☕ La Pavoni ESC-8 Stradavari 8-Cup Espresso Machine: Stylish Chrome Design for Authentic Espresso Brewing Experience Review

Coffee not hot enough. I release steam as instructed, heat the coffee basket holder, heat the espresso cup. not hot enough yet.

We have had Pavoni for several years. We've tried again and again, with varying degrees of success. The grind is very finicky, we tried a few from a local cafe specifically for Pavone but were unsuccessful. We then bought a burr mill and were able to try out several degrees of grinding. Let me add that tamping pressure is just as important as grind size. Our local coffee maker repair shop recommended that we tap the bathroom scale to maintain consistency. After doing that, we tried several…

I didn't drink coffee until I was 40 but I started when I bought this to satisfy my wife's espresso cravings. She's from Italy and didn't like the supercar I bought a few years ago. When he died, a colleague at work suggested I buy a lever machine. Fortunately, this is now my daily ritual. After purchasing a good grinder, it took me about a month to figure out what to do to get consistently good espresso (e.g. use freshly roasted coffee, wait 10-15 minutes after the light comes on and says it's