Did you enjoy this style of video? I am hoping to mix in things like this from time to time and would love to hear your input! I am so passionate about all things coffee, so I was extra giddy to get this filmed, edited, and released to you all. Thanks again to Mumac for reserving the entire museum for us for 4 hours to shoot!
This was a great journey through espresso history! One comment, as an astronomy nerd: the eclipse in 1961 that gave E61 its name was a total solar eclipse, not an eclipse of the moon - two very different phenomena from an astronomy perspective. That being said, you covered a huge amount of ground here so BRAVO!
correct! So sorry about my communication there. Verbal faux pas. I knew it was a solar eclipse. at that point in the shoot, we were in a bit of a rush and a mower was going on outside and I fumbled a bit. But yes!
If we can make pump driven machines for cheap today, just think of how good the lever machines we can make for the same price! I so want a £500 spring lever machine for the home!
This is fascinating, Lance! I’m a history major/coffee ‘professional’, so this is one of my favorite pieces of content that you’ve produced! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Would reall love to see videos with these older lever machines! And would also love to see how they compare with new lever machines that still use "old" technology ( La San Marco, Bosco...).
I was very hesitant to watch cause it seemed boring tbh but at the end I wish it was longer than that. Great one Lance! Quoting Illy from Espresso Coffee book "Espresso consumption is an aesthetic experience, like tasting a vintage wine or admiring a painting. It is a search for beauty and goodness for improving the quality of our life. As it offers such subjectively ineffable goodness, devoid of defects, the only adequate reaction to it is astonishment- astonishment that can give birth to enthusiasm, and therefore intellectual and spiritual enrichment."
I think part of the reason E61 is still beloved is: 1. thermal stability is good enough for 99% of people. Saying "saturated is better" while true it's a small difference and except for a few select people, no one cares. 2. it's a simplistic design and extremely reliable 3. parts are interchangeable mostly and widely available
Glad to see you made it to the Museum. It wasn't built yet my last visit to Italy. I too was enamored with the La Doria machine that I saw at the Cagliari Espresso Museum; wrote that machine up quite a bit back in 2010ish. Did you get a chance to meet Enrico Maltoni? He very graciously took me on a tour of the Cagliari Museum in Bologna back in 2010. He really is THE historian of this technology. The Cagliari place probably has about 75% of the machines Mumac has.
Being fascinated by industrial design, this was highly interesting to me. Are mere mortals able to visit this museum or only industry professionals? Great work.
Spectacular video! You’re a natural with the long form . Maybe the next will be in the Port or Mocha, Yemen? Trudge thru Ethiopia to trace Coffees origins? By my lights you’re a shoe-in for a Niche series with The BBC
great vid! i particularly enjoyed the 10:05 "Style over Form" slip (as opposed to what it was meant: "Style (or form) over Function") :) keep up the great vids Lance
Great and original content, as always. Beautifully presented. Please share more of this type. This museum is now in my bucket list. History makes me emotional! Those machines have a lot to say.
Professor Hedrick, this video was incredible. Learnt a lot about the history of espresso machines. Pretty sad because I was in Milan 3 months ago and didn’t know about this museum. But it’s nicer for you to take us through the museum journey.
I know this is nit picking but the important 1961 eclipse was solar. Lunar eclipses are a good deal more common. Thanks for the lovely sedate tour, Lance.
Considering the number of remakes of lever machines int he last 2 years I feel people have returned to the roots and improved it while keep the essence of the manual machine while keeping taste in mind as the key objective.
Incredible video. Thanks for making and sharing. So much beauty, I can only imagine how exciting and cool it was to actually be there and to be there without anyone else, except Hugo (to whom we are also very grateful!).
Thank you! I'd been dreaming of when I could justify the trip without dipping too much into my own pockets. Been about a year since I had the idea! Stoked to have finally gotten the chance.
Amazing! I love it! Design elements through the years absolutely stunning! So is everything about this video - I’d love to see a full-length documentary! Thanks Lance! 💕
I would love to try the “espresso” from all these machines. It would be fun to taste the difference and evolution of how they make espresso. But would you use modern day coffee beans or what they had then? So interesting!
A wonderful overview of design esthetics enclosing increasingly complex process controls for extracting coffee flavours. these are not just machines, they are works of art in and of themselves.
What an excellent video, congrats on getting the opportunity to show this place off! Your hosting made this info-dense 20 minutes quite digestible, would love to see more in this vein in the future if/when you have the chance. Bonus props to Hugo (I assume) for some beautiful shots. :)
Wonderfully created video Lance. Much like a fine cup of espresso filled with creativity and design, executed with true performance. So nice to watch you grow your craft. Thanks from all of us out here in coffee land.
Amazing video, this one felt special. I was in Italy for holidays and almost bought a train ticket for Milan to visit the Host, but we had already organized the week. I will have to wait until 2025 :P
Awesome video! Definitely came away both enjoying it and learning a lot about the history of espresso! I can't help but mention that Italy had a total solar eclipse (where the moon blocks out the sun) on February 15th 1961. It does not appear that Italy had any lunar eclipses (where the earth blocks the sun from shining light on the moon) in 1961. I had to look it up because solar eclipses are pretty spectacular while lunar eclipses have felt kind of "meh", so I was curious which one it was based on.
Correct. This is what I meant. I said it weird with "eclipse of the moon." I speak words based off images in my head. I saw it and described it in a weird way where I meant the moon was eclipsing the sun, or covering it. Weird brain communication things. You're correct!
Wonderful video, thank you. What I am curious about now is how those coffees tasted like back then. No just how those technologic developpments could have improved the taste, but also how the quality of the coffee beans/roasting was then.
Your best video yet! What beautiful machines - art is an expression of a theme, an idea, a passion, and to a lover of coffee these machines are art. Also - how diverse are those 20th century espresso machines? We've definitely lost a bit of design flair since that standard "C" shape machine took over, what a shame.
This was a fantastic video and I couldn't help but think about Duvall suing Meticulous and Decent. It was clear that through the decades there were standards created and then other companies adopted those standards. Now anyone can take an old idea, add "software" to it, and no one can replicate it because software is this magical patent land. Innovation will be stifled until this issue is resolved but I truly wish I could go visit that museum. It looks incredible.
Did you enjoy this style of video? I am hoping to mix in things like this from time to time and would love to hear your input! I am so passionate about all things coffee, so I was extra giddy to get this filmed, edited, and released to you all. Thanks again to Mumac for reserving the entire museum for us for 4 hours to shoot!
Definitely one of my favorite videos to date 🙌
thank you, @mrcakers! appreciate that!
thanks, @benjaminlowen! Had so much fun making it.
That was awesome - really enjoyed the video, great presentation - glad the community support is helping to fund these types of projects
Loved it! Really nice!
this video was such a dopamine rush. the flow of information, the beautiful machines, together with well chosen audio. It's fantastic, Lance!
what a beautiful and well thought out comment! made my evening. Thank you!
Love it Lance! Thank you for sharing our beloved museum!
thanks so much for hosting us! We had an absolutely wonderful time!
We need to bring back some of these absolutely stunning designs instead of just having the same looking chrome boxes everywhere!!!😢
As someone who owns said chrome box - I agree.
amen. I can't even look at my chrome box anymore...at least until tomorrow morning when I wake up thinking about it
haha! preach!
The passion of italian inventors is unmatched.
agreed! So much love and passion and emotion passed from creator to created. beautiful
So cool, the beauty of those pre 80s machines is amazing
Merci Lance!!!
C'était un merveilleux voyage!!!🫶🫶🫶
This was a great journey through espresso history! One comment, as an astronomy nerd: the eclipse in 1961 that gave E61 its name was a total solar eclipse, not an eclipse of the moon - two very different phenomena from an astronomy perspective. That being said, you covered a huge amount of ground here so BRAVO!
correct! So sorry about my communication there. Verbal faux pas. I knew it was a solar eclipse. at that point in the shoot, we were in a bit of a rush and a mower was going on outside and I fumbled a bit. But yes!
Fantastic! Wish it were 10x longer with demonstrations of the machines and more history!
I love that you don't just focus on what is the best technically in your videos but touch on art, design, experience, craft, and history. Thanks Lance
thank you! I love all things coffee, not just what makes scientifically the best.
LOVED THIS…. But I so wanted to see Lance pull a shot from an old machine
More tours!
i don't have any words to describe.
If we can make pump driven machines for cheap today, just think of how good the lever machines we can make for the same price!
I so want a £500 spring lever machine for the home!
This is fascinating, Lance! I’m a history major/coffee ‘professional’, so this is one of my favorite pieces of content that you’ve produced! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Would reall love to see videos with these older lever machines! And would also love to see how they compare with new lever machines that still use "old" technology ( La San Marco, Bosco...).
my god, one of the best coffee videos i've ever seen, kudos!
Wow huge praise! Thank you!
I was very hesitant to watch cause it seemed boring tbh but at the end I wish it was longer than that. Great one Lance! Quoting Illy from Espresso Coffee book "Espresso consumption is an aesthetic experience, like tasting a vintage wine or admiring a painting. It is a search for beauty and goodness for improving the quality of our life. As it offers such subjectively ineffable goodness, devoid of defects, the only adequate reaction to it is astonishment- astonishment that can give birth to enthusiasm, and therefore intellectual and spiritual enrichment."
Great job Lance!
I think part of the reason E61 is still beloved is:
1. thermal stability is good enough for 99% of people. Saying "saturated is better" while true it's a small difference and except for a few select people, no one cares.
2. it's a simplistic design and extremely reliable
3. parts are interchangeable mostly and widely available
Well done Lance. I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you for your passion.
thank you for your enthusiasm in following along! makes this all fun
Works of Art. Thanks for this great video
Well done brother!!!! Amazing vid that got me thinking a lot, especially at the end.
Outstanding! If you were the actual guide there that place would be packed all day!
I'd absolutely love it. So much beauty in the history of espresso.
Great video Lance, thanks. Can’t believe you’re nearly at 200k subscribers. Only seems like yesterday that you passed 100k!
Thank you! Exciting times!
Enjoyed he video, thanks. Can’t believe I visited Milan earlier this year and didn’t know this museum existed 🥴👍☕️☕️
this should have more views
very informative, thanks.
Beautiful and informative. Thank you professor Lance!
Thank you for watching! Means a lot
Glad to see you made it to the Museum. It wasn't built yet my last visit to Italy. I too was enamored with the La Doria machine that I saw at the Cagliari Espresso Museum; wrote that machine up quite a bit back in 2010ish. Did you get a chance to meet Enrico Maltoni? He very graciously took me on a tour of the Cagliari Museum in Bologna back in 2010. He really is THE historian of this technology. The Cagliari place probably has about 75% of the machines Mumac has.
Hello Professor ❤️
Nice to see you again as your Beatboxing fan 🎉
thank you! Hope you enjoyed the video!
Great video Lance! Thank you.
thank you, as always, Brent!
Absolutely beautiful Lance. Thank you for sharing this experience and your knowledge with us here ❤
And thank you Hugo for the amazing collab and camera work on this!
thank you so much! it was a fun trip and one i've been planning for a year. so excited to have it materialize
Loved being able to see it come together here. Thanks again!
Being fascinated by industrial design, this was highly interesting to me. Are mere mortals able to visit this museum or only industry professionals? Great work.
Fantastic video Lance! I'd have to agree that this would be my favorite as well!
thank you! it's just such an incredible conglomeration of beauty, engineering, art, history, etc.
Best video you ever made! I love it, watching 5am before going to work, my E61 preheating in the kitchen
what a beautiful setting to read! Part of coffee history.
Amazing video Lance!! 👏👏
Thank you so much!
Spectacular video!
You’re a natural with the long form .
Maybe the next will be in the Port or Mocha, Yemen? Trudge thru Ethiopia to trace Coffees origins?
By my lights you’re a shoe-in for a Niche series with The BBC
So. Pumped. Thanks for taking us along, Lance!
fingers crossed you love it!
Super Cool! nice job
great vid! i particularly enjoyed the 10:05 "Style over Form" slip (as opposed to what it was meant: "Style (or form) over Function") :)
keep up the great vids Lance
Glad you caught that hahaha
This video will have millions of views. Incredible presentation, impeccable music choices. Thank you!
that would be mind blowing! still haven't had one hit that marker, so would be astounding!
Really enjoyed this video.. do more!
Thank you! As long as it performs adequately (meaning not tank), I definitely want to do more. Loads more.
Fantastic video. Thank you.
much appreciated! So glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the amazing historical walkthru. Please keep this coming!
Great and original content, as always. Beautifully presented. Please share more of this type. This museum is now in my bucket list. History makes me emotional! Those machines have a lot to say.
A M A A A A Z IN G ! Art is what you made with this entertaining, educational and historical (pun intended) video.
Thank you!
amazing video. please do this more often.
I hope to! Fingers crossed this video doesn't tank lol!
Professor Hedrick, this video was incredible. Learnt a lot about the history of espresso machines. Pretty sad because I was in Milan 3 months ago and didn’t know about this museum. But it’s nicer for you to take us through the museum journey.
Get in touch with Netflix I want to see a full length version of this
Lmk if you have any contacts!
I think the old look could be revived more on new machines. Great video!
agreed 100%! we have lost some of the focus on beauty over the years for flash, it seems.
Damn!! Travelling to Milan next year...I think I have a new favourite place to visit
do it! you won't regret it!
Really like this video! Love the style as well as the history! Well done!
thank you! We spent about 4 hours there trying to nail everything to really bring the experience to life
@@LanceHedrick The love and effort that was put in shows
Earliest Espresso = a giant moka pot
you're not lying haha!
exactly
I know this is nit picking but the important 1961 eclipse was solar. Lunar eclipses are a good deal more common. Thanks for the lovely sedate tour, Lance.
It's true. I had a verbal faux pas. Didn't realize it until we were having to leave. Stupid. Lol
Very informative and statesmanlike Lance.
thank you! Tried to be a bit more diplomatic in this video. tour guide like
Considering the number of remakes of lever machines int he last 2 years I feel people have returned to the roots and improved it while keep the essence of the manual machine while keeping taste in mind as the key objective.
I agree! I am loving the lever rennaisance!
Incredible video. Thanks for making and sharing. So much beauty, I can only imagine how exciting and cool it was to actually be there and to be there without anyone else, except Hugo (to whom we are also very grateful!).
it was stunning. such an incredible privilege. i'm just so excited I got to share it with you all!
This style of video is where you shine.
Love it man.
Thank you! I'd been dreaming of when I could justify the trip without dipping too much into my own pockets. Been about a year since I had the idea! Stoked to have finally gotten the chance.
Yes plzzzzz
Enjoyed the soothing tone, and interesting content!
thank you! Tried to be a bit more contained than usual since I was in another's space. Thanks for watching!
Stunning machines!
I agree! We need more of this today!
Great lance!! I really enjoyed watching the video!
thank you so much!
Stunning, just stunning. The machines, the history and your excellent telling of it all. Plus the videography, beautiful work. Bellissimo!
thank you! I truly love all things coffee. Hoping to do more similar style videos going forward as funds allow
i think we should respect coffee's heritage, while not devaluing scientific and technological advancements toward better coffee. awesome video
Amazing! I love it! Design elements through the years absolutely stunning! So is everything about this video - I’d love to see a full-length documentary! Thanks Lance! 💕
the design was remarkable! I miss many of those elements! I'd also love to do a full doc on it. What a fun time that would be!
Loved this! I felt like I was traveling there
thank you! That was my goal!
This was a joy to watch, thank you for everything that you do
thank you so much! I had a blast making it.
Steam pre-infusion. The best part of these levers.
Your camera operator is doing some great work. Fantastic
Hugo is an absolute gem. It was so fun having him on the trip with me.
Hugo is a total boss!
This was incredible to see!! Love all the design types and evolution in these machines.
thank you! Really appreciate you checking it out!
I would love to try the “espresso” from all these machines. It would be fun to taste the difference and evolution of how they make espresso. But would you use modern day coffee beans or what they had then? So interesting!
Your best to date! ... Great presentation! 👏 (keep doing this type of work) Thank you!!!
thank you so much! I was really excited for this one!
This was cool. I have never heard of the two piston machine before. you should do a video on. that.
thank you! It was certainly interesting, but horribly unsustainable. over a liter of water for a 30mL beverage haha!
What an amazing video! Absolutely would love to watch more of this style. Love the channel keep up the good work!
thank you so much! I want to do more!
What an eye candy! Beautiful machines! Thank you Lance for the treat!
thank you for watching!
What a lovely video. Thank you very much.
Much appreciated! Had a blast making it
A wonderful overview of design esthetics enclosing increasingly complex process controls for extracting coffee flavours. these are not just machines, they are works of art in and of themselves.
they really are. absolutely gorgeous machines. i was non-stop awestruck.
Best video you have made. Exceptional production quality and presentation
thank you so much! Means a lot! Hugo was stressed about it hahaha
this was very informative and I loved watching this, you just don't see this kind of content much so it was a nice breath of fresh air.
thank you so much! I hope to do more things in this vein going forward.
Lance, I loved the music and the format. Perfect for a tour of a museum.
thank you so much! hugo is a magician with editing.
What an excellent video, congrats on getting the opportunity to show this place off! Your hosting made this info-dense 20 minutes quite digestible, would love to see more in this vein in the future if/when you have the chance. Bonus props to Hugo (I assume) for some beautiful shots. :)
I definitely want to do more like this! And yeah! Hugo is a wizard.
Unreal
Loved this one 👌
appreciate that a lot!
Thanks for the journey! Inspired me on coffee culture in Malaysia, probably can do some storytelling about it in future.
thank you so much! and you should!!
Wonderfully created video Lance. Much like a fine cup of espresso filled with creativity and design, executed with true performance. So nice to watch you grow your craft. Thanks from all of us out here in coffee land.
thank you so much! I am just stoked there are people out there who are as nerdy as me and would enjoy something like this haha!
I never knew such a place existed or so many different machines as they evolved.
Nice video
thank you! It is certainly a special place!
So much fun. I like the videos on the science of coffee, but the art is what keeps me coming back. Well done!
the art is beautiful, inspiring, and motivating!
Love this addition to your channel! Keep it up!
thank you so much! I hope to!
Amazing video, this one felt special. I was in Italy for holidays and almost bought a train ticket for Milan to visit the Host, but we had already organized the week. I will have to wait until 2025 :P
Love the video. The music was really well done as well!
thank you! Really appreciate it!
Loved this ❤
much appreciated! I loved making it.
🤣 Professor Hedrick! Love it 😄
hahaha had to!
Incredible work by you and the team again! Such a neat and rich history on display there.
thank you so much!
Awesome video! Definitely came away both enjoying it and learning a lot about the history of espresso!
I can't help but mention that Italy had a total solar eclipse (where the moon blocks out the sun) on February 15th 1961. It does not appear that Italy had any lunar eclipses (where the earth blocks the sun from shining light on the moon) in 1961. I had to look it up because solar eclipses are pretty spectacular while lunar eclipses have felt kind of "meh", so I was curious which one it was based on.
Correct. This is what I meant. I said it weird with "eclipse of the moon." I speak words based off images in my head. I saw it and described it in a weird way where I meant the moon was eclipsing the sun, or covering it. Weird brain communication things. You're correct!
Wonderful video, thank you. What I am curious about now is how those coffees tasted like back then. No just how those technologic developpments could have improved the taste, but also how the quality of the coffee beans/roasting was then.
Definitely curious! You should check out my video with noa berger on the invention of the moka pot. We go into some coffee history there.
@@LanceHedrick thank you
Epic. So interesting! ❤
much appreciated! Thanks for checking it out!
Loved it.
thank you! Was really excited to drop this one
Awesome!
thank you so much! I really enjoyed making it. a wonderful time.
Your best video yet!
What beautiful machines - art is an expression of a theme, an idea, a passion, and to a lover of coffee these machines are art.
Also - how diverse are those 20th century espresso machines? We've definitely lost a bit of design flair since that standard "C" shape machine took over, what a shame.
they were a marvel to look at. a personal wonder of the world. and yes, we have definitely lost some of that touch over the years!!
This was a fantastic video and I couldn't help but think about Duvall suing Meticulous and Decent.
It was clear that through the decades there were standards created and then other companies adopted those standards. Now anyone can take an old idea, add "software" to it, and no one can replicate it because software is this magical patent land.
Innovation will be stifled until this issue is resolved but I truly wish I could go visit that museum. It looks incredible.
I agree wholeheartedly! A lot of people nowadays think they've struck gold when, in reality, that same gold had already been dug up for them.