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Permalink Reply by Brady on January 17, 2012 at 6:16pm

I saw one on a local bar a couple of months ago. Looked like a Harley... in a good way. Probably the only Brasilia in town though (aside from the wreck in my shop that the owner hasn't picked up yet - doesn't want to pay me to take it to the landfill). I think these machines may have potential... there just aren't that many out there for me to play with.

PS... the one in my shop used optical flowmeters (which I was treating as obsolete and replacing with conventional), ceramic steam valves which cost 5x as much to rebuild, and drew 20% more amperage than shown on the rating plate. Scared the hell out of me - I thought it was going to catch on fire.

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Permalink Reply by David Fell on January 17, 2012 at 7:35pm

Brady, thank you for your reply. I have spoken with the folks at Brasilia and there is not anywhere relatively close I could go to and watch it in action. Have you thought of investing in a fire-proof barista apron, glad you weren't the victim of spotaneous barista combution due to junk machine.

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Permalink Reply by Brady on January 18, 2012 at 3:31am

Thanks! It was a little weird, to be honest. In the time I've been working on machines, that's the only one I've ever been even a little afraid of. (Except perhaps the Astoria with the cracked boiler... didn't notice the crack until it was starting to pressurize. Power off, open wands, run like hell.)

For my money, the fact that there isn't one located anywhere even close says a lot...

That said, I am still quite curious about this machine as well. If I get the call to service the one I saw in my market I'll let you know what I find out. Note that I don't expect anyone to service that machine for at least another six months though. Restaurant people tend to run them till they stop working.

David Fell said:

Brady, thank you for your reply. I have spoken with the folks at Brasilia and there is not anywhere relatively close I could go to and watch it in action. Have you thought of investing in a fire-proof barista apron, glad you weren't the victim of spotaneous barista combution due to junk machine.

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