La Pavoni PR-16 Professional Espresso Machine with Red Base

by La Pavoni

Product Features

• Makes one or two cups of espresso at one time
• Nickel plated, solid brass boilers
• Made in Italy
• Re-set fuse
• Stainless elements, 1000 watts

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 7 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000FEFOFM
• Item model number: PR-16
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,471 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Europiccola Italian made espresso maker features are many, including a 38 ounce boiler capacity. Makes 16, 2 ounce cups of espresso. It has a dual frothing cappuccino system and internal thermostat to control pressure. It also has a mounted pressure g

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An espresso machine for perfectionists!, February 8, 2008

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Claire Jordan "Filmmaker - "The Baroness ... (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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I have owned this machine (in chrome) for over ten years and everyday when I make my morning cappuccino I love it more. You can spend more for a machine that measures the coffee, tamps it, pulls the water through and steams the milk for you, but you can tip the kids behind the counter at Starbucks and they'll do the same thing. Making espresso should be a little art and a little science and this machine an impeccable balance of the two. If you aren't the kind of person who takes joy in mixing the perfect martini, making a risotto that whispers with flavor, or whipping a meringue to impossibly tall peaks, this probably isn't the machine for you.

The La Pavoni is for the person who will find tremendous joy in going to the lengths required to make a perfect cappuccino by hand everyday. (And don't bother using anything less than Illy Cafe coffee in it.)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Defective Design, April 11, 2008

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Tron-Chaser - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Pavoni PR-16 Professional Espresso Machine with Red Base (Kitchen)

Major steam leak at the the housing joint for the steam wand (you can see the small black valve handle on the left side of the picturem, wand is on the right). This is nothing less than an defective design for three, if not four, reasons.

1. The brass fastening nut is on the *inside* of the housing, making it impossible to tighten without a specialized tool. You cannot get a normal socket inside the housing, nor a wrench, nor a pair of needle-nose pliers. It takes a specialized tool for this specific purpose (to tighten the nut).

2. The relief valve (right side of the boiler, while the unit is facing you) has a nut on the inside and the outside of the housing, meaning you can tighten at least one nut to secure the connection. Since the inside nut probably isn't reachable, you can use a wrench to tighten the nut on the outside of the housing. This is likely why that joint doesn't leak.

3. It would cost a few extra dollars to *include* a tool to tighten the inner nut. Just like the tool that is always included on a chain-saw for cinching up the chain, or the straight-slot screwdriver that comes with a exercise equipment.

4. The joint design could simply be "robbed" from the relief valve design, using the exact same housing joint for the steam wand. You'd have two joints that are interchangeable -- one would simply have the normal spring relief valve, and the other would have the screw valve for the steamer wand. This would totally increase profit margin for this unit since you'd just have two of the same parts for the unit.

No matter how this design is viewed -- the engineering division, the marketing division, or the accounting division (returns for this have GOT to be topping 20%) -- this is the most atrocious design possible.



Avoid, avoid, avoid.