Brunetti Oro Owner Yuri Angele has worked with many different espresso machines since he joined the Melbourne hospitality scene in the 1970s. Pre-COVID, the iconic Italian café and pasticceria was pumping out 250 kilograms of coffee per week at its Flinders Lane venue, and the most important consideration for Yuri, was that his espresso machine handled high volume and produced consistent output.
“The quality of our coffee has always been the foundation of what we do so well, and that’s why we partnered with LaCimbali – their machines are a workhorse,” he says. “At peak capacity, we need a machine that’s able to work under pressure and maintain consistency because when our customers come and visit, they expect the same standard of quality every time.”
For years, that’s been LaCimbali’s M100 which Brunetti Oro’s Flinders Lane store celebrates on an elevated bar for customers to watch and be entertained by as baristas manoeuvre across the four-group machines.
In February, LaCimbali’s latest release, the M200, made a special appearance on the café’s marble benchtop where the only machine of its kind in the country blended into the Italian-themed décor.
“It’s a very elegant machine for
