EPC-8 Europiccola

A La Pavoni Europiccola or Professional could be a good option for you. It will last you a life time, repairs are simple and parts are easily found. Makes traditional espresso and built to last.

I would personally just get a whole set of gaskets if you can afford it. Coffee sensor have full service gasket kits for 50€ and for my rebuild (albeit I didn’t have ”new” gaskets like you do) it just was a no brainer. Realistically, check the ones you have. If they feel soft still and have no visib

I have this exact machine and really love it. I bought it for $200 in generally really great shape and it came with a portafilter. $375 is a lot especially w/o a portafilter. Given the ubiquity of La Pavonis and ease of sourcing parts, you can get a pre-millenium for about that price or a bit more a

I would try the "loctite" fix suggested in this post first https://www.reddit.com/r/espresso/s/fAfsFyAkCo Had the same issue with my La Pavoni Europiccola and its still going strong since over a year. I used Petec "Schraubensicherung superfest grün"

Do you want a machine that rarely brakes or do you want one that is easily repairable in case it breaks or both? Best track record are Olympia Cremina or La Pavoni Europiccola. Both exist now for 50 years+ with minimal changes and there are still models from the 70s running. The decent is built for

If we're talking coffee machines, I bought a LA PAVONI EUROPICCOLA. It was about $1200, so a little more expensive. But it's very reliable and self serviceable. No plastic parts, steams milk and makes amazing coffee. You can make your espresso coffee any way you like it. It's not automated in any wa

I am speaking from 3 years experience with La Pavoni Pro. Depends from the coffee you are trying to get - the darker the coffee the easier the extraction Must have for me is: Bong isolator, digital temp and pressure profile kit - without this its hard to be consistent , there are no amount of experi

German here too, so feel free to DM me :) Quickmill 0820 is also a good beginner machine and available in Germany. Especially second hand. The machine is a thermoblock with all it advantages and disadvantages. I liked it but switched to a custom 0820 later with PID for avoiding temperature surfing.

La Pavoni Europiccola. The machine will outlive you, and the routine maintenance can be done with a 10mm wrench and a flat head screwdriver. Rewards consistency. Is basically a piece of art on the counter.

The manometer is basically just needed to know if your machine starts drifting out of factory’s specs and needs a descale or a adjustment to the pressure switch. La Pavoni pre sets the pressure switch to 0,8 bar in the recent years in the factory. There is no much need to even change that in my opin