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Slayer Espresso

Slayer Espresso is an American boutique manufacturer of professional espresso machines. The company was founded in 2007 in Seattle, Washington, by Jason Prefontaine. Prefontaine had been importing espresso machines since 1991 (initially Nuova Simonelli), subsequently operated his own roastery and in doing so recognised that conventional espresso machines could not translate the quality of specialty coffee — especially lightly roasted beans — into the cup. After two years of intensive research and development, Slayer presented its first machine in 2009. Core patent: needle valve technology for precise flow rate control and flavour profiling across two phases (pre-brew and brew). 2017: majority stake acquired by Gruppo Cimbali (Italy's oldest espresso machine manufacturer, Cimbali/Faema). Production base: Seattle.

Awards: Best New Product People's Choice (SCAA, 2015), Best New Product at the Show (World of Coffee Dublin, 2016), Best Pop Up Booth Design (SCA Expo Boston, 2019) and Best Luxury Coffee Maker in the World (Luxury Lifestyle Award, 2020). Range: Steam LP (manual and volumetric, for high-volume operations), Steam EP (fully volumetric), Espresso V3 (three groups, fully digital) and Single Group (compact, foodservice and premium home use). All machines: handcrafted components in stainless steel and brass with hand-carved wooden handles; independent boilers per group; patented dry-steam mechanism (steam without water particles during milk texturing).

Slayer Espresso is for specialty coffee cafés, premium hotel concepts and coffee equipment buyers the American reference manufacturer for designer-crafted, handbuilt espresso machines with patented extraction technology — since 2017 part of Gruppo Cimbali and thus embedded in a global distribution infrastructure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slayer Espresso

Slayer Espresso is an American boutique manufacturer of professional espresso machines. The company was founded in 2007 in Seattle, Washington, by Jason Prefontaine. Prefontaine had been importing espresso machines since 1991 (initially Nuova Simonelli), subsequently operated his own roastery and in doing so recognised that conventional espresso machines could not translate the quality of specialty coffee — especially lightly roasted beans — into the cup. After two years of intensive research and development, Slayer presented its first machine in 2009. Core patent: needle valve technology for precise flow rate control and flavour profiling across two phases (pre-brew and brew). 2017: majority stake acquired by Gruppo Cimbali (Italy's oldest espresso machine manufacturer, Cimbali/Faema). Production base: Seattle.

Awards: Best New Product People's Choice (SCAA, 2015), Best New Product at the Show (World of Coffee Dublin, 2016), Best Pop Up Booth Design (SCA Expo Boston, 2019) and Best Luxury Coffee Maker in the World (Luxury Lifestyle Award, 2020). Range: Steam LP (manual and volumetric, for high-volume operations), Steam EP (fully volumetric), Espresso V3 (three groups, fully digital) and Single Group (compact, foodservice and premium home use). All machines: handcrafted components in stainless steel and brass with hand-carved wooden handles; independent boilers per group; patented dry-steam mechanism (steam without water particles during milk texturing).

Slayer Espresso is for specialty coffee cafés, premium hotel concepts and coffee equipment buyers the American reference manufacturer for designer-crafted, handbuilt espresso machines with patented extraction technology — since 2017 part of Gruppo Cimbali and thus embedded in a global distribution infrastructure.