Varia ORBI – espresso, filter and capsules in one portable device

Varia ORBI – espresso, filter and capsule in one portable device

A slim cylinder, 30 centimetres tall, in Black, White, Silver, Sand, Ruby or Forest. You choose a recipe on the touchscreen, prepare the coffee, place the cup underneath – and the ORBI takes care of the brew: it heats the water, runs pressure or flow according to the recipe and stops as soon as the scale in the cup reaches the target weight.

At World of Coffee 2026 in Brussels, the ORBI platform received the Specialty Coffee Association’s Best New Product Award in the category Commercial Coffee Preparation & Serving Equipment.

Three brewing methods share one device. For espresso you insert the 58 mm basket, for filter coffee the filter assembly with paper filter, for capsules the capsule assembly. Espresso and capsules run with programmable pre-infusion and pressure profiling, filter coffee with several brewing stages and programmable flow-rate profiling. A PID control (0.1 °C) regulates the temperature, and the integrated scale measures to 0.01 g.

Brewer, battery and cup scale form a self-contained setup. You take the ORBI to the office, the holiday flat or on trips, and your saved recipes stay on the device.

Functions

Brew the recipe as it was intended

A recipe captures how the person who created it wants the coffee to taste. The ORBI follows its temperature and pressure or flow stages. The scale in the cup measures the coffee as it pours, and the brew stops automatically at the recipe’s target weight.

Bring the recipe to the ORBI

In the Varia app you download a recipe from a roaster or creator to your library, or create your own with dose, target yield, temperature and brewing stages. Under My Device you review it and sync it to the ORBI via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Then you select it on the 2.8-inch touchscreen.

Follow the prompts

The touchscreen guides you through coffee, brewing assembly and water. At the weighing steps, the ORBI waits for stable readings before continuing. Bean, grind size and preparing the coffee bed remain up to you.

Let the ORBI brew

Review the recipe and start. The ORBI runs its temperature and pressure or flow stages while the cup scale measures the coffee collecting.

Cup scale with automatic stop

You enter the coffee dose you’ve weighed, the ORBI calculates the target weight in the cup from the recipe’s ratio and stops automatically. With our ratio below 1:2, the target for 16 g of coffee is under 32 g. With the dose specified in the recipe, the brew finishes within 0.1 g of the target weight, according to Varia.

The technology in the compact brewer

Cold water in, brewing temperature out

The integrated 130 ml boiler heats room-temperature water to the recipe’s temperature. A typical espresso volume of 60 ml heats in about 2 to 3 minutes from 24 °C, the full boiler in about 5 minutes to 92 °C. Starting with hot water shortens the warm-up and conserves the battery.

58 mm espresso with pressure profiling

A true 58 mm portafilter and 58 mm group head make for familiar espresso preparation. The gear pump developed specifically for the ORBI runs at 12,000 rpm. Before extraction you programme the pre-infusion, then you shape the shot with a pressure profile from 0 to 15 bar.

Brew on battery or plugged in

The battery has 4000 mAh. On a full charge, the ORBI manages 6 to 8 espressos according to Varia if you start with hot water (92 °C), or 2 to 3 with room-temperature water – depending on the recipe. It charges via USB-C at 30 W and, connected to a suitable USB-C power supply, also brews while charging.

The details in everyday use

For espresso you dose and tamp in the 58 mm basket and run a profile with pre-infusion, temperature and pressure stages. For filter you insert the filter assembly and paper and programme pours, pauses and flow. For capsules you insert the capsule assembly and a compatible capsule. For espresso, we work by weight, not by time: we grind fine, start at 14.5 g and work our way up, usually to 17 g, at a ratio below 1:2. Our opinion is one of many.

Finish and cup scale indicator

The body finish and the cup scale indicator in detail.

The filter assembly

For filter coffee, the filter assembly sits between the portafilter assembly and the group head. It takes the flat Varia paper filters in size 45.

The capsule assembly

For capsules you switch to the capsule assembly. Varia describes it as compatible with Nespresso-format capsules.

The cup beneath the brewer

The cup with stainless-steel interior stands ready beneath the brewer and measures the brew with its integrated scale.

ORBI or ORBI PRO?

The ORBI is the portable configuration with a scale in the cup. The ORBI PRO places the same brewer in the Home Dock with a second scale in the base. That way you see the input and output of a brew at the same time. If you start with the ORBI, you can expand later with the ORBI PRO Dock. You’ll find both in our Varia collection.

At a glance

Technical data and contents

Who it’s for

For anyone who doesn’t want good coffee tied to the kitchen: in the office, the holiday flat, the camper van or on trips. And for anyone with little space at home who still wants to work with recipe, scale and pressure profiling. Coffee Coaching Club is the official Swiss importer of Varia.

Freshly ground tastes best. For travel, hand grinders are a good fit, affordable and precise for example from Timemore, or the Varia EVO Hybrid as a hand and motor grinder. At home, the Varia VS3 or VS4 from our Varia collection fit well, and you’ll find all others among our coffee grinders. For preparing the 58 mm basket, our barista tools include puck screens, WDT tools and tampers: affordable and precise from Normcore, and if you want more, from Weber Workshops.

Our advice tool shows which machine suits you. An advice appointment is free of charge. Online, Jackson, our AI advisor, helps you choose. In our Espresso Machine and Grinder Comparison, we show you machines and grinders in operation, side by side. A private barista course can be booked additionally. Financing available.

Delivery in 2–4 working days throughout Switzerland and to Liechtenstein. Click & Collect is available at our showrooms in Bern (Gerberngasse 44) and Zurich (Hagenholzstrasse 50b). We answer questions at [email protected].