La Scala Butterfly

Commercial design, generic parts, great steam pressure and extraction power. No useless extras

Large foot print (for its class), best plumbed in, steam wand should be a ball swivel,could increase your coffee bill. Rubbing point under water reservoir can cause corrosion

Dependable, consistent shots. Best machine I've found sofar

steam and hot water wands are wider than the machine and miss the drip tray, which could be a little bigger ; The side panels are very scratch sensitive

I had a Gaggia Classic for 5 years and was looking to step up to a machine that I could produced expressos on and not run of steam. I spent about 3 months researching the others and found this one to be ideal. I spoke with some local coffee houses in...

I had a Gaggia Classic for 5 years and was looking to step up to a machine that I could produced expressos on and not run of steam. I spent about 3 months researching the others and found this one to be ideal. I spoke with some local coffee houses in...

OK, here goes an honest and critical review of my baby! Have I told you that I really love my machine ;

OK, here goes an honest and critical review of my baby! Have I told you that I really love my machine ;

Has a very good finish. both the steam and hot water wands swivel so you can use them easily. Heavy commercial quality brew head. Drip tray is large enough for most home use, may be a little small if you were to use machine for commercial use. lots of...

Very large, takes up a lot of counter. will not fit under most cabinets. water resevoir is somewhat small, and awkward to fill

Rock solid (like use it as a bollard in front of your house solid), commercial quality build. Attractive in an industrial kind of way. No shortage of hot water or steam. Easy to clean. Well considered design (access for water refill etc). All the...

One or two parts could be polished on both (rather than just one) side to improve the aesthetics. The cooling flushes take about 30secs to acheive steady streem flow (a bit long?). Limited freeplay for PF insertion. Water (especially when bubbling in a...

What can you say?? This is the best machine on the market… simple as that!! Nothing does it better – a few do it just as good ; It all comes down to design and price (as always) if you like the “industrial” look and simplicity then this is a “NO...

No reason to mention the wand.. but there you go ; Note: the wand has been improved on the new model and now comes with a swivel-wand ; Only real negative thing is my “shakes” after the 10'Th espresso, and my wife complaining about my insomnia due to...

Ultimate industrial design - no unnecessary decoration, pure clean straight line look, polished steel/chrome finish, built quality, minimalistic simplicity of use, consistent great shots, short heat up time (for HX machine)

Nothing negative with exception for bit noisy pump action, but this should not be really of any significance. I posted it rather to give at least something negative to this otherwise positive opinion

heat up very fast, manual operating lever, great steam

small cylinder pump, small drip tray, two holes steam wand

Heavy duty commercial E61 grouphead, 1,8L Boiler. The machine comes with a 3.5L water tank and an integrated descaler that lasts for about 2500 !! liters. The Butterfly is capable of frothing large amounts of milk at a time and produces the best...

Like most E61 machines the Butterfly tends to overheat a little bit when unused for a longer time period. Flushing a few ounces of water through the grouphead solves the problem with ease