The Rancilio Miss Silvia is renowned as the best sub $1000 single boiler home espresso machine on the market. With a solid brass boiler, group head and portafilter it is a commercial grade machine designed for your home.

The Silvia is a terrific machine and with a bit of practice you’ll be able to make coffee so good you won’t want to go to a cafe again.

To help you get the most from Miss Silvia we’ve put together a series of online lessons. We’ve got some of the basic skills on the site already and plan to add lessons for the following very soon:

– Choosing a good grinder
– Brewing Espresso
– Choosing Coffee Beans
– Pouring Latte Art
– Temperature Surfing
– Trouble shooting your shots
– Temperature control & PID Kits
– Using a naked portafilter
– Types of espresso based drinks
– Cleaning

We hope you enjoy these lessons!