Otto 'the little guy' Espresso Induction Top Maker Set
The Little Guy is an award-winning premium espresso system for home use. The Little Guy has no moving parts, ensuring near zero servicing and perfect performance for the rest of your life.
The Little Guy will work on a narrow gas flame, requiring the heat focused to the centre of the boiler. Electric stovetops will provide a perfectly reliable performance given the full coverage of heat over the boiler base.
We do however, highly recommend the Little Guy induction top as the optimum heat source, offering the most efficient and accurate drive for the boiler, and a great addition to the family!
Careful consideration was given to the optimum heating solution and induction was chosen for its accuracy and efficiency. the Little Guy induction top is an instrument specifically developed to drive the Little Guy precisely in a reputed performance.
Why will the Little Guy work on the Little Guy induction top and not on normal induction tops?
We spent over two years working with electrical engineers and manufacturers to create an induction technology that will work with the Little Guy's solid 304 grade stainless steel boiler base. the Little Guy induction top uses a customized sensor system that engages with stainless steel where that other induction technology won't.
Five cooking settings, independent of the little guy setting, offer the use of many accouterments formerly unusable on standard induction cook tops. the Little Guy induction top is versatile far beyond making espresso with the Little Guy.
What's in the box?
- 'The Little Guy' stainless steel espresso maker
- Otto Induction Top
About The Little Guy
In 2005 in Sydney, Australia, Craig Hiron looked at his iconic stovetop espresso maker and wondered if it could be re-engineered internally so it'd pull genuine espresso shots and texture milk perfectly. Craig's passion for espresso coffee demanded both the shots and the milk texture had to be to the standards of the best cafes in the world.
Award-winning industrial designers,Tiller Design were engaged along with Dr Allan Wallace (a professor of thermal dynamics), mechanical specialists, engineers and a manufacturing agent, Doug Marshall. After four years of research, development, design, tooling and production, the Otto Espresso Maker became a reality.
In 2013 Otto espresso was rebranded as the Little Guy. The rebranding was purely a trademark change. The company ownership, our people and our highly functioning products remain exactly as they've always been.
Our design and build philosophy is simple. We produce products that are the best they can possibly be, with our costs and timelines being secondary to your experience. We make products people who love coffee, food, wine & design. People who happily invest in the integrity of products made perfectly.
Function, ergonomics and aesthetics is key to us, in this order. Made with the highest quality materials available, and produced within 0.1mm accuracy, there are few domestic espresso machines made this well in the world. As a result, design awards have flowed: The Australian International Design Mark in 2008, the Chicago Athenaeum's 'Good Design' in 2011, International Design Excellence Award finalist in 2009 and a German Design Council nomination for the German Design Awards in 2013.
We are 100% Australian owned, dedicated to delivering highly functioning products to the local and international market. All products are designed and developed, ground up by us. The founder, Craig Hiron, is a man who is passionate about helping people make a flat white or latte at home with the same quality as the best cafes they've visited globally. You won't find someone who is more driven about food, wine and coffee equally!
Features
- 'The Little Guy' stainless steel espresso maker
- 51mm coffee basket for professional espresso grind
- 51mm coffee basket for store bought espresso grind
- Stainless steel coffee jug
- Quick start guide
- A built in alert, sounding at the start of the extraction
- Touch screen controls
- An automatic cut out, in the event you forget to switch the induction top off at the end of brewing
- Five independent heat settings that are ideal for suitable kettles and cookware. (lowest heat 300w up to 1200w at the highest)
- The surface area of the little guy induction top is smaller than an A4 page, ideal for small kitchens and traveling.
What else might I need
Coffee Parts Thoughts
Craig has done an amazing job at bringing a classic back to life in what is nothing less than stunning! Beautiful addition to any house, and the perfect wedding present for those loved ones getting married. We personally love and recommend The Little Guy.
