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odin1899
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Posted Sat Jan 12, 2008, 12:00pm
Subject: Faema Erika secondhand, quality of internals
 

I'm a newbie when it comes to espressomachines. I have an old Spidem (very angular and small, from 92) machine which has finally died and now I'm looking for a secondhand replacement. Only now after having trawled forums like this one have I discovered that the portafilter in my Spidem is a pressurised one, which apparently isn't all that good =).

Anyway, I've discovered a secondhand Faema Erika grinder/espressomachine combo in my area (from 97 according to the owner). It's nigh impossible to find any information about this machine. I'd like to find out if it has an aluminium thermoblock or boiler (be it alu/copper/stainless) on the inside. Does anybody have any knowledge of this machine?

Here's a very outdated link to a shop which apparently sold them at one point.
And here is the actual second hand machine I'm eyeballing.

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Posted Sat Jan 12, 2008, 10:34pm
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This machine is so small, my guess is that the boiler very likely thermoblock made of aluminium. There isn't enough space in there for anything but.

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