The Quick Mill semi-automatic espresso machines are some of the best available on the market -- they'll turn your kitchen into a gourmet coffee stand that serves up excellent java from morning until night (although you might want to put some hours of operation in place if you plan on sleeping regularly). In the US, Quick Mill offers four semi-automatic espresso machines, all featuring the E61 brew group. The Alexia has a single boiler, which can be modified with a PID controller to provide better performance. Then you've got the Anita and the Andreja Premium -- both heat exchangers with varying feature differences -- and the Vetrano, a plumb-only heat exchange espresso machine. When folks are narrowing down their search, they're often interested in what constitutes the few hundred buck difference between the Anita and the Andreja Premium, so we asked Gail to give us a run down on how these machines compare. Of course, we filmed it for all you voyeurs out there -- enjoy!
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