For the last 10 days I havent even turned my La Marzocco Linea turned on. It has lots of bells and whistles added to it to make it a more precise and manageable machine and yes...it does make wonderful espresso.
Hell no....I havent given up coffee, just been having an extended trial run on an absolutely amazing espresso machine...the Olympia Cremina. I have read much of what I thought was hype on Home Barista and Coffeegeek and wanted to taste for myself.
Mine is a 1987 model that I have refurbished with new gaskets, o-rings and seals.
My partner openly and repeatedly offers that she prefers espressos that I make with this mini-lever machine to those that I make with the Linea. They taste smoother and sweeter to her and (I hate to admit this...) to me too. It is NOT hype.
Being a lever machine with no spring, each shot is profiled by the amount of force exerted downwards on the lever. I love being intimately involved with the extraction process and actually look forward to waking up before 6am to try this little beauty out another time. And getting home early from work....well I ALWAYS look forward to getting home from work.
As an added bonus, its size allowed me to put the Cremina into the boot of my car last weekend and drive to Sydney. I made my family what they all said was the best espresso they have had.
I will post a photo of my new machine later on. The physical dimensions do not give a clue of the magic that this machine can do.
For anyone who would like to see a new Cremina in the flesh, I have found out that Coffee Parts is now the Australian agent for the Olympia brand.
My partner asked me yesterday if I would ever turn the Linea back on.....maybe....
Hell no....I havent given up coffee, just been having an extended trial run on an absolutely amazing espresso machine...the Olympia Cremina. I have read much of what I thought was hype on Home Barista and Coffeegeek and wanted to taste for myself.
Mine is a 1987 model that I have refurbished with new gaskets, o-rings and seals.
My partner openly and repeatedly offers that she prefers espressos that I make with this mini-lever machine to those that I make with the Linea. They taste smoother and sweeter to her and (I hate to admit this...) to me too. It is NOT hype.
Being a lever machine with no spring, each shot is profiled by the amount of force exerted downwards on the lever. I love being intimately involved with the extraction process and actually look forward to waking up before 6am to try this little beauty out another time. And getting home early from work....well I ALWAYS look forward to getting home from work.
As an added bonus, its size allowed me to put the Cremina into the boot of my car last weekend and drive to Sydney. I made my family what they all said was the best espresso they have had.
I will post a photo of my new machine later on. The physical dimensions do not give a clue of the magic that this machine can do.
For anyone who would like to see a new Cremina in the flesh, I have found out that Coffee Parts is now the Australian agent for the Olympia brand.
My partner asked me yesterday if I would ever turn the Linea back on.....maybe....

Im just starting my research all over again about which lever Im going to buy 







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