Pros & Cons
Pros
It's a great little machine and i was able to pull a decent shot after a day or two of fooling around with it. Only complaint is the machine is a bit squeaky due to thin stainless steel construction body rubbing at connection points.
Highlights
Quality
A high quality step grinder allows the versitility to change the grind often.
This is a well built unit and provides a great, consistent result.
I’ve owned this machine for 7 years and have made about 8 to 12 lattes a week or somewhere around 3,000 coffees!
Pressurized portafilters do not produce real crema.
Price
I would recommend this product for sure, even though it is a little pricey.
But too expensive) during almost a year to get decent crema.
Shipping
I paid $629cad with free delivery from the canadian coffee machine site.
I bought from a canadian website that offered free delivery.
Competitiveness
I've previously owned a cheap breville semi-auto machine, and a delonghi super-automatic machine and the quality of the espress... Read More
My own espresso is far too good compared to the coffee chains, and i am just a beginner.
We currently use a baratza grinder, and while not as expensive as the rocky, it seems to do a good enough job to get a decent s... Read More
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- This product had a total of 502 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 10 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After watching all the videos on youtube i decided to purchase this rancilio
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I read all the coffee snob sites then ignored them all and went out and bought a machine with a pressurrized portafilter
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I could not make a drinkable cup of espresso
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After 2 months i gave up and decided to buy the rancilio silvia
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was nervous because i had read so many reviews on how hard the silvia was to use
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Well i followed the instructions on the coffee geek websites and made sure i had a really good grinder first
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In my case i bought the baratza precisio step burr grinder to go with my silvia
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All of the websites said to make good espresso you had to have very fresh beans