{"product_id":"la-pavoni-stradivari-psw-16-lever-espresso-machine","title":"La Pavoni Stradivari PSW-16 Lever Espresso Machine","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo pump. No program. No automation of any kind. You pull the lever, and the pressure in the group is the pressure your own arm puts there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Pavoni has been building these in Italy for decades, and the specification reads like a list of things the industry has since decided customers should not have to think about: sixteen cups of capacity, a thirty-eight-ounce solid brass boiler under a chrome shell, wood handles, a dual frothing system, and a piston lever standing as the only mechanism between ground coffee and the cup. It is an espresso machine in the sense that a violin is an instrument — which is to say that for the first month the results are your fault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMises opened \u003cem\u003eHuman Action\u003c\/em\u003e by insisting that economics begins with a person acting purposefully toward a chosen end, and a lever machine will not let you forget it for a second. Every judgement that a pump and a PID controller exist to make on your behalf, you make instead: when to pull, how fast, how hard, and when to stop. The feedback arrives about twenty-five seconds later and it is unambiguous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, an automatic machine will give you a more consistent shot next Tuesday with no thought at all, and there is no shame in wanting that. This is simply the other choice, made on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChrome and wood on a marble counter also happens to look precisely like the kind of café this shop is named for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67603538804803,"sku":"La-Pavoni-Stradivari-PSW-16---15399569391683","price":1895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/files\/61uegZ0DyCL._AC_SX679.jpg?v=1790909369","url":"https:\/\/cafe.tollbooth-dpyc.com\/products\/la-pavoni-stradivari-psw-16-lever-espresso-machine","provider":"Good Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}