VBM Domobar Super

VBM (Vibiemme) Domobar Super

The Domobar Super from Vibiemme is the perfect espresso machine to produce delicious cafe quality espresso and milk based coffees. It is placed at the prestige end of the home espresso machine. The Domobar Super has very impressive technical commercial attributes and internal balances. It has been refined over many years to allow absolute confidence of continuous cafe quality enjoyment. The commercial E61 group head offers excellent heat characteristics resulting in superb coffee with every pour. Also, the Domobar Super is renowned for its superior boiler capacity enabling a high volume of steam required for producing the optimum texturising of milk for detailed latte art.

La Vibiemme is based in Milan, and have an extensive history and credibility in the international market of manufacturing traditional espresso machines spanning over the past 40 years. The founder of Vibiemme was Mr Carlo Valente, also the founder of renowned Faema. The Faema espresso coffee machine's heritage began in 1945 by Mr. Valente. By 1961 he had introduced the E61 model. The design and patent of the E61 group head was overseen by Mr Valente and is still the most commonly used system even after 40 years producing superior espresso coffee results. With the wonderful espresso machine history behind Vibiemme, it is no wonder that Vibiemme machines are not only beautifully designed but also mechanically and technically refined to deliver superior cup results. Vibiemme still holds the design patent for the E61 group head which is used in conjunction with the E64 group head on their models.

Features

• True Faema E61 grouphead In the early 1970's Vibiemme became the offspring of Faema and they co-owned the patent to the Faema E61 grouphead.
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  Larger 2.7 liter boiler A massive 2.7 litre boiler is used in the Domobar Super. The larger boiler not only adds to the temperature stability of the grouphead, but also offers a greater amount of steaming capacity. To support this large boiler, Vibiemme has added a support bracket rather than just using the pipes to hold it on like other machines. The boiler pressure is regulated by a commercial pressure stat with system pressure gauge.
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  Commercially specified pressure stat At last a domestic espresso machine that has a pressure stat with the accuracy of 0.035 degrees. Temperature control as good as it gets, with the addition of a fully commercial pressure stat. Technology that in the past was reserved for commercial machines only.
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  Microswitch under water reservoir Vibiemme has installed a microswitch under the reservoir to stop damage to the heating element when the water reservoir is close to empty. The machine will automatically cut off until the reservior is topped up with water.
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  Pump Position Adjustable pump with by-pass valve and system pressure gauge. All vibiemmes are equiped with a thermal protector which, if necessary, will cut off power to prevent the pump from burning. Also, the ULKA Vibrating pump has been repositioned to minimize the vibrating noise.
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  Two pressure gauges Most machines only have one boiler pressure gauge. The Vibiemme Domobar Junior has a second gauge which provides the brew pressure reading while pulling a shot. This can be helpful when fine-tuning your shot.
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  Large tray The VBM Domobar Junior, although small in footprint offers a large drip tray, which makes for practical user operation, esprecially when purging the group head before and after each shot.

Specifications

What's in the box

• 1 x VBM Domobar Super
• 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

Downloads

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Coffee Parts Thoughts

The VBM Domobar Super is a great machine on the top end of the Domobar home range, offering both a large boiler and commercial pressurestat, this machine will handle the busiest of home environments, making is perfect for any busy home or office.