The Machine

I have a Rancilio Miss Silvia. There's a fairly large amount of information available about this machine on the net. Here's an FAQ. Here's the coffeekid article "Cheating Miss Silvia". I bought it here.

I'm a picky sucker, and I find that the Rancilio is actually quite adequate. I'm not gushing about how great it is, but I get much better coffee that I can get out of the local coffee shops.

Ideally, it would do a few more things: