An espresso machine makes coffee by passing hot water through the coffee powder. To produce enough hot water and steam at a standard temperature, espresso machine manufacturers need powerful heating systems. The most popular systems today are thermoblock and thermocoil. So what is the difference between thermoblock vs thermocoil? Which should your machine have? Which one is better? Let's explore together.
An espresso machine makes coffee by passing hot water through the coffee powder. To produce enough hot water and steam at a standard temperature, espresso machine manufacturers need powerful heating systems. The most popular systems today are thermoblock and thermocoil. So what is the difference between thermoblock vs thermocoil? Which should your machine have? Which one is better? Let's explore with Vin.
Thermoblocks
Thermoblock is the heating system commonly found in home espresso machines. Unlike specialized in-house brewers, which often use one or more boilers to extract coffee, home models only need to pump water through a heating system to create steam or brew coffee. Thermoblock is a system that includes heating rods of various shapes and sizes. In these espresso machines, water is pumped through a preheated metal rod. The machine can produce steam or hot water with different temperature by adjusting the heat of the metal rod. This application is quite suitable for home machines because the cost is not too high.
However, the minus point of this system is its durability and consistent quality. Some quality thermoblock machines on the market can provide the same extraction efficiency as professional machines, there are still machines that use less quality technology. Therefore, we need to choose products from reputable, long-standing brands like Solis to ensure the coffee effect is always consistent as well as without having to maintain the machine after only a short time of use.
Thermocoils
Thermocoil is a new application with the same way of working as thermoblock. The heating rods will provide heat for the water being pumped through. The difference is that this system uses metal pipes instead of pumping water through a system of tanks. These tubes are usually made of copper or other metals that conduct heat well. The water will be circulated better, so the system will usually have a more uniform effect. Operating time will also be faster, although it still takes time for the temperature to switch from steam to hot water for brewing coffee.
The minus point is that like other heat exchange systems, thermocoil is prone to scaling, affecting the quality of the finished coffee. Even if you can find a way to clean the machine, it will be quite troublesome and time consuming for the non-specialist. To minimize this problem, you should add a water filter to your coffee machine. In particular, the Solis espresso machine is already equipped with a water filter from Brita - a prestigious brand of water filtration equipment from Germany.
In addition, the thermocoil system cools down quite quickly, so you might have enough heat to make espresso, but not enough heat to create steam. This is a point to keep in mind if you intend to make coffee continuously, the waiting time between brews can be annoying even though the system heats up quickly.
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