I love my Cremina but I just cant get along with the 4 hole steam tip. Its just no good for steaming the tiny quantities of milk that I steam and I cant see the point in steaming 300mls of milk to drink 1/3 of that. The HB site also had a thread with another Cremina owner with the same problem. Small quantities of milk end up too hot, thin with soap bubbles on top. I stuck with it for over a month, fiddling around with different jugs, milk quantites etc. But I just couldnt acheive the super-aerated, silky milk I used to get on the Gaggia. It was thick and glossy and most importantly the texture was uniform throughout the coffee.
Today, I pulled the Cremina wand off and just decided to see if the Silvia wand on my Gaggia fit. It does! It looks a little odd and of course the wand is on backwards because of the position of the steam wand on the Cremina (LHS instead of RHS). But you know what? It works like the devil. I had to experiement a little to get the now weird angle working for me but today I once again had my mousse-like coffee that I had been missing so much. OMG! I love this, even if it looks completely naff. Just wish theyd put a single hole tip on the Cremina.
Today, I pulled the Cremina wand off and just decided to see if the Silvia wand on my Gaggia fit. It does! It looks a little odd and of course the wand is on backwards because of the position of the steam wand on the Cremina (LHS instead of RHS). But you know what? It works like the devil. I had to experiement a little to get the now weird angle working for me but today I once again had my mousse-like coffee that I had been missing so much. OMG! I love this, even if it looks completely naff. Just wish theyd put a single hole tip on the Cremina.


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