Bit of a weird question, but as a potential Cremina owner early next year, this is really the only decision I have left :) I see a lot of photos of older Creminas in black, but it's really hard to find current production models in the dark grey (maybe it's like Ferraris,...
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I'm starting out on the restoration of a 1957 Gaggia America. Someone, at some point a long time ago started out on this project but didn't finish it. What that means is that it has been dismantled and cleaned and the frame has been powder coated - but there the...
Hello,
I've recently noted that there is a hiss of steam coming through my grouphead. It started when the boiler hit its highest temp, but is now present continuously. It stops when I start pulling the lever so I suspect it is in need of new piston gaskets (I've used it daily...
When the machine just starts to heat up, the safety valve starts to hiss and releases all the pressure as it builds up. Percussive maintenance with a wooden spoon fixes it. However, this behavior has become the norm.
It all started all of a sudden a couple of weeks...
Just reporting that I managed to dislodge, then fail to reinstall, then completely lose the itty bitty circlip that holds the anti-vac valve together. No luck with a few searches for the circlip only, so have ordered a whole new assembly *sigh*. Hopefully the mail is favourable...
I'm Rick from The Netherlands and bought a La Pavoni Professional PRG post millenium, second hand last week, accompanied with a Demoka M203 grinder. After a long internal debate between lever or no-lever machines, I took the chance on the La Pavoni Lever machine. I once...
