Espresso machines · 11 differences · 7 published for only one
Mira 2 Group vs Aura 3
Astoria and Unic, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.
Images: Astoria (CMA), Unic, the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images
Specification
| Field | Mira 2 Group | Aura 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 740mm | 984mm |
| Depth | 530mm | 592mm |
| Height | 450mm | 490mm |
| Weight | 55kg | 83kg |
| Boiler volume | 11.5L | 15.6L |
| PID temperature control | not published | Yes |
| Pressure profiling | not published | Preinfusion |
| Pre-infusion | not published | Yes |
| Group | not published | Proprietary |
| Groups | 2 | 3 |
| Steam wand | Commercial | Cool-touch |
| Hot-water tap | not published | Yes |
| Milk system | Manual wand | Manual wand |
| Voltage | 220 / 240 / 380 / 415V | 230 / 400V |
| Current | not published | 20A |
| Power | 5,000W | 4,800W |
| Heating element | 5kW | 4.3kW |
| Phase | Single or three | Single or three |
| Type | Automatic | Automatic |
| Shot timer | Yes | not published |
| Built-in grinder | No | No |
| Colours | Black/inox, Red/inox | Grey |
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.