Expobar Minore IV

Expobar Minore IV

Expobar is a Spanish company located in Valencia, Expobar has been manufacturing both domestic and commercial coffee machines for the last 20 years. The Expobar Minore IV is a dual boiler domestic machine designed for the astute barista wanting to experiment on the effects of brewing temperatures on your favorite coffee. The user friendly controls and dedicated brew boiler allows you to adjust the temperatures easily and fine tune your extractions to suit the roast level and flavor characteristics of your chosen beans.

Each boiler is 1500ml in capacity with it’s own 2000watt element meaning it is the largest ‘boiler capacity to element wattage’ in its class, what does this mean, steam, steam, steam, and a quick heat up time. Both boilers are insulated to help reduce heat loss.

Boiler construction is of copper and brass which has been proven for its reliability, strength and durability.

One boiler is designated for steam, hot water and to pre-heat the water entering the brew boiler via a heat exchanger so as to keep the brew boiler temp stable. This is known as the steam boiler and it’s controlled by a pressure stat that can be adjusted up to 1.4 bar steam pressure for more steam velocity.

The brew boiler is dedicated for maintaining the perfect temp of water for the extraction of coffee via the group head. It does this with its PID temp controller which can be set very easily to the desired extraction temp for the blend of coffee you are using. The PID controller minimises the temp swing by pulsing the brew boiler element to maintain the set temperature.

Specifications

What's in the box

• 1 x Expobar Minore IV
• 1 x Complete Single Portafilter (Group Handle)
• 1 x Complete Double Portafilter (Group Handle)
• 1 x Blind Filter Basket for back-flushing
• 1 x Group Head Brush
• 1 x Plastic Coffee Scoop - useless in our opinion
• 1 x Plastic Tamper - also useless in our opinion

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Coffee Parts Thoughts

The Expobar Minore IV is a great machine to experiment with a twin boiler set-up, however with the exception of the LM GS3 and Kees Speedster, we generally still prefer the heat exchange set-up for most home user set-ups. All in all the Expobar is great avlue for money.