Rancilio Silvia Pro Dual Boiler Espresso Machine Review

The Silvia Pro is the long-awaited update to the absolute industry icon,
And it was through the original Rancilio Silvia that Rancilio established themselves as the industry standard for approachable, quality-driven home espresso machines.
Love it or you hate it the Silvia Pro retains its recognisable looks in the full stainless steel body with a fairly small footprint and uncomplicated controls.
The biggest feature difference in the Rancilio Silvia Pro is the fact that it has two temperature programmable boilers. This dual boiler design allows simultaneous use of both, high quality espresso brewing and ideal milk steaming operation at the same time.
Now the Dual Boilers, each with PID control on the Silvia Pro alone separate it from its Silvia predecessors, with implicit precision and control over every shot navigated through that digital display but truthfully it doesn’t just end here with loads more highlights to the Pro, as a single group espresso machine goes its elevated to professional commercial standards designed to provide specialty cafe-quality espresso from the comfort and ease of your own home.
The machine has a 2L water tank at the back, which is easily removed for cleaning and has a vacuum trap fitted to the brew water line that alerts you to when the water is running low and needs to fill up on H2O.
Under the hood you find the 1L Brew boiler and 300ml Steam boiler, each wrapped in Energy-saving insulation adding to it’s thermal stability, Rancilio have done a fantastic job packaging commercial grade components into such a small frame.
With the lid down, you have a passive Cup Warmer that comfortably holds enough cups for the family and some visitors.
Up front on the left hand side, you have your on / off rocker switch with a green light that indicates the machines on.
Under this is the steam switch to independently power on the steam boiler - so with the Steam Boiler isolated on this switch you can choose to turn your steam boiler on whenever you like, or simply keep it off and save power if you’re just making espresso that day.
Then You have your hot water switch, flick this on and hot water will be dispensed from the Hot water tap just below it. Now this hot water comes straight from the Steam Boiler and therefore is usually well above boiling point, and although totally drinkable, making long black or teas with it, i’d recommend letting them sit first before sipping on them first
The Brew Switch is now located directly above the grouphead.
Taking a brief look over the Digital display and what features this brings, along with displaying the current brew boiler temperature and acting as a shot timer whilst your brewing
you easily access the menu by holding the plus and minus button together, and the brew button will act as your okay switch
Zooming out to take a look at the full menu, it includes everything from dual Boiler Temperature control, to the Auto Cleaning cycle, a Programmable wake-up mode you set to turn on in a specific amount of hours from now, an Auto Off setting if left unattended as well settings to empty the boilers periodically or for extended periods of inactivity on the machine.
To round it off on the machine's exterior , there’s a solid brass grouphead with 3way Solenoid valve for ease of cleaning, the steam tap and a removable and height adjustable drip tray, and depending on how large or small your cups are you can easily move the tray up or down to accommodate these. Also included are two IMS Filter baskets, cleaning tablets, a water softening kit to get you started on the right type of water to use with the Silvia Pro, an absolute necessity for the longevity and health of the machine's water lines and boilers, and a dosing spoon and rubber back flushing plug. And to begin brewing coffee on the Pro, I’d recommend having your brew boiler set to 94ºc and the steam boiler set to 125.
In cleaning the machine, you’ll want to flush the group head after every coffee. Use that brush provided to scrub down the showercreen, and backflush it by accessing the Automatic Cleaning Cycle in the Pro’s digital display. This will guide you through a chemical and water backflush to ensure essential and adequate cleaning of the grouphead is achieved.
Occasion emptying of the boilers, especially the steam boiler is recommended to avoid excessive scale buildup and a yearly descale would be ideal to keep all those pipes free as well.

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[AlternativeBrewing]

📎❗️AMENDMENT TO INFORMATION – Apologies to our Viewers. The STEAM BOILER is the 1L Stainless Steel Boiler. The Brew Boiler is a 0.3L Brass Boiler. Bother are Insulated.. The Brew Boiler is found directly behind the Grouphead and is the one Josh touches first at 2:03 in the video.

[Tj-bsej]

I own the pro and having a built in shot timer, auto on and off feature is a great update in itself imo I could never buy a espresso machine without those features now.

[canyouholdthisplease]

Just so you guys know. I'm only liking because of how hilarious Josh looks when he says "Smash that like button!" . The more energetic the more likes ill give!!! hahaha ;)

[sebastianbergman]

Nice! Really looking forward seeing even more about this machine.

I think you've mixed up the boiler sizes though, the Brew Boiler is specified as .3 liters and the steam as 1 liter everywhere else I've seen, including Rancilios own product information.

[vermaanvesh]

Can you please suggest if Pre-infusion is available on this machine or can be done on Silvia Pro Brother.

[udoboesenberg]

Lovely video. Thanks. Would like a "How to descale the Rancilio Pro X" video. 👍

[slowboat]

on our old Silvia, which has given great service for 10 years, the black parts of the body are powder coated mild steel.
is this the case on the Silvia pro? or is all SS
the mild steel rusted badly.

[ygprmn_id]

can i use this machine for food truck coffee...i need a low watt machine that can brew+steam at the same time

[bigglyguy]

I guess location makes a big difference to price, because for me in Malaysia this is actually the cheapest option on my short-list of this, a Lelit Marax or Elizabeth, or the Profitech 300 or maybe 500 with PID. Or I might just get a moka pot and a milk frother... The constant cleaning, fussing over water composition, developing baristah skilz... it's starting to seem too much for just having a nice latte! I'd rather worry about the beans

[christianleduc]

Hello,
Thank you ! What would be the main drawbacks to the new Silvia compared to the other, more expensive, two boilers machines ?

[AC-tzpk]

I’ve seen comments on the net that it’s really loud and rattles. True or false?

[andianloetfi]

How long it take for the steam boiler from switched on the button until ready to do frothing?

[Kanel__Bulle]

I love to look and design of the Silvia, the brand quality and the dual boiler is fantastic but jesus, that price tag is really unjustified.

[LumiLunar]

I would've swapped the boilers for brewing vs steaming. I think 300ml is fine for brewing whereas you want a larger boiler for steaming. But I understand that they probably did this because more shots are going to be pulled and didn't want the brew boiler to constantly be refilled. It comes down to personal preference.

[penultimatename]

If this machine is 9 to 11 bars would 12 to 15 bars improve the taste?

[jlegresley]

Are components in the Silvia worth $500 Canadian more than the Rocket which based upon looks alone, would consider it to be more expensive! Appreciate your thoughts as I am looking to buy a new machine soon, thank you.

[elmtube]

Based on cup quality alone, will this give a better cup that the cafelat robot?

[iggynor]

How does it compares to the Breville dual boiler BES900?

[ryananderson]

What grinder is used at the 5:23 mark?

[Desmondchuah]

What is the brew pressure on this machine?