Comment to "The La Pavoni Europiccola" Review by James Hoffmann

by Bruce Colglazier Pappas

Here is the link Hoffmann's review on YouTube: The La Pavoni Europiccola

August 18, 2020
Comment by Bruce Colglazier Pappas (Pinned by James Hoffmann)

Great review, James! I am an LP owner (actually, I own several) and admin of a FB support group. Here are a few comments (sorry for the length):

1. There are four distinct generations of LP manual lever machines, defined by the grouphead. The first three behave quite differently; Gen4 behaves much like Gen3. Yours is a Gen2 (PreMillennium). User routines can vary greatly by generation.

2. The other big difference is how the boiler water is controlled: dual element (and two-way switch) versus single element/pressurestat. Midway through Gen2, a pressurestat was added, eliminating the need for dual elements. Yours has a single element/pressurestat. Again, user routines can vary greatly by configuration.

3. There are also two boiler sizes: the smaller Europiccola and the larger Professional. Yours is a Euro.

Created 18-AUG-2020 | updated 04-FEB-2023 | BCP