Great video man, really well covered. I have been eyeing the brua for a while now. Totally agree with what you said in this video and I personally love the look of it too.

I appreciate your thoughts on spouse buy-in. I personally think the Brua looks like a hacked guitar stand, but I think my husband would really like the minimalism. Plus, it would kind of match his guitar stand, so that would be a bonus for him.

Thanks for the great review: The last scene cracked me up! Personally, I think this machine looks utterly impeccable.

Thanks for a great video. Concise, and informative. Can I ask…. It looks like you pre-heated the chamber and then you lifted the lever and released ALL of the pre-heat water into the cup and discarded it. Then you screwed on the portafilter and added in new water to pull the shot. Did I get that right?

From an industrial designer's perspective I appreciate the clean design and the simplicity of the workflow. They were super smart in switching to a tubular steel frame as apposed to the renderings on the Kickstarter that showed something different. The setup costs for this in terms of tooling is really low, so they didn't have to turn massive volumes to start making a profit. The price is pretty hefty for the materials, though. They have some NICE margins on that! I don't see a single custom moulded part. Everything is machined, cut, welded. Not great for millions of units, but really good for easy start and lower volumes. If it feels solid and lasts decades, then fair game. More expensive construction should only be used when really necessary. The weld on the joint of the foot and neck isn't the best but overall I like it. I really shows how overly complex a lot of other machines are.

I also enjoy the minimalistic design! It’s fascinating how simple a design can be and still be able to make yummy espresso. I’d love to see other colors though. Something like a metallic blue of metallic red would be beautiful 😍

yay new video!!

Great video, Justin!

Hey thanks for the video! Looks interesting but I've been leaning on the cafelat robot vs flair pro 2.... Any experience with these machines??

Thanks for this! How do you judge the heat retention of this beauty as compare to Flair Pro 2? Is the workflow that much better ? And is it harder to pull the lever than the Pro 2, considering the shorter lever? And does it slip or tip at all when you pull?

Loving your expression if "Spouse buy in" 😍😀. To your question, do I like the design? It looks really well made and the minimalist slean surfaces will also be easy to keep cleana and make this unit look great for years to come

It looks nice, would love to have one. I think they should have done a bigger portafilter not 51mm. But the workflow looks easy and with 2 baskets I think back to back shots would be fast.

Hi Justin, thanks for an absorbing review! A suggestion for people complaining re lack of pressure gauge: I cobbled up a lever machine, excluding any gauge, from bits of an old 1950’s Faema Baby lever machine, etc. Re gauging the pressure, you are absolutely right about this as I initially developed a very good feel for it by using it on top of an old bathroom scale. I took this cue from Cafelat who actually provide a graph for their ( gaugeless model ) Robot showing scale weight indicated vs brew extraction pressure. Perhaps suggest to Brua that they too provide such a graph for their own design. It’s great to get that feedback during the early stages of familiarizing oneself with the unit. Thereafter one can relish the absolute minimalism of the whole process. All the best!

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I think it's a good thing that there is competition on the manual machine. The differences in design, technicality, the development of accessibility to the home and price allow the consumer not to lock himself into a modus operandi. I own a Rok by default and like it, but I would really like to get a more than pretty practical manual machine that focuses exclusively on the best shot for the best price.

I love the look of this! What's the maximum size shot it can pull? And it looked like you had to se a lot of physical force on that lever-- did you?

It seems like the ROK has all the advantages of this machine, without the disadvantages, while being less expensive.

My eyes were catching up with the Green Jacket hanging atop the ceiling but it’s not a Jacket it’s just a Light 😅 Yeah one on the right and another once on the left 😂

Thanks so much for the video. Does newton say what the water capacity is for the brua?

Cool. Maybe you should try the Cafelat Robot, for a future clip. It makes exquisite espresso with little efort. And much easier to manage temperture surfing. Cheers

If a stick man was an espresso machine, this would be it. While the I think you can have great espresso without a pressure gauge, you won't be able to re create different profile and that's one of the main reasons one would get a manual espresso machine. I like the looks so much that I think it would be a great decorations piece. The price for me is a deal breaker, it simply offers less value for more money compared to a pro 2. Plus, you won't have as big of a community as you would with the flair or cafelat.

Yo that is an awesome piece of design from my own backyard. Totally cool, works like a charm, next to zero maintenance

Looks like one of the ikea usb desk lamps

A hook on the handle for a kettlebell, and voila! Semiautomatic espresso.

The Acaia Pyxis would fit too.

I like the minimalistic concept, however to me it is the legs that are the most ugly part, a bit half ass designed when it comes to beauty. Maybe if the legs were flat or something else it wouldn't look like a guitar stand combined with a wine corking machine and a bicycle pump. In general I feel the design is a bit confusing, like a "slim mythical beast", but it is definately eye catching in a positive way at first glanse. However the price is outragous for a stick and a pump, but I guess this is also a matter of perspective 😅!

I think the looks are shmaaaackin!

No flexibility for a variety of baskets or dosages

Humanity invented descriptive adjectives to transcend a "good way or bad way"

Gonna pass. Not going to spend that lot of money on that skeleton thing

Fugly, expensive, no pressure gauge. That's an easy pass.

So sad when engineers have great ideas but live in a bubble. We're talking millimeters to make something 10x better. Need more wisdom.