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Binding: Kitchen Brand: La Pavoni Color: red EAN: 0725182200511 Feature: Makes one or two cups of espresso at one time Label: La Pavoni Manufacturer: La Pavoni Model: PR-16 Publisher: La Pavoni Release Date: 2005-07-22 Studio: La Pavoni
Features Makes one or two cups of espresso at one time Nickel plated, solid brass boilers Made in Italy Re-set fuse Stainless elements, 1000 watts
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Defective Design Comment: Major steam leak at the the housing joint for the steam wand (you can see the small black valve handle on the left side of the picturem, wand is on the right). This is nothing less than an defective design for three, if not four, reasons. 1. The brass fastening nut is on the *inside* of the housing, making it impossible to tighten without a specialized tool. You cannot get a normal socket inside the housing, nor a wrench, nor a pair of needle-nose pliers. It takes a specialized tool for this specific purpose (to tighten the nut). 2. The relief valve (right side of the boiler, while the unit is facing you) has a nut on the inside and the outside of the housing, meaning you can tighten at least one nut to secure the connection. Since the inside nut probably isn't reachable, you can use a wrench to tighten the nut on the outside of the housing. This is likely why that joint doesn't leak. 3. It would cost a few extra dollars to *include* a tool to tighten the inner nut. Just like the tool that is always included on a chain-saw for cinching up the chain, or the straight-slot screwdriver that comes with a exercise equipment. 4. The joint design could simply be "robbed" from the relief valve design, using the exact same housing joint for the steam wand. You'd have two joints that are interchangeable -- one would simply have the normal spring relief valve, and the other would have the screw valve for the steamer wand. This would totally increase profit margin for this unit since you'd just have two of the same parts for the unit. No matter how this design is viewed -- the engineering division, the marketing division, or the accounting division (returns for this have GOT to be topping 20%) -- this is the most atrocious design possible. Avoid, avoid, avoid. Customer Rating: Summary: An espresso machine for perfectionists! Comment: I have owned this machine (8-cup, chrome) for over ten years and everyday when I make my morning cappuccino I love it more. You can spend more for a machine that measures the coffee, tamps it, pulls the water through and steams the milk for you, but you can tip the kids behind the counter at Starbucks and they'll do the same thing. Making espresso should be a little art and a little science and this machine an impeccable balance of the two. If you aren't the kind of person who takes joy in mixing the perfect martini, making a risotto that whispers with flavor, or whipping a meringue to impossibly tall peaks, this probably isn't the machine for you. The La Pavoni is for the person who will find tremendous joy in going to the lengths required to make a perfect cappuccino by hand everyday. (And don't bother using anything less than Illy Cafe coffee in it.) Customer Rating: Summary: An espresso machine for perfectionists! Comment: I have owned this machine (in chrome) for over ten years and everyday when I make my morning cappuccino I love it more. You can spend more for a machine that measures the coffee, tamps it, pulls the water through and steams the milk for you, but you can tip the kids behind the counter at Starbucks and they'll do the same thing. Making espresso should be a little art and a little science and this machine an impeccable balance of the two. If you aren't the kind of person who takes joy in mixing the perfect martini, making a risotto that whispers with flavor, or whipping a meringue to impossibly tall peaks, this probably isn't the machine for you. The La Pavoni is for the person who will find tremendous joy in going to the lengths required to make a perfect cappuccino by hand everyday. (And don't bother using anything less than Illy Cafe coffee in it.) More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: In Rally Red, this Special Edition, lever-pullespresso machine from la Pavoni is made in Italy. Ithas a 38-ounce boiler capacity and makes sixteen2-ounce cups of espresso (make one or two at a time).An internal thermostat controls the pressure. The unitalso features a mounted pressure gauge, a dualfrothing system and a re-set fuse. The nickel-platedespresso machine has a painted metal base and a solidchrome boiler. Instructional video included. About la Pavoni: Since 1905, craftsman have built each la Pavoni machine by hand using only the finest materials. Superbly polished chrome or brass finishes accent the highly efficient design. la Pavoni has set the standard for quality and style - stylish espresso machines found only in Old World cafes and now in your home or office. Each machine is designed to last for years.