Hi :
Is there anyone know whether this machine has steam function or not?
I got different answers after studying from the web, someone said yes, someone said no. I am guessing that maybe some model has steam function? some model has not?
Can anyone confirm that if you have this machine?
Thanks.
yuwen

I saw a model on Ebay three years ago that was designed for connection to the standard gas powered thermoblock instahots used in Europe in the 50s and 60s. It had no steam, and no heat source of its own. I do not know if they made it in other configurations.

Wouter:
Thanks for your help.
Is the steam enough for a cup of cappuccino?
Yuwen

Did you win the auction for that one? It went for a good price.

from my understanding the "steam wand" is just for hot water. no steam boiler included as the boiler is completely filled with water!

else the velox wall mount machines are great! congrats on the buy!

Yes,I won that bid.

I am sitting here looking at an identical but older machine on our wall. It is our "cold dead hands" machine as in you would have to pry it from our cold dead hands to get it away from us. Have used it for 2 years straight with no temptation to upgrade, or downgrade as the case may be.

You can use the wand or steam but you have to perfect the little dance that you have to do with the water inlet valve. The steam is pretty wet but after you pull the shot you simply close the water inlet valve and release steam through the valve to kick on the element and things will get pretty pressurized....then the overpressure valve starts to drip and you know you are now cooking with gas on the steam function....but the machine makes such good espresso that you will likely not want milk in the long run.

Doug:
My wife is a Starbuck kind of guy.she drink a cup of cappuccino every morning, so I really need the steam. Thanks for your tip, that is the only detail descriptions that I have ever found on internet about Veloxtermo steam function, and that explain why Faema Veloxtermo DM declares that it absolutely has no steam function. (Enrico Maltoni's Faema book).


assolutamente senza vapore -> absolutely without steam

That is why this question is so puzzled. Seems like Faema designed this wand for hot water only in the original idea.
Thanks a lot.
yuwen

orphanespresso wrote:I am sitting here looking at an identical but older machine on our wall. It is our "cold dead hands" machine as in you would have to pry it from our cold dead hands to get it away from us. Have used it for 2 years straight with no temptation to upgrade, or downgrade as the case may be.

You can use the wand or steam but you have to perfect the little dance that you have to do with the water inlet valve. The steam is pretty wet but after you pull the shot you simply close the water inlet valve and release steam through the valve to kick on the element and things will get pretty pressurized....then the overpressure valve starts to drip and you know you are now cooking with gas on the steam function....but the machine makes such good espresso that you will likely not want milk in the long run.

uhh...not sure if this is a good idea....dangerous because its possible to expose the heating element to air which might cause damage to it (and the heating element is not available anymore, so it would have to be custom made)....