Ultimate La Pavoni Europiccola Restoration & Upgrade Guide | Tips for Perfect Espresso

Hello!

This is my La Pavoni Europiccola. I acquired it a few years ago, and at the time, it was entirely standard and appeared quite worn. Since then, I've undertaken a complete overhaul. I disassembled it, removed the clearcoat, polished all parts with a polishing machine and replaced all the gaskets. Additionally, I swapped out some worn components like the temperature fuse and the temperature switch. And finally, I incorporated several upgrades.

It took me a considerable amount of time to discover the proper usage of this machine, given the limited in-depth information on YouTube. So, I'm sharing my experience in the hope that it might help someone else.

For my espresso (with this beans), I use 18 grams of beans for a 36-gram shot. I start with a 10-second pre-infusion and aim for a 30-second pull.

The bong isolator makes it posible to circulate the hot water, this way you can pre heat the group head to your desired temperature. And the heat sink makes sure it cools down again. With this setup you can pull shots untill the water reservois is empty.

Below you will find a list of all the components and upgrades I installed/used on this machine.



Upgrades:

Gold Brass piston pressure kit for the La Pavoni EP or Pro

Bong Isolator and water-heated grouphead mod for La Pavoni

La Pavoni Lever OLD group head heat sink or Heat Dissipation Tool in GOLD

La Pavoni Lever 49mm IMS Competition 20 grams Triple Filter Basket B582TH29E

La Pavoni naked bottomless Custom Brass portafilter 49 mm

La Pavoni Lever IMS Precision Shower Screen 52mm code PA200IM52

La Pavoni M12 Gold Brass Pressure Gauge Adapter or Nut

La Pavoni gold brass single-hole steam wand tip


La Pavoni Brass Sightglass Cover with new gaskets

La Pavoni or E61 coffee machine group head temperature strip set



Gadgets:
La Pavoni Curved Tamp Through Dosing Funnel 49MM

La Pavoni Europiccola Pre Mill or Olympia Cremina tamper 49.5 mm base

La Pavoni Lever Black and white Logo Sticker code 380000

Second coffee puck lower shower screen or contact screen for La Pavoni Pre Mill (in the video i didnt use the shower screen because i broke it, but i do highly reccomend using it. I helps stopping channeling by a lot)

brewista smart scale 2

Vienna Coffee Manual Coffee Grinder - Conical - 28 Settings



Maintanance parts:

La Pavoni Lever Pressure Switch or stat from 0.5 to 1.2 Bar code 451308/1320002

La Pavoni Lever Steam Pipe Connection O'Ring or Seal code 465017/1186435

La Pavoni Base Plate Screw (Old Style) code 403426

La Pavoni Lever Group Shaft Tie Rod Gasket or seal code 361006/11864701

La Pavoni Lever Steam Tap Orange Silicone Gasket or Washer code 361023/1186474

Puly Caff Baby Cleaner and Descaler Powder 1 package of 25 gram

La Pavoni Lever Red and Green Switch code 435063/1319128

MOLYKOTE 111 COMPOUND GREASE PACKET - 6g