Nip and tuck
Dan Schonknecht is the closest thing to a plastic surgeon the coffee industry has.
Every coffee machine that arrives at his surgery is unique. Each has a history and its own personal traits, but to enhance their external beauty, Dan is quite literally the man for the job.
His surgical tools are laid out on benches, ready for the first patient of the day. Seven exposed machines wait on their own operating tables ready for their procedure. There’s everything from La Marzocco, Slayer to Victoria Arduino machines sitting in the wings ready for their transformation. Some are already stripped to the core, and others await a final touch-up before they’re released back into the working world.
“This is where the magic happens,” Dan says.
Specht Design is a machine customisation business in Melbourne that specialises in timber coffee machine accessories and
