Mythos Echo - Bean-to-Cup

About the Brand

Mythos is a bean-to-cup coffee machine brand built in South Africa, created to solve the reliability and servicing headaches that imported machines often bring into local homes, offices and hospitality venues. Rather than chasing complexity, Mythos designs every model around consistent, one-touch performance — machines built to work hard daily and stay simple to maintain. It has become one of the trusted names in South Africa's fully-automatic coffee machine space, backed by Buna's own local support and servicing.

The Product

The Mythos Echo is a mid-volume bean-to-cup machine built for offices and businesses that need genuine café output without stepping up to Mythos' largest units. A dual boiler lets it brew coffee and steam milk at the same time, so drink orders don't queue behind each other during your busiest hours.

The Echo Pro is the upgraded version, with a larger 10" touch screen, a 1kg bean hopper and the ability to dispense coffee and hot water at the same time. It also adds an MDB connection for a payment system and three water supply modes — fixed water, barrelled water or tank water — so it fits sites with or without a water line.

Either way, it's a machine designed to be switched on and left to work.

Key Features

Dual Pump & Boiler System (Coffee & Milk At Once)

Separate boilers brew coffee and steam milk simultaneously, so milk-based drinks come out as fast as a black coffee — no waiting for one process to finish before the next starts.

Adjustable Silent Grinder (Fresh Grounds, Low Noise)

Beans are ground fresh per cup, with grind adjustment to dial in flavour and a quiet motor suited to office and front-of-house environments.

Automatic Milk Frother with Auto-Clean (Barista-Style Milk, No Manual Scrubbing)

The frother steams and textures milk automatically, then rinses itself between drinks — no daily strip-down required.

Touch Screen Control (7" on the Echo, 10" on the Echo Pro)

A bright LCD touch screen makes choosing and customising a drink straightforward for anyone in the office, not just the person who set the machine up.

20+ Programmable Beverages (One Machine, Every Order)

From espresso to milk-based drinks, you can programme more than 20 selections so the Echo covers a full office coffee menu on its own.

One-Touch Coffee & Milk Beverages (No Multi-Step Brewing)

Coffee and milk drinks dispense with a single selection — no separate steps to steam, pour and combine.

Integrated Milk & Coffee Cleaning (Built-In Hygiene)

Automated cleaning cycles for both the coffee and milk sides keep the machine hygienic without pulling it apart daily. Every unit ships with 10 Ecozone auto-cleaning tablets and 200ml of milk-frother steriliser to get you started.

Echo Pro: Three Water Supply Modes (Fits Your Site)

Run the Echo Pro from fixed water, barrelled water or its 1.8L tank, depending on what your space offers.

Echo Pro: MDB for Payment System (Self-Service Ready)

The MDB connection lets you add a payment system, so the machine can run as a pay-per-cup coffee point.

Echo Pro: Simultaneous Coffee & Hot Water (Faster Service)

Coffee and hot water dispense together, which helps keep Americanos moving during busy periods.

Who It's Built For

The Echo is built for offices, boardrooms and small-to-medium businesses that go through real coffee volume — enough to outgrow an entry-level machine, not enough to need Mythos' largest units. If you want a self-service coffee point that can take payment, or your site has no standard water line, the Echo Pro is the one to choose.

Either way, you get consistent, café-style coffee without a barista on staff — set it up once, and it runs.

Specifications

Summary

The Mythos Echo brings dual-boiler, one-touch coffee and milk drinks to offices that need real daily volume — up to 120 coffees from a 20+ drink menu, all from a machine that cleans itself. Step up to the Echo Pro for a bigger screen, flexible water supply and a payment connection, and you've got a self-service coffee point that fits almost any site.

Rent from R31 per day

Hey, we get it, coffee equipment is not cheap! And paying the bills with coffee takes time. Use our payment options to ease up some cashflow!

​We now offer you the following options:

1) Settle immediately with either YOCO or PayFlex

2) Shop on credit with Mobicred (via Peach Payments)

3) Use now, pay later with Payflex (via Peach Payments)

4) Use now, rent until you own with Buna Rent-to-own

5) Apply for financing through Buna Coffee (refer to this link)