Any good Swiss made machines?

C-man

I have a friend in Zurich that would send me anything, even hunt down second hand deals for me

What do they have?

any Levers?

Chaos

Cremina!

C-man

thats a good one...

Brett_H

Jura if you're after a Super Auto

C-man

me an auto? you know me better than that.

Koffee_Kosmo

C-man wrote:

I have a friend in Zurich that would send me anything, even hunt down second hand deals for me What do they have? any Levers?

Yep You want an Olympia Cremina Lever :thumb: [attach=1][attachimg=2][attach=3]

derrilex

Get me one while you're at it C man :thumb:

lemoo

i'll take one too 😃

Ol_Grumpy

I hope he's a very good friend cause I'd like one tooooo......

Brett_H

Yep, I know you better than that! I'll have one too!

Koffee_Kosmo

Let's get a bulk order happening I will have one as well :thumb:

Brett_H

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

Let's get a bulk order happening I will have one as well :thumb:

My wife was reading over my shoulder. I'm out and off to the ER

derrilex

Too late Mrs.Brett. Order placed. 😛

C-man

Sounds good, lets see what he can find, I was thinking second hand. could be good to share postage They still make them or are they all vintage? Manual I believe? Didn't AM have one at Micheal's social party last year? He opened the boiler and sprayed everyone! What size portafilter?

derrilex

Yep, AM had his there. I believe he still has it too. Not sure on the pf size. Pretty sure they are all vintage but parts are fine through orphan espresso.

C-man

They are making new ones now with the price$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I think only little 49.4MM tamper you open the boiler to refill the water, that is how AM nearly killed a few with steam spray damm good build quality from what I read.

Ol_Grumpy

C-man wrote:

<snip> you open the boiler to refill the water, that is how AM nearly killed a few with steam spray <snip>

Bwaaaahahaha... My wife's iron does this... every time. For reasons I have never quite worked out, she prefers to turn it on and have the boiler come up to pressure, before checking how much water is in it... There's a couple of dents in the ceiling where the cap has attempted to reach low lunar orbit....

Lacehim

I think AM sold it to buy the Quick Mill. They are still made as far as I know. Vintage ones might have asbestos on the boiler. AM's machine did, and I think he just sealed it. Depends on price + freight and import duty though to make it worth while. Parts are still available and plenty of info about antivac mods online. 🙂 I don't want one, just in case your asking. 😛

C-man

I think they started making them again in 2011 but are they worth chasin? new ones a coffee parts are close to 4K maybe a 2011 about 3 years old could be the go if the price was right, would want to get one landed here around 1K but for that kind of money is there something better?

Ol_Grumpy

Oooohhh... I made an Ooops... I just punched 'Olympia Cremina Espresso Machine' into Goggles and lo and behold the very first listing is our very good friends @ Coffeeparts... Hmmm, yes the Cremina is very much available as a brand spanking new machine... And yes the investment is very much in the 'higher end' for consumer machines... We're talking Londinium, Strega, etc, price point.... I'm afraid I got carried away in 'the rush' and I definitely wasn't considering such a large investment, nor the potential possibility to undermine a site sponsor.... A good lesson in "Look!- before you leap!" Edit: looks like I was posting at the same time as C-man... Similar thought train too...