Lelit MaraX3 Espresso Machine PL62X3

Lelit MaraX3: Flow Control Comes to the Mara

Your grinder is dialled in, your dose is spot on, and the shot still tastes a little sharp. Until now, once the shot started, all you could do was watch it run and try again tomorrow.

The Lelit MaraX3 PL62X3 is a heat exchanger espresso machine by Lelit, made in Italy, that adds Pagaia, Lelit?s patented electronic flow control, to a body just over 25cm wide. In a heat exchanger machine, one 1.8 litre boiler holds steam for your milk while fresh water for each shot is heated as it runs through a stainless steel tube inside that boiler. Pagaia is a wooden lever that lets you slow down or open up the water running through your coffee while the shot is still going.

It suits home baristas who want to experiment with how each coffee tastes, and milk drinkers who want proper steam without giving up half the bench. It?s slim, but it isn?t shallow: at 53.5cm deep, measure your bench from the wall before you fall for it.

Flow control is hard to judge from a spec sheet, so we?ve set one up as a working demo in our Keswick showroom. Pull a shot yourself, move the lever mid pour and taste the difference before you decide. As Adelaide?s authorised Lelit service centre, and a family business here since 2009, we?re also the people who?ll look after it for years to come.

Why Choose the Lelit MaraX3

Pagaia: Shape the Shot as It Pours
Lelit?s patented lever controls the flow of water electronically, so you can adjust it in real time instead of only between shots. It?s a simple way to taste what a gentler or fuller flow does to the same coffee.

Pre-Infusion on a Commercial Size 58mm Group
The L58E group gently wets the coffee before full pressure arrives, which helps water move evenly through the puck. It also takes the full range of LELIT58 barista tools.

Dual Probe PID with Three Temperature Settings
Two temperature sensors feed a PID controller, which keeps the machine at the setting you pick: Warm, Hot or Extra Hot. A thermosyphon loop circulates hot water from the boiler to the group so the group stays at brewing heat.

Xmode: Coffee First or Steam First
One button switches the machine?s priority. Xmode Coffee puts espresso temperature stability first. Xmode Steam favours stronger steam for a run of flat whites and lattes.

Three Hole Steam Tip and a Wand That Stays Cool
The three hole nozzle steams milk faster than a single hole tip. The steam and hot water wands are anti-burn and swivel in any direction, and the taps close with a spring for a clean shut off.

Quiet Pump and Thoughtful Details
The pump is Lelit?s new silent design. Wooden feet make the machine easier to slide out when you wipe the bench, the reshaped drip tray is quicker to empty, and there?s a stand-by function for the hours between coffees.

2-Year Warranty with Free Labour
Buy your MaraX3 from Coffee Complex and it?s covered for 2 years with labour included, backed by our own authorised Lelit repair and warranty service here in Adelaide.