Espresso machines · 9 differences · 16 published for only one
Bar Mini vs Mira 2 Group
Ascaso and Astoria, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.
Images: Ascaso, Astoria (CMA), the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images
Specification
| Field | Bar Mini | Mira 2 Group |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 480mm | 740mm |
| Depth | 315mm | 530mm |
| Height | 360mm | 450mm |
| Weight | 21kg | 55kg |
| Boiler system | Thermoblock | not published |
| Boilers | 3 | not published |
| Boiler volume | not published | 11.5L |
| PID temperature control | Yes | not published |
| Pump | Vibratory | not published |
| Pressure profiling | Preinfusion | not published |
| Pre-infusion | Yes | not published |
| Group | Thermoblock group | not published |
| Groups | 2 | 2 |
| Water source | Reservoir | not published |
| Reservoir | 4L | not published |
| Plumbing | None | not published |
| Steam wand | Cool-touch | Commercial |
| Hot-water tap | Yes | not published |
| Milk system | Manual wand | Manual wand |
| Voltage | 120V | 220 / 240 / 380 / 415V |
| Current | 26.3A | not published |
| Power | 3,000W | 5,000W |
| Heating element | not published | 5kW |
| Phase | Single | Single or three |
| Type | Automatic | Automatic |
| Display | LCD | not published |
| Shot timer | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in grinder | No | No |
| Colours | Black | Black/inox, Red/inox |
| Made in | Spain | not published |
A lit cell is the better value only where nobody would argue (more capacity, less retention, a lower list price, a feature present) and only when both makers publish the figure. "Not published" is never counted as a loss.