FrancisFrancis


FrancisFrancis! is an espresso machine manufacturer owned by illy.
Founded in 1994 by Francesco Illy, FrancisFrancis has produced espresso machines for the home market.
The most famous model is X1, designed in 1995 by award-winning Italian architect Luca Trazzi. Mr. Trazzi also designed some other models, including X7 and X8.
The Y1 developed in Italian studio MM Design was awarded Red dot design award best of the best in 2011.
In 2004 the company was purchased by illy, since then, FrancisFrancis! became the espresso machines of choice for illy, always associated with the coffee brand. The Francis Francis! espresso makers were one of the first to feature the option for the E.S.E. pods.
In the UK the newest version of the X1 is known as the X1 Ground - it is only suitable for ground coffee and is not compatible with the ESE pods system.
In 2009 an X7 model was introduced which uses illy's iperespresso capsules. In 2011, this machine was upgraded to the X7.1 with improvements to heating time and the time taken to return to coffee making temperature from steaming.
There is a variant used by small bars/coffee shops of the X1, the X2 it is indeed 2 machines in one some models have 2 boilers while others have 3
The X2 has seen at least 3 revisions:

The faceplate, the buttons and the dials change for each.
X2
X2.1 Evo:
X2.?