Espresso machines · 7 differences · 6 published for only one
Mira 2 Group vs Appia Life XT 2 Group
Astoria and Nuova Simonelli, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.
Image: Astoria (CMA), the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images
Specification
| Field | Mira 2 Group | Appia Life XT 2 Group |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 740mm | 784mm |
| Depth | 530mm | 545mm |
| Height | 450mm | 498mm |
| Weight | 55kg | 54kg |
| Boiler volume | 11.5L | 11L |
| Pressure profiling | not published | Preinfusion |
| Pre-infusion | not published | Yes |
| Groups | 2 | 2 |
| Steam wand | Commercial | Commercial |
| Milk system | Manual wand | Manual wand |
| Voltage | 220 / 240 / 380 / 415V | not published |
| Power | 5,000W | 3,350W |
| Heating element | 5kW | 3.35kW |
| Phase | Single or three | not published |
| Type | Automatic | Automatic |
| Display | not published | LCD |
| Shot timer | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in grinder | No | No |
| Colours | Black/inox, Red/inox | 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.