The Macap MI40 Touch is a professional on-demand commercial espresso grinder from Macap, Italy — rated for up to 300 cups per day. It features 65mm flat burrs, a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 4 programmable dose settings, daily and weekly dose counters, access control password protection, a 5-level adjustable cooling fan with base air intakes, an IP68-rated activation button, adjustable LED lighting, a 1.2kg bean hopper, a USB-C socket, and sound insulation — all in a 194 × 307 × 560mm hardened steel body.

Yes. The Macap MI40 Touch commercial espresso grinder is available online in South Africa through Coffee & Blenders SA, with nationwide delivery to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, and all major cities and towns across the country.

The Macap MI40 Touch is designed for South African commercial environments serving up to 300 cups per day. This includes boutique cafés, specialty coffee bars, hotel lobbies, restaurant coffee stations, corporate office coffee bars, concept stores, kiosks, and any venue where consistent, high-volume espresso grinding is required throughout a full service day. Its access control, dose counter, and programmable settings make it particularly suited to operations with multiple baristas and shift-based staffing where recipe consistency and operational accountability are important.

The access control facility allows the café owner or head barista to set a password that protects the grinder’s programmed dose settings from unauthorised changes. Once locked, the touchscreen prevents team members from altering the calibrated recipes without entering the password. This is a commercially important feature for South African café operators who invest time dialling in their espresso recipes and need those settings to remain consistent across different team members, shifts, and service periods without constant supervision or re-calibration.

The MI40 Touch’s dose counter tracks the number of doses ground on a daily basis, weekly basis, and cumulative total. This data is valuable for South African café operators in multiple ways — daily counts give real-time output visibility, weekly counts support stock planning and bean ordering, and total counts are used for maintenance scheduling (burr replacement intervals are typically measured in total doses ground). Having this data directly on the grinder removes the need for manual shot tracking and gives owners and managers an accurate, automatic record of their operation’s output.

During high-volume grinding, the friction of the burrs generates heat that can raise burr temperature over time. Elevated burr temperatures affect grind consistency and can negatively impact the aromatic compounds in coffee — slightly altering flavour during long service periods. The MI40 Touch’s 5-level adjustable cooling fan with air intakes at the base actively manages this heat, allowing your baristas to set the cooling level appropriate for the service intensity. In a busy South African café during peak service, the adjustable cooling fan ensures the last shot of the morning rush is ground at the same temperature as the first.

IP68 is a dust and water ingress protection rating — specifically, it means the button is fully sealed against dust and can withstand continuous water immersion. In a commercial café environment, the counter is regularly wiped down with wet cloths, liquid spills occur daily, and the grinder activation button takes thousands of presses per week. An IP68-rated button is sealed against all of this, preventing water and cleaning fluid from damaging the switch over time. It is a durability detail that most South African café operators would never think to ask about — but would notice immediately if the button failed six months into service.

Both are high-performance flat burr espresso grinders with touchscreen displays and programmable dosing. The Presso W64 Enzo uses grind-by-weight technology — stopping at a precise gram target measured by a built-in scale — and is rated for up to 250 cups per day. The Macap MI40 Touch uses time-based programmable dosing, has larger 65mm burrs, a higher 480W motor, a 300 cups per day rating, a 1.2kg hopper versus 0.5kg, access control password protection, a dose counter, a 5-level cooling fan, and an IP68 button — making it the more fully featured commercial-grade solution. The W64 Enzo’s grind-by-weight precision is its key advantage for operators who prioritise weight accuracy. The MI40 Touch is the choice for South African café operators who need higher volume capacity, team management tools, and full commercial feature specification. Both are available from Coffee & Blenders SA with nationwide delivery.