Pumped. Thanks for taking us along, Lance!
fingers crossed you love it!
Damn!! Travelling to Milan next year...I think I have a new favourite place to visit
do it! you won't regret it!
Really enjoyed this video.. do more!
Thank you! As long as it performs adequately (meaning not tank), I definitely want to do more. Loads more.
Considering the number of remakes of lever machines int he last 2 years I feel people have returned to the roots and improved it while keep the essence of the manual machine while keeping taste in mind as the key objective.
I agree! I am loving the lever rennaisance!
Fantastic video Lance! I'd have to agree that this would be my favorite as well!
thank you! it's just such an incredible conglomeration of beauty, engineering, art, history, etc.
I would love to try the “espresso” from all these machines. It would be fun to taste the difference and evolution of how they make espresso. But would you use modern day coffee beans or what they had then? So interesting!
Stunning, just stunning. The machines, the history and your excellent telling of it all. Plus the videography, beautiful work. Bellissimo!
thank you! I truly love all things coffee. Hoping to do more similar style videos going forward as funds allow
Really like this video! Love the style as well as the history! Well done!
thank you! We spent about 4 hours there trying to nail everything to really bring the experience to life
@@LanceHedrick The love and effort that was put in shows
I think the old look could be revived more on new machines. Great video!
agreed 100%! we have lost some of the focus on beauty over the years for flash, it seems.
This style of video is where you shine.
Love it man.
Thank you! I'd been dreaming of when I could justify the trip without dipping too much into my own pockets. Been about a year since I had the idea! Stoked to have finally gotten the chance.
This was a joy to watch, thank you for everything that you do
thank you so much! I had a blast making it.
Super Cool! nice job
this should have more views
Get in touch with Netflix I want to see a full length version of this
Lmk if you have any contacts!
amazing video. please do this more often.
I hope to! Fingers crossed this video doesn't tank lol!
This was incredible to see!! Love all the design types and evolution in these machines.
thank you! Really appreciate you checking it out!
This was cool. I have never heard of the two piston machine before. you should do a video on. that.
thank you! It was certainly interesting, but horribly unsustainable. over a liter of water for a 30mL beverage haha!
A M A A A A Z IN G ! Art is what you made with this entertaining, educational and historical (pun intended) video.
Thank you!
Yes plzzzzz
Excellent video! Love the videos you do on the history of espresso.
Do you know much about the history and development of steaming milk? I couldn't see any steam wands on the first few machines but by the time you got to the Eterna there were steam wands.
Also, are there any modern equivalents to the early steam machines? Or ways to approximate what they would taste like? Are Moka pots somewhat similar in taste or is a different thing altogether?
they had frothing machines! if you go to the very beginning where I am at the bar, there is one to my left. We do a close up of it!
Your camera operator is doing some great work. Fantastic
Hugo is an absolute gem. It was so fun having him on the trip with me.
Hugo is a total boss!
Enjoyed the soothing tone, and interesting content!
thank you! Tried to be a bit more contained than usual since I was in another's space. Thanks for watching!
What an amazing video! Absolutely would love to watch more of this style. Love the channel keep up the good work!
thank you so much! I want to do more!
Awesome video! Definitely came away both enjoying it and learning a lot about the history of espresso!
I can't help but mention that Italy had a total solar eclipse (where the moon blocks out the sun) on February 15th 1961. It does not appear that Italy had any lunar eclipses (where the earth blocks the sun from shining light on the moon) in 1961. I had to look it up because solar eclipses are pretty spectacular while lunar eclipses have felt kind of "meh", so I was curious which one it was based on.
Correct. This is what I meant. I said it weird with "eclipse of the moon." I speak words based off images in my head. I saw it and described it in a weird way where I meant the moon was eclipsing the sun, or covering it. Weird brain communication things. You're correct!
Your best to date! ... Great presentation! 👏 (keep doing this type of work) Thank you!!!
thank you so much! I was really excited for this one!
Absolutely fantastic video - what is the name of the painting at 3:34 of the exploding machine? I love it!
Very informative and statesmanlike Lance.
thank you! Tried to be a bit more diplomatic in this video. tour guide like
A wonderful overview of design esthetics enclosing increasingly complex process controls for extracting coffee flavours. these are not just machines, they are works of art in and of themselves.
they really are. absolutely gorgeous machines. i was non-stop awestruck.
Stunning machines!
I agree! We need more of this today!
Wonderfully created video Lance. Much like a fine cup of espresso filled with creativity and design, executed with true performance. So nice to watch you grow your craft. Thanks from all of us out here in coffee land.
thank you so much! I am just stoked there are people out there who are as nerdy as me and would enjoy something like this haha!
I know this is nit picking but the important 1961 eclipse was solar. Lunar eclipses are a good deal more common. Thanks for the lovely sedate tour, Lance.
It's true. I had a verbal faux pas. Didn't realize it until we were having to leave. Stupid. Lol
Great lance!! I really enjoyed watching the video!
thank you so much!
Earliest Espresso = a giant moka pot
you're not lying haha!
exactly
What an excellent video, congrats on getting the opportunity to show this place off! Your hosting made this info-dense 20 minutes quite digestible, would love to see more in this vein in the future if/when you have the chance. Bonus props to Hugo (I assume) for some beautiful shots. :)
I definitely want to do more like this! And yeah! Hugo is a wizard.
What an eye candy! Beautiful machines! Thank you Lance for the treat!
thank you for watching!
Loved this! I felt like I was traveling there
thank you! That was my goal!
this was very informative and I loved watching this, you just don't see this kind of content much so it was a nice breath of fresh air.
thank you so much! I hope to do more things in this vein going forward.
Lance, I loved the music and the format. Perfect for a tour of a museum.
thank you so much! hugo is a magician with editing.
🤣 Professor Hedrick! Love it 😄
hahaha had to!
Thanks for the journey! Inspired me on coffee culture in Malaysia, probably can do some storytelling about it in future.
thank you so much! and you should!!
Your best video yet!
What beautiful machines - art is an expression of a theme, an idea, a passion, and to a lover of coffee these machines are art.
Also - how diverse are those 20th century espresso machines? We've definitely lost a bit of design flair since that standard "C" shape machine took over, what a shame.
they were a marvel to look at. a personal wonder of the world. and yes, we have definitely lost some of that touch over the years!!
This was a fantastic video and I couldn't help but think about Duvall suing Meticulous and Decent.
It was clear that through the decades there were standards created and then other companies adopted those standards. Now anyone can take an old idea, add "software" to it, and no one can replicate it because software is this magical patent land.
Innovation will be stifled until this issue is resolved but I truly wish I could go visit that museum. It looks incredible.
I agree wholeheartedly! A lot of people nowadays think they've struck gold when, in reality, that same gold had already been dug up for them.
I never knew such a place existed or so many different machines as they evolved.
Nice video
thank you! It is certainly a special place!
So much fun. I like the videos on the science of coffee, but the art is what keeps me coming back. Well done!
the art is beautiful, inspiring, and motivating!
Best video you have made. Exceptional production quality and presentation
thank you so much! Means a lot! Hugo was stressed about it hahaha
What a lovely video. Thank you very much.
Much appreciated! Had a blast making it
Unreal
Loved this one 👌
appreciate that a lot!
Awesome!
thank you so much! I really enjoyed making it. a wonderful time.
Love this addition to your channel! Keep it up!
thank you so much! I hope to!
Love the video. The music was really well done as well!
thank you! Really appreciate it!
Loved this ❤
much appreciated! I loved making it.
Steam pre-infusion. The best part of these levers.
i think we should respect coffee's heritage, while not devaluing scientific and technological advancements toward better coffee. awesome video
Loved it.
thank you! Was really excited to drop this one
Epic. So interesting! ❤
much appreciated! Thanks for checking it out!
Great to see a genuine Faema jersey on the wall.......maybe the great Merckx wore it
and I could see Coppi pulling some shots
Any give aways?
it was really cool to see! And I wish they gave me one to give away hahaha! I did just post a giveaway today for a df64e grinder, though lol
So I had always kind of assumed that E61 stood for 61mm and the "E" just made it sound more interesting. Being fascinated by astronomy and all it entails, the actual naming and reasoning behind it it super cool!
I was mistaken in the video- it was a solar eclipse !much cooler than lunar lol
This was an excellent video Lance! Espresso machines of the past had so much character vs most today, imho are a bit soulless. Which is why I guess I am drawn to my robot and the eagle one Prima, however I wish I could afford one.
I agree! The soul has been filled with optimizing efficiency. devoid of craft and beauty.