Feb 17, 2012 - Hi, I am looking for a new commercial espresso machine and was wondering if any of you have experience with the La Maarzocco or Elektra.

I've been recently doing a lot of research in order to get the best overall commercial espresso machine.I was fond of the Elektra Aletta  and Belle Epoque Verticale (.) Beautiful machines.Whilst I found very little literature in terms of reviews, I was very convinced. Slowly I learned about the scarcity of spare parts and that the company would only sell to distributor, which my region lacked.I moved my efforts to the Strada EP, which then I learned had its issues, such as the difficulty of use and in maintaining consistency even when the pressure profiles were stored (very important) and so forth. I got discouraged when I learned about the complications that may even have a destructive nature to the startup. La Marzocco does have a distributor.The Victoria Arduino Venus is a beauty that resembles the Belle Epoque, a show piece for sure. Then I learned that there isn't a regional distributor for those either.Firstly, how important is it to have a distributor?

How difficult are these machines to service. What are the most important factors in looking for a machine? Verdicts according to experience?Thank you.Tags. This is a topic that's had considerable discussion here, recently and in the past. I'd recommend clicking the 'Talk Coffee' tab above, then looking around in the section for discussions on this.

Lots of good information there.I think it's more critical to have a competent tech be comfortable with a machine than to have a distributor in the area. That said, if there isn't another distributor in the area, your tech might well be the distributor.La Marzocco makes more than just the Strada - I would look at the rest of the lineup before writing them off.Victoria Arduino is made by Nuova Simonelli, which has an extensive distributor network.

Investigate that route if you are interested in these machines. I'm a big fan of Nuova Simonelli.Hope that helps.Reply by on January 17, 2013 at 3:34am.

Founded in 1927 by the brothers Giuseppe and Bruno Bambi, La Marzocco is known for creating state of the art espresso coffee machines. Its high quality, original design and attention to details make this brand the benchmark in the premium domestic coffee machine segment. Windows 10 games free download. Along the years, the company developed various innovations such as the development of the first coffee machine with horizontal boiler or a dual boiler system with saturated brewing groups. The company is renowned by its reliability and the extremely high quality of its machines.