Originally Posted by
PTravel
RichMSN, please report back on how you like it. Mrs. PTravel would kill me if I spent that kind of money on an espresso machine, so I have a Brevia which I find reasonable enough. However, sometimes I get lucky when I go to Las Vegas, and I consider it bad luck to save gambling wins, so . . . maybe next year. I'm a bit of a coffee snob, and a decent machine in the under $1,000 category is always of interest.
The Syntia arrived today. There was an insert in the box encouraging me to call a "white glove concierge service" to walk me through the setup. A few oddities, but I got some good tips and got everything up and running in about an hour.
The machine rocks. I was able to test my water hardness and adjust the filter accordingly. I was able to set the grind (fine to coarse). I was able to program how much I wanted in each cup of coffee for two buttons on the machine.
Not only was the rep I talked to completely knowledgeable about the unit, she is sending me an appreciation kit that includes coffee, a frothing cup, some espresso cups, and some coupons.
So far, so good.
http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/Sae...p/scg10487.htm
I ordered it from Amazon, though, cause I got next day delivery for $3.99 with Prime. Tempted to get it from the above place, though, cause they extend the warranty to 2 years -- although repairing it would involve shipping it to them.