I saw this in a flee market and found it simultaneously horrifying and hilarious. I'm curious about how something like this might have come to be?
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2025
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It's got a weird mix of features that don't match.
The mammy figure and side art appear to be bolted on a spring lever espresso machine, even the plates around the drip tray appear to be added on.
The Mammy's arms as the lever would be a feat of engineering to be functional because the force is in the wrong place if this was adapted from a center lever machine.
The only side lever machine that I can find that might serve as the basis for this is a vintage Gaggia that was made up until the 70s. https://greatinfusions.com/vintage-gaggia-compact-82-espresso-machine/
The front has some anachronistically modern features, like the lighted rocker switch to the bottom left that is typical of 1980s appliances, and that small rectangular plastic looking water level window to the left which again points to something more recent.
The copper tubing as the steam wands doesn't make sense as everything that looks like this has the flexible wands.
Some great observations there. I hadn't really thought about the power switch, but that does look completely out of place and modern for this machine.