The La Marzocco Strada Espresso Machine: An Overview
The La Marzocco Strada is lovingly called the Ferrari of espresso machines.
A highly programmable espresso machine that can handle the busiest of workflows-pulling perfect shot after perfect shot no matter how many customers walk through the door.
The La Marzocco Strada is an advanced espresso machine known for its iconic look, impeccable build quality, and just how easy it makes pulling a seriously good shot of espresso.
The La Marzocco Strada was developed by a team of thirty baristas from outside the La Marzocco family.
This rag-tag team of coffee experts were brought on to design a new machine, given a blank slank and license to get creative. La Marzocco nicknamed these consultants “the street team” or Strada.
This machine is what they came up with. They named it La Marzocco Strada in their honor.
The Strada is unique in how it uses a conical vale and paddle to put the barista in full control over the water flow and pressure. It allows for pre-infusions on one grouping even while the others are pulling coffee.
Each grouping has an independent boiler. That lets baristas brew multiple coffees at different temperatures at the same time.
Depending on the model, nearly everything is programmable (temperature, recipes by volume or weight, etc) and easy to update as your menu or beans change throughout the year.
Other key features include:
Proportional steam valve - La Strada features a unique lever that you pull on to ramp up the steam pressure as needed, allowing baristas to use more or less steam pressure on-demand.
Auto Backflush - Essential for the machine’s longevity and the taste of the coffee you’re making. Just hold down the left and top buttons on the group head to start. And tap it again to stop.
Independent Boilers - Separate boilers for each group head means baristas can set different temperatures for different orders at the same time. The group heads have 3 buttons each with short and long press options. They’re all programmable which is great if your cafe has a lot of menu options.
Thermal stability system - This system allows water to pass through each element and keeps the temperature stable.
Performance touch steam wands - Double-walled, vacuum-insulated steams wands that won’t scald your baristas hands while giving high volume, high-quality steam for your drinks. Plus the flow is variable meaning you can get the right consistency on even a low volume of milk.