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Date: 08 Jul 2006 14:59:28
From: Lloyd Parsons
Subject: First day with Miss Sylvia
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Wow! I'm impressed with this machine. Heavy and definitely industrial
grade build.
I have my Gaggia MDF set to 5 and here is the result:
Double shots - fantastic! Good solid flavor, tiger stripe crema. Damn
near as good as the pictures I've seen of good pours.
Single shots - here it was hit or miss. I got a pod filter and just
pitched it together with the ones that came with Sylvia.
One of them is the same size as the double with a smaller set of hole,
the other is dual-tapered with a yet smaller set of holes.
I can get a good single shot out of the double-tapered one with the
pods, and it seems to be slightly different, dull metal, vice the
shinier double-shot.
The other one produces a good single shot if I pull more than a single
pull. I had read somewhere that singles were a PITA, maybe that is all
I am seeing.
Frothing - I had worried about this as other machines all have froth
aids and I'd not used just the steam wand. Turns out it is a piece of
cake. First run was just fine.
Right now I'm drinking a double shot pull as a 5 oz crema. Fantastic!
Not sour, not more bitter than it should be.
All in all, I think I'll keep this.
So I need to give Sylvia a last name. In keeping with the Rancilio
grinder being named Rocky, I think I'll name here Sylvia Bullwinkle! ;-)
It comes from a twisted sense of humor...
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Date: 09 Jul 2006 14:11:05
From: Rusty
Subject: Re: First day with Miss Sylvia
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Also from wrong spelling of Silvia :-)
Cheers,
Rusty
"Lloyd Parsons" <lloydparsons@mac.com > wrote in message
news:lloydparsons-33AF78.14592808072006@individual.net...
> Wow! I'm impressed with this machine. Heavy and definitely industrial
> grade build.
>
> I have my Gaggia MDF set to 5 and here is the result:
>
> Double shots - fantastic! Good solid flavor, tiger stripe crema. Damn
> near as good as the pictures I've seen of good pours.
>
> Single shots - here it was hit or miss. I got a pod filter and just
> pitched it together with the ones that came with Sylvia.
>
> One of them is the same size as the double with a smaller set of hole,
> the other is dual-tapered with a yet smaller set of holes.
>
> I can get a good single shot out of the double-tapered one with the
> pods, and it seems to be slightly different, dull metal, vice the
> shinier double-shot.
>
> The other one produces a good single shot if I pull more than a single
> pull. I had read somewhere that singles were a PITA, maybe that is all
> I am seeing.
>
> Frothing - I had worried about this as other machines all have froth
> aids and I'd not used just the steam wand. Turns out it is a piece of
> cake. First run was just fine.
>
> Right now I'm drinking a double shot pull as a 5 oz crema. Fantastic!
> Not sour, not more bitter than it should be.
>
> All in all, I think I'll keep this.
>
> So I need to give Sylvia a last name. In keeping with the Rancilio
> grinder being named Rocky, I think I'll name here Sylvia Bullwinkle! ;-)
>
> It comes from a twisted sense of humor...
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