I have acquired a beautiful Olympia Cremina 67 (1972) in completely original state, these are pretty hard to come by especially with the original pressure stat! I have given it the once over and cleaned and polished it, u have done a group service, but apart from that it really needs nothing...
It looks like these things are harder to get your hands on than a Made by Knock product lol, does anyone have one that fancies doing a review, vid, pics, just so I can have a look really.
I could not resist.
I nearly bought a Club while living in Switzerland. It was at a Saturday market in Vevey, but I knew I would be leaving the country in a few months. I really wanted to get it but had to pass. It was a bargain, too. Regretted it since.
Now I can take my Cremina to...
Although I've been very happy with my PID'd Gaggia Classic for a while now I've been getting an urge for an upgrade - you know how it is. I'd put some money aside and I had come down on either a Expobar Dual Boiler or a Rocket Cellini Plus (with the Expobar seeming increasingly like the better...
...but I've been lurking for a few weeks. Nice to find such an active UK based coffee forum (TMC is a shadow of it's former self and H-B is very US-centric) so I thought I'd join and that way I'd be able to see the pics and contribute in some way.
Been into coffee for a long time but only in...
From recommendations on this site and Home Barista amongst others I got interested in Londinium Espresso for their beans and also because I found out that Reiss ("Mr Londinium") is a lever machine fan and - no less important - has now become the UK distributor for Olympia Cremina lever machines...
I'm a lever nut. So when I found out that Londinium Espresso are now selling the famous Olympia Cremina in the UK, I thought I'd give them a shout.
Reiss from Londinium was foolish enough to pop over and demonstrate one, during which he time he narrowly avoided poisoning from a rather unsubtle...