La Pavoni Europiccola

In the 1973 movie Live and Let Die, we get a rare tour in James Bond's own apartment. We can see a quite old fashioned interior with one cool gadget: the espresso machine. Bond fixes M a cappuccino, with this very loud machine, while M is talking about the mission. M, after receiving his freshly brewed coffee, comments "Is that all it does?!".

This machine is a La Pavoni Europiccola.

In 1973, espresso machines for home use were very uncommon, and nobody had a machine like that in their own house, so it showed the sophistication and taste of Bond.

The same La Pavoni Europiccola is still for sale (for example on Amazon or eBay), although it looks like some details have minor differences with the model used in the movie, especially the tray where the cup rests on, and the top black valve are made from a different material. Also, the 'base' of the machine in the movie is more 'grey' metal, in stead of modern version with chrome.

Which coffee does Bond use?

In the novel Live And Let Die Ian Fleming, who lived in Goldeneye, Jamaica, mentions Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee (read more: ("Blue Mountain coffee - the most delicious in the world", Chapter 17). Author Jeffery Deaver also has Bond drink "a cup of fiercely strong Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee" in the novel Carte Blanche (2011).

In the novel From Russia With Love, Ian Fleming mentions a Chemex coffee maker and Bond uses coffee bought from the De Bry's shop in New Oxford Street, but it doesn't mention the type of coffee.

Thanks to Mike and Harold for the alert