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Since I managed to buy a Olympia Cremina on Ebay in 2008, I'm now looking for information about this wonderful (and rare) Espresso maker.

I found some information on the internet, but not really much and since I was able to register the domain www.olympia-cremina.com I now try to get things together here.

I don't have to much content, and I now hope you can help me with your experience, pictures and hints.

Please send me everything about the Cremina to office(at)olympia-cremina.com thank you in advance!

By coincidence I found my Cremina on Ebay, hadn't heard about it and got curiouse. Basically I wanted an italian espresso maker like Faema, La Cimbali, San Marco or similar. My first thoughts were: from Switzerland, is that OK?

After some google research I realised that I found one of the rarest and best espresso (lever) mashines ever made.

According to the pictures, the condition was good, the previous owner had renewed all the gaskets. I finally got it to a fair price. As it finally arrived, I found it to be in an almost perfect condition, a sensation considering the age of 34 years.

After 15 minutes I was able to try the first espresso, the result was not overwhelming but it was rather my lack of technic than the mashines fault. After a few more shots the result was satisfying but not until the arrival of my Mazzer Mini I was able to present a real good espresso.

In the meanwhile I can keep up a high level, with some variations but that is the challenge: the combination of grinding, pressure, amount of coffe and tampering, not really easy but fun.

Cremina regards

Johan Nordholm