The Speedster is the machine that built the legend. Kees van der Westen first put it together as a one-off for his friend Doug Garrott, and it caused such a stir that it became the flagship of the whole Dutch atelier in Waalre. Every Speedster is still made to order and hand-assembled, signed off by the maker before it ships, and this is the version that put the machine on magazine covers and countertops everywhere.

This is the classic, cover-star look. The body is polished engine-turned stainless steel, and the personality comes from the iconic milled aircraft-grade aluminium teardrop side panel, here carrying the yellow stripes and the red "Speedster" script that everyone recognizes. It is hard to overstate how much of the machine is sculpture as much as appliance.

Under that body sit two independent 316L stainless boilers, a 2.1L coffee boiler and a 3.5L steam boiler, with a heat exchanger tucked inside the steam boiler that preheats your incoming brew water. Both boilers run on PID, and the coffee side adjusts in 0.1C steps so you can dial in temperature with real precision. You pull shots from an E61-style paddle group with manual pre-infusion, and an external 300W rotary pump keeps things quiet and steady. If you want to take it further, the optional Idro-Matic cylinder adds programmable pre-infusion pressure profiling.

This is a plumbed-in machine that tips the scales around 45 kg, built for North American power at 110V, so it is meant for the serious home barista or the statement cafe that wants a centerpiece. If you have wanted the Speedster in its most recognizable form, this is it.