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"satisfied customer" We bought other product and found this one to be the easiest,fastest and most reliable espresso maker "Not as tricky as they say" I had a steam machine for many years before moving up to a $150 Krups pump-driven model. It made much better quality espresso, but the steam wand was completely useless. When that machine recently broke for good (two weeks after the one-year warranty expired) I decided to make a major upgrade to something that should last for a while. After lots of online research, I settled on the Sylvia. I was a little scared of all the reviews on coffee-geek websites which warned that you have to be a jedi master to operate it: fine-tuning the perfect grind, applying just the right amount of tamping pressure, etc. But I've been living with it for a week now, and I'm perfectly happy with it. Haven't yet worked up the nerve to spend another $300 on a decent burr grinder, so I'm using pre-ground espresso beans from the local cafe (I know, it's heresy). One drawback is the long warmup time, but I've already worked out a cheat: running water through both the filter basket and the steam line three times over the course of five minutes. The steaming wand has the power of a rocket engine, making all the foam you need for a latte in a few seconds. And the whole thing looks like a million bucks sitting on the kitchen counter. I'm glad I invested the extra money in something that looks good, makes excellent espresso, and hopefully will last for at least a few years. "An Excellent Manual Espresso Machine" The Rancilio Silvia is makes very good espresso--even my first try was successful. I purchased this machine 6 months ago to replace my latest, very expensive, automatic machine which died in less than a year. The Silvia is manual, so there is less to break, but more to learn about making a good espresso. After a few days, however, one can become "unconsiously competent" just like the baristas at Starbucks. The only complaint I have is that if the machine is left on by accident, after a few hours an internal high temperature switch may shut down the boiler, requiring removing the cover and finding a tiny, well hidden reset switch. There is nothing about this in the manual, and required some searching on the internet in order to get my machine running again. I don't grind my own coffee, preferring to use the excellent Lavazza inblu ground for espresso, in 250g cans. "Received the 'Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine' as a gift..." Received the 'Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine' as a gift and could not be happier! Excellent espresso! This paired with a very good grinder and you will never go to Starbucks again unless your WiFi is down : ) Here are some good links to how to use this machine: http://homepage.mac.com/jrc/contrib/rancilio_silvia/ http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.rancilio.shtml My bottom line is: If you think this machine is expensive, just do the math. It will easily pay it's self off in savings of going to the coffee shop and it's better to boot. That and there is something satisfying about knowing that you started your day by brewing the perfect shot each morning! "THE BEST!" i've used it for a year now and i cannot buy a cappuccino at starbucks or any other mediocre place now. The espresso in my home is the best you can get outside of Italy. We are even buying a second one for our summer house!!!!
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What our customer's say! "Very good expresso machine", This expresso machine make very good coffee. It is quite small so you don't need lots a space in your kitchen. This only thing is that it takes very long for it to get hot so you need to leave it on all the time and also consult how to on youtube. "Stellar Mod Work", Rating primarily the mod work, I just got mine and the mod work that HiTech Espresso does on installing the PID (exactly between the steamer arm and the brewhead, sticking out front by maybe 1/4" but otherwise looking fr all the world like it just belongs there) is fantastic. Massive kudos to HiTech Espresso for this service. The short of the PID is that it controls the internal temperature of the machine very precisely such that if you know how much of a change there is between the thermometer and the brewhead, then you can set the PID to roughly 201F plus that difference (mine came at 220, I dropped it a couple degrees) and have it give perfect-temperature water on all of your shots instead of hoping you're catching the boiler at the right spot in its heating/cooling cycle. Very nice for whoever's making the morning shots of espresso in the house (and that would be me where I live). The key thing you need to be prepared for after researching the Ms. Silvia (she's very popular amoung amateur coffee geeks like myself) is that, with or without PID, Silvia needs to be accessorized. The tamper she comes with is garbage -- it simply doesn't fit. Her portafilter is fabulous, but it really really needs a knockbox. She doesn't come with a brush for her brewhead. She doesn't come with a dedicated 1-shot portafilter (despite having a 1-shot basket) which may or may not be a problem for you. And you must expect to but at least a $200 proper bur grinder or else Silvia will do whatever Silvia bloody well feels like doing and you'll be wondering why you spent all of your money on her. Do yourself a favor and budget accordingly. "Sturdy construction, not easy to learn how to make great coffee", We bought this unit about 1 month ago, and have been experimenting ever since. Between the Rancilio grinder and the espresso unit, it has not been easy to find the right comnbination. Which coffee beans to use, how fine do you need to grind the coffee beans, how much coffee to use, how much to tamp the coffee, how long to let the steam go through the coffee, etc. Many more variables than you would think of, any any one of them can turn the result into an undrinkable bitter or watery mixture. At this point, we can produce drinkable espresso, but only produced 2 cups of great coffee that would rival a Tully's or Starbucks. There is definitely an art to this, and it takes time to get good at it, at least we hope .... Providing a neutral recommendation as there is nothing to say bad against the machine per se, except that it takes a lot of practice to do it right. I do not know if other machines are "more forgiving" or not, since this is our first .... "Useless without a good grinder...", would you buy a ferrari with a 4 cylinder chevette engine? that exactly what people do when they buy an espresso machine without a competent grinder. The grinder is the key... i would say that grinder, coffee machine then coffee bean are in importance order. i've done extensive researche before buying this machine ( still big money for coffee) and after reading and analysing i choose this one. the two others possible contender in this class range was the mokita and the solis 70. but the 3 way valve make me decide on the silvia plus the is seem an obivious choice when you do a bit of reading. The 3 way valve remove pressure from the basket, that way, no exploding puck all around the kitchen ( and belive me that a pain when it happen) paired with a rancilio rocky it give me pretty good coffee all time. the crema is rich even with older stale coffee. if you become more picky on the taste you gonna want to surf the temperature to have the right spot. For me 25 to 30 seconde after the heater turn off i start my coffee and.... miummm. Also the machine have to be preheated for around 1 hours or the first coffee will not be that good. there is simple trick to reduce this time to 10 minutes like starting it on steam mode then let the water flow thrue the group head. Anyway, the quality of this machine give no doubt. But you dont plan to buy at least a solis ginder or a baratza meastro. ( forget all these cuisinart, kitchen aid, krups, Delonghi grinder of this world) like most of you i have no pleasure throwing my money by the windows, and i looked around to see if a 50$ or 100$ grinder could do the job. you know that kind of unknow product that sometime exist and give you extraordinary value for your money.... there none. Final word if your ready to invest in a good grinder for this machine then you can make no mistake. the resell price on ebay is incredibly high. But if your not ready to buy the grinder with it. Go with a presurized model like breville or delonghi do. they will never give a good coffee as the silvia can, with a good burr grinder. But better then what the silvia can do with a cheap grinder... "Still no crema on Espresso", Over the years this is my 4th Espresso machine.My husband is from Italy and we are very familar with making and drinking Espresso.I have tried now and tried,he has tried,my friend who owns a bakery and coffee shop has tried, to make a Espresso with a good crema.None of us can do it.We have tried different coffees,including the commercial brand that producing a wonderful crema on his commercial grade machine.Nothing.The Espresso taste ok, but without the crema,its just disapointing. 
Read this reviews before You buy... "You must buy an excellent grinder", Rancilio Silvia is a great way to get a pro machine at home. But like all pro machines, much depends on its enviroment; with proper equipment and training it can make excellent espresso, but without either it makes drek. Look for at least a Rancilio Rocky grinder, or (even more appropriate) a Mazzer Mini; a good grinder and a little technique makes all the difference. "Rancilio died after 5 Months", this machined worked well. It was quick, until today We tried to use our Rancilio Espresso Machine this morning and it would not heat. I am reserving judgement as to whether I will be able to get this thing repaired under some kind of warranty. Update: I talked to someone at the company and he told me about taking off the lid and ppushing the red thermal reset button. that was the problem. I have not had any problems since. This has been very reliable since then. If I knew how to change the stars, I would change it back to 5 stars... "I doubt there is a better machine out there!", I have owned several different expresso machines in different price ranges. Hands down, this machine is the best I've ever used. The machine works exactly as it is supposed to - I use it every day, sometimes a couple times per day and the espresso never changes - it's always delicious, and the steamed milk comes out perfectly. I've even left the machine on all day a couple of times, and it still does not affect the machine - it keeps working like it's brand new. The only downside is that it takes about 45 minutes for this machine to heat up. HOWEVER, there are websites out there that can tell you how to get around this and have your shot of espresso in about 10 minutes. |
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