Comment by lostlogin

20 hours ago

The Rancilio Silvia.

https://coffeegeek.com/reviews/firstlooks/rancilio-silvia-pr...

No! I had this machine, the skeleton is made of iron (the black colored parts), it completely rusted away for me in a couple of years. Very bad design decision on Rancilio.

100% stainless steel or bust.

  • Yeah, that corner rust is a pita. They all do it. I’d put rust converter on it.

    • “They all do it” - all rancilio silva, not every coffee machine.

      Thought to add that context for people unfamiliar with coffee machines.

Good machine, and you can upgrade it with a PID.

And you will have enough money left over to get a great grinder.

I am being told by my local coffee geeks that it's Gaggia

  • I moved on from the Sylvia a long time ago. I just love its story (made from the parts bin as a gift for suppliers). The size is attractive and it’s a little monster in n terms of bang-for-buck. I made ~15k coffees on it and it had one cheap service before it was elevated to ‘The Shelf’ with an Atomic espresso maker.