Ventus - The newest lever machine

[Vinitasse]

The look is distinctly Klingon... but I mean that in the best possible way

Would love to have one on my bench

[TC]

Our Ventus has arrived and is now on Talk Coffee shot duty.

I pulled about a dozen today and initial impressions is that it's very, very close to perfect out of the box. I just need to experiment a little to find an even sweeter spot.

We'll have it on whenever we are open all week for CS'er shots on the house (and yes- that's a Robur beside it!)

Chris

[TC]

Hello just to clarify, before to choose a name we have checked someone with the same name in the trade marks registry and none was found. In the last few days we have received a letter from a lawyer that wrote on behalf of Wega were they said that they already use this name on one of their machine (i don't know why). Well they have this model since 2007 more or less and they have registered this name only on 27 September 2013. First of all we do not have any help in promoting our machines using a brands or names of someone else. My family is involved in a coffee machine market since 1950 and honestly there are no reason for us to copy someone especially Wega that is not so common for us. Choose a name is not so simple due of a huge variety of machines and companies on the market. I hope that "Ventus" will be apreciate (it's wind in latin).
In any case me and Antonio are flattered that someone has moved they interest for us before that we start....
Have a nice day to everybody.

Hmm.... The timeline looks more like Wega did the dirty on you Paolo. Disappointing that they would want to do this.

I wouldn't like to off topic this thread, so could anyone tell me if there's a thread with more info about that temp traces? Thx.

Sticky thread in this forum....

[oton]

No worries aaronb. More info as it comes to hand...The Bosco is a CMA group.

Whilst the Londinium operates from a tank, it is a long way from flawless. Rick's temp. traces proved it. The solution was a dual boiler conversion. I used it before and after, saw the results and tasted them as well.

I wouldn't like to off topic this thread, so could anyone tell me if there's a thread with more info about that temp traces? Thx.

[PaoloCortese]

La Vela has been renamed Ventus- latin for sail....

Seems another company had dibs on La Vela....

Hello just to clarify, before to choose a name we have checked someone with the same name in the trade marks registry and none was found. In the last few days we have received a letter from a lawyer that wrote on behalf of Wega were they said that they already use this name on one of their machine (i don't know why). Well they have this model since 2007 more or less and they have registered this name only on 27 September 2013. First of all we do not have any help in promoting our machines using a brands or names of someone else. My family is involved in a coffee machine market since 1950 and honestly there are no reason for us to copy someone especially Wega that is not so common for us. Choose a name is not so simple due of a huge variety of machines and companies on the market. I hope that "Ventus" will be apreciate (it's wind in latin).
In any case me and Antonio are flattered that someone has moved they interest for us before that we start....
Have a nice day to everybody.

[TC]

La Vela has been renamed Ventus- latin for wind....

Seems another company had dibs on La Vela....

[TC]

On the high side of large, but not enormous .... The Elektra 60s has a 6 litre

Chris, do you have any details on expected price ? I am considering a lever machine (plus a few others) ...

Thanks
BeanB

Sure thing B_B. Email is best at this stage and I can provide early adopter pricing for you.

Chris

[BeanBrat]

BTW isn't a 5 litre boiler 'enormous' for even a high end prosumer machine?

OG

On the high side of large, but not enormous .... The Elektra 60s has a 6 litre

Chris, do you have any details on expected price ? I am considering a lever machine (plus a few others) ...

Thanks
BeanB

[TC]

Hi OG,

No- the boiler effectively has a twin skin delivering no more than 40 deg C at the surface. Hope that clarifies things. Some have also asked HX or dipper. It's a dipper design sans pump :-)

I have pics, but not the ok to release them as yet

Cheers

Chris

[Ol_Grumpy]

Hi Chris,

In your specs you refer to the boiler as "double insulated"....

Can you clarify if you are referring to this being electrically 'double insulated'... (Which for those unaware- is about electrical safety- *nothing* to do with keeping the boiler hot/handles cool)
As I expect you were saying because otherwise the numbers simply don't add up.

At 420mm maximum width the internal measurement of the boiler needs to be a shade over 250mm to give you a volume capacity of 5 litres- as per the specs.
BTW isn't a 5 litre boiler 'enormous' for even a high end prosumer machine?

Measuring off the schematic the boiler is only just 250 mm dia- which fits with the specs... But this implies an un-insulated 5- litre exposed boiler. That's gotta throw off an awful lot of heat, doesn't it? Dunno, just trying to get a feel for how it might work? Or not? If you have this on standby, all day- it's gonna heat the room up and/or chew the power at a high rate- seems terribly inefficient. Or am I missing /misunderstanding something? OTOH, starting this machine from cold- to boil a whole 5 litres to get one cup of coffee? How does that work?

Cheers,
OG

[TC]

Orders are now open for La Vela. We are hoping to receive our first stocks prior to Christmas.



Details of the machine:

• Hand made body of 304 stainless steel
• 5 litre stainless boiler- double insulated
• 2000W element
• Boiler cleaning waste gate
• Standard kit: 1x double portafilter, 1x single portafilter, 1x naked, 3x steam tips, tamper, instruction book.
• The machine ships in a solid. foldable wooden crate.

50% deposit on order and any early adopters who would like to place an order prior to October 10 will receive their machine at our wholesale price.

Contact me for further details.

Chris

[ambient]

wow -- design plus -- great to see some innovation in the domestic machine market.

[Pretzal]

Thanks for the info Chris.

[TC]

Any updates to this thread or the hint of new bling??

Hi Pretzal,

I regret we won't have anything to add now until after HOST in October.

I understand the furst build will be just 14 machines. I have placed our name on one.

Cheers

Chris

[Pretzal]

Any updates to this thread or the hint of new bling??