Nice!

Loving my Olympia Cremina 67 - I thought I was set for life. Damn you

The Cremina 67 is a be-all-end-all home espresso machine. The Streitman has it's style and charm, does only one thing, but does it really well. I had gone through four Creminas before I bought my ES2. Don't think I'll be selling it any time soon

I owned a 2011 Cremina which had horrible production problems at the time. It's a very nice machine but for espresso the Strietman is better. I only drink espresso so for me the Strietman is still the most perfect machine. After 5 months of use I can say I'm still very happy and enjoying it every day.

You can turn the Strietman on for every session and it'l heat up within 10 minutes and if you boil some water and fill the Strietman it'll be warm within 5 minutes. You can also leave it on the whole day if you just pour some water in every 1,5 hours. Temperature stability is superb.

Maintenance is so easy. You can take the piston out within 1 minute. My upgrade-itis is over for now and if I'll ever buy another machine it will come next to the Strietman and not in place of.

I only drink singles, no milk drinks. So it looks like the CT1 just replaced my Cremina 67 as the ultimate manual lever. Just when I thought my search was over, a new object to lust after.

You won't regret it. It really does make superb espresso. I bought a Frabosk for the occassional cappuccino for guests.

bas wrote:You have to buy it seperately!

It's not listed in the shop section Wouter's site; how much was it?

Anyone else think there's an opportunity for an appropriately specced and sized Strietman liquid steamer to accompany the CT1 and ES3?

Perhaps a simple steel cylinder (maybe with a brass sleeve to match the lever machines), heated by induction, with nought but a pivoting arm at the top. Of course, it would need a way for water to be added, a relief valve and/or relay, and an on-off switch, but little else would be necessary. Could have wall mounting or a CT1-style base. It would only need to generate enough steam to heat milk for a couple of drinks, requiring only a tiny amount of electricity. And it would be a damn sight prettier and more elegant than any other steamer in existence.

Let's face it: while many of us drink only straight espresso, at least a few have friends and SOs (I hope) that enjoy a milk drink, especially in the morning -- and I'd guess the majority of those who love amazing espresso also hanker for a macchiato from time to time. Or it could even be used to steam a pitcher of water for Americanos.

Just speaking for myself, but if there were a Strietman steamer as described above, built with the ingenuity, simplicity, and beauty of his espresso machines, that would be enough to make me unplug and unplumb my (quite nice, don't get me wrong) HX pump machine and go all Strietman.

I use a frabosk milk forther. It heats the milk pretty fast and frothes nice. Once I'm doing preparing the puck and making the shot my milk is warm enough and it takes another 15s to froth the milk. Because you leave it on the stove while preparing your espresso it doesn't really add time to your routine. Pretty easy and I store it in a cabinet so it isn't in sight . Good enough for me for the occassional milk drink.

Once you get the hang of it you can even do latte art with the Frabosk.

Love the look of this machine....If any owners of the CT1 or ES3 are able to posts some workflow videos, that would be much appreciated! As an espresso only drinker these days, this might be a nice addition to my bench...

In another thread in the Levers subforum, CwD mentioned that he has a CT1 arriving soon. I asked whether he can post a few YouTube videos once he gets it.