Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine Review

Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine is a coffee maker in a class all by itself. Whilst most manufacturers have a range of domestic and commercial machines, Rancilio is primarily a commercial coffee machine manufacturer and they only make one domestic coffee machine and that is the Silvia. As you can already guess they have used their commercial expertise to build a coffee machine for the home use.

Just about every comment made by customers who bought this coffee machine is positive. It has been described as a semi proffesional and a commercial grade machine fitted into a domestic body.

It has a beautiful stainless steel design which complements the look in any kitchen. The machine seems to be built to last and has many many happy customers.

Please click here to check the latest price for Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine

Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine is the best domestic manual coffee machine with high quality components and features which allows you to produce exceptional quality of espresso coffee.

It is the cheapest entry into the semi-professional units. Once you get all the variables right she makes exceptional coffee and that is the fun part.

It takes some skill and experience to get the best results and once you get the hang of it, you will appreciate how great this coffee machine really is.

The point I would like to make here is that, once you buy this machine you have to be prepared to spend some money for some accessories:

The tamper which comes with the machine is a plastic tamper and not of the highest quality and therfore you may need to buy a good quality one. Also a brush for her brewhead comes handy.

This goes with every coffee machine. Always use fresh coffee produced by a quality grinder. A good grinder is as important as a good coffee machine and the Rancilio Rocky grinder is an ideal choice, but if this is too pricey, you may want to go for a cheaper one. The important thing is that the ready bought coffee from the supermarket is not suited for this machine.

As for some of the features of the Silvia, it comes with:

• Built in cup warmer(6 espresso cups)
• Large water reservoir(two litre water tank) which is filled easily from the top of the machine
• High capacity brass boiler that allows for ample steam product
• Multi directional steam wand which makes milk frothing very easy

Cons:

She doesn’t come with a dedicated 1-shot portafilter (despite having a 1-shot basket)
It doesn’t have a PID controller which allows you to set the temperture for the perfect shot so you need to practice this until you get good at it.

Please click here to check the latest price for Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine

Conclusion:

If you are not sure wether to go for this coffee machine or not, these are some of the things you may want to consider:

You need to put in the effort to get the most from this machine, therefore If you are on the run and want to produce a quick cup of coffee, this machine maybe is not for you as it a manual and not automatic coffee machine and it addition it takes some time for this machine to heat up.

On the other hand if you get satisfaction out of learning and perfecting the art of creating the perfect cup of coffee and you don’t mind experimenting , this machine is for you. Once you master some skills, you can produce an espresso coffee which is comparable with the one produced by a proffesional coffee machine.

I hope this review on Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine helped you towards choosing the perfect coffee machine for you.

Click to go to the Home Page

Tagged with: Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine

Filed under: Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine

Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!