Introducing Miss Silvia

One of the best presents we got for our wedding was from my buddy Roger, the People's Gourmand, who made note of my drooling over his very nice espresso machine a month or so ago. So he purchased us Miss Silvia! A fine piece of Swiss engineering sold by Italians!

The learning curve on this thing is pretty steep, but with practice we're finally starting to get it!

It seems that there are all sorts of variables, including how hard you pack the grounds in the strainer, how much coffee you use, time of the pour and the fineness of the grind. Apparently the recommended grinder is like 260 bucks!!! Of course Roger has it. It is pretty bad ass, but since he lives very close by, I'll just bring my beans to him! Here's a few successful pulls!



Probably not very interesting to you all, but its been great for us!! With this and the other great gift of the coffee maker, we've cut out Starbucks! TAKE THAT!!