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Date of the machine: 60s or 70s certainly
Origin: Italy
Purchase Country: Belgium
Serial No.: 24229
Power: 1000 W
close Boiler, spring return lever
Tamper size: 51mm
1 2C Filter and 1 1C filter
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Translated by Max Volta
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After having refurbished my Europiccola, I was happily twirling
around between some pump machines and my Pavoni. I was quite satisfied
with the extractions of my one and only lever, but levers haven't yet
popped up much more into my mind.
And one day, a machine appears on the "for sale" section of a forum. A Faema.
I skip. Faema sounds more like big and heavy machine to me.
But
out of pure curiosity, I eventually check that topic to know how that
machine looks like. And damn. Thats not bad. Not bad at all. Quite
original!
I drop a line to the seller, who had the good idea to
not post a link about that machine. But it appears that someone has an
option on it.
I must confess that would not be my today's state of mind, but at that time, I had to say: "Too bad".
And what a surprise when that other one finally gave up. Bingo!
It
was waiting in a warehouse sale (at the according price of warehouse
sale experts :-) ), in Belgium. And Belgians are really nice guys (and
be sure I'm not toadying: living in north-eastern France, I know quite a
bit about that strangely speaking people, who knows their job about
producing the very finest beer in the world). It was then no big deal to
find a Belgian forum member, who wanted to try his brand new car, that
proposed to pick it up and drop it to my house, packaged with a mazzer
mill!
un GRAND Merci
à Patrizio donc. |
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After reception:
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As-is, when it was still in Belgium:
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Beware, Nautilus!
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Once arrived, only a bit a cleaning is needed.
Except that, once on, it's boiling on the upper part of the lid!? Is this the reason of the price?…
Oh,
no, wait, a seal is missing! Thanks caffeinomanes for the kind help and
generosity: Francesco sends one to me, saying "let's see later for the
payment".
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Loads of original accessories \o/
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A bit of polishing "triple
zéro" 000
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Old-school wiring
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Cleaned boiler. Almost.
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Awesome design |
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Just like the Europiccola, this Faemina uses 2 warming values, min/max, with a noisy whisper.
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My few readings about that Faema wasn't really convincing about the
extraction quality. I even had a doubt when buying since I read about it
before…
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Finally, not so! One of my 3 monsters, very easy to handle, with that strange and complex beauty I'm never tired of.
Use with patience. Or maybe that's just me, who needed to take the time again. |
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