Astra Manufacturing

Astra Manufacturing: Artfully Designed, Locally Handcrafted

Astra Manufacturing, established in 1993 in Canoga Park, California, by a retired aerospace engineer, has designed and manufactured a complete line of espresso machines, steamers, grinders, and accessories. Astra's premium coffee equipment is artfully engineered for excellence and simplicity with its modular designs. Handcrafted locally in the USA for durability and reliability, Astra coffee machines promise ease of operation, servicing, and maintenance for residential and commercial users.

Why Astra Manufacturing?

What difference can an American brand create in espresso machines? This is a reasonable question, especially in the coffee business dominated by Italian quality. Espresso's inexplicable flavor and relieving effects allured many to add their unique touch to espresso machines. As its aromatic and sensational delight is beyond words, espresso machine manufacturers have gone beyond their country of origin. Now, Astra can produce coffee equipment comparable to Italian-made machines.

A cup of your morning coffee or a shot of espresso owes its unmatched taste and texture to coffee beans' acidity, bitterness, and sweetness. There needs to be a perfect balance. A prerequisite to achieving this blend is fresh coffee beans finely ground before brewing. Well aware of all the intricacies of coffee making, the founder of Astra Manufacturing, Richard Hourizadeh, set out to refine espresso machines with an American touch and his unique aerospace engineering past. The result is a full line of coffee equipment, ranging from manual home and office to semi-automatic and fully automatic commercial machines.

Coffee consumption in the USA is unrivaled. A large percentage of Americans drink coffee with massive daily consumption. The apparent reason for the coffee frenzy is its taste and smell and the energy it gives to people. Yet, coffee can also offer substantial health benefits, reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's, and heart disease. With Astra Manufacturing coffee machines designed and produced in America for American consumers, you won't stay out of this profitable business.

Astra Manufacturing specializes only in coffee equipment, so they can produce excellent cappuccino and espresso machines to boost your revenue. By closely following the coffee trends worldwide, Astra can furnish machines delivering coffee tailored to the specific tastes of coffee geeks. For instance, Astra's Super Automatic coffee makers are designed to please frothy coffeeholic. It produces a thick layer of foamed milk on top of your cappuccino. Here are a few more benefits of having Astra Manufacturing coffee equipment.

• Astra's top-of-the-line quality stems from an all-steel body, all-metal internal brewing mechanism, and aerospace-grade wiring components.
• Astra Manufacturing achieves a sophisticated simplicity with its patented Intelliprogram smart features, enabling innovative machine capabilities that are easy to install, use, and maintain.
• All Astra machines are handcrafted in the USA using US-standard parts, so Astra knows what American consumers expect from an espresso shot.
• Astra Manufacturing became part of Cornerstone Foodservice Group, a corporate umbrella of leading brands that provide high-quality and innovative solutions to the food service industry.

Astra Manufacturing Product Line

Astra espresso machines create a café atmosphere in your office or home. The traditional/manual espresso machines and automatic espresso machines offer high output with one to three group head options. Astra's Super Automatic series makes the whole coffee-making process fully automated, from bean grinding to the pressurized pouring of coffee into your cup.

Astra steamers collection includes Pourover Steamers, Semi-automatic Steamers, and Automatic Steamers that can easily create creamy foam for lattes, cappuccinos, hot chocolate, espressos, and specialty coffee. These commercial steamers work with alternative milk options and are perfect for high-volume applications.

Grinding is the heart of flavorful, aromatic coffee. Astra Mfg's line of Astra Commercial Espresso Grinders has automatic and semi-automatic models. These commercial-grade grinders can withstand heavy use in restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, or any foodservice business serving specialty coffee. The new MEGA Grinders take the quality and durability one step further, increasing the grinding capacity.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to operate or design an espresso machine. However, a rocket scientist with a picky coffee taste can make a massive difference in the design and construction of coffee equipment. Astra Manufacturing coffee machines stand out with user-friendly modular designs and long-lasting durability artfully engineered by a retired aerospace engineer.