After finding helpful information on this forum I wanted to reciprocate. This is my first post so unfortunately I cant add any links or photos until after the 5th post. I bought a used current model Saeco Via Venezia at a good price recently but was unhappy with the Panarello which over-frothed milk. After lots of searching I discovered that the Steam Wand from the USA sold Starbucks Barista coffee machine (rebadged Via Venezia) fits the Saeco perfectly and works exactly as it should. Do a Google search for Espressotec and when you are at their homepage, enter Starbucks Barista in their search box at top right of the page. There are 5 pages of results. In amongst the results are quite a few spare parts including the steam wand assembly at US$25.50 on page 1. Shipping cost is the killer at US$39 so I ordered a few other spares to make it worthwhile! Youtube has a video that shows this steam wand in action on an older model Starbucks Barista. Go to the Youtube website and search for Starbucks Barista home espresso machine - Part 1. In the results of the search is a video with this same title. Hope this helps those frustrated Saeco Via Venezia owners who wish their machine came with this as standard. You can now rectify the Panarello issue! Just be careful when removing the original steam arm/panarello to note the order of the 2 white ball seat pieces and the black seal. I replaced these with the new ones supplied with the new steam wand to be sure of no leaks. The steam-arm nut is re-used from the original assembly but be sure not to overtighten!




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