The hand - built Slayer espresso simple machine is not brandspankinew , but it is still exceedingly uncommon — fewer than 20 exist in java shop — and this one , residing at freshly openedRBC NYC , is the first Orient of Michigan . It costs $ 18,000 .
The reason coffee dweeb are hyped about the Slayer is n’t just because it ’s obscenely expensive , or because of the style wood interlocking with contoured metallic element to create a hulking , beautiful gadget , but mostly because of the mode it allows a barista to easily play with force per unit area to do some interesting things — like start with a low pressure extraction , wild leek up to full pressure , then back it down to get dissimilar textures or flavors — using the wooden paddle on top of the groupheads that adjust the mechanical valve which curb water rate of flow , which is what ’s unequalled about the simple machine . ( More on the Slayer and pressurehere , and more of our own espresso coverage and explainershereandhere . )
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It ’s passably finicky , and different from other espresso machines that RBC ’s theatre director of deep brown ( yes , that ’s her deed of conveyance ) said it took her two month to really control the simple machine . Interestingly , they ’re essay out using the Slayer to do brewed coffee berry , to create something really different , but they ’re not certain when they ’re gon na bid it up . For now though , they ’re pull some of the good espresso shots in New York , at least judging by the two beverage I ’ve had . [ Slayer , RBC NYC , Full - Size exposure ]
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