Earlier this month, we brought new of ECM’s little edition Big Coffee Boxer, an espresso machine made out of a BMW Boxer motorcycle engine. To which their German compatriots as Sucux Coffee said, “Hold my Weihenstephaner,” who have released the SUCUX V8. It’s a La Marzocco Linea that uses 3D printed attachments to give the espresso machine the look of a supercar engine.
Created by Sucuk und Bratwurst, the Berlin-based creative design studio behind Sucux Coffee, the SUCUX V8 kit features a series of detachable components to take our Linea from box to Boxster. We’re talking exhaust manifold, air intake, and an eight piston engine block that doubles as a holder for the brand’s custom espresso silver cups (and other stuff that people who actually know about cars can tell you about).
Each piece is 3D printed, polished, and electroplated to give them a chrome finish. They are designed for a two-group Linea and are affixed to the machine via magnets, meaning they aren’t permanent.
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The SUCUX V8 premiered at Sucux Coffee on the 16th, but you don’t have to be a Berliner to experience the raw power of the custom machine. Sucuk und Bratwurst have SUCUX V8 kits for sale, though they will run you a cool €12,000 ($14,000 USD), Linea not included. Along with the kit, the brand has released an entire coffee capsule, including the aforementioned espresso cup, a hat, racing shit, and a collab coffee with Isla Coffee, a washed Peru.
The question as to whether or not this is cool, like coffee itself, comes down to your feelings about the subject matter itself. If you like cars and coffee, this is probably very cool. But if you don’t then it’s no different than your sizable collection of Chemexes you have on display above your coffee counter that you have to explain to people whenever they come over. You have to get it to get it.
Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.
