Rancilio Silvia V3 Single-Hole Steam Tip

When Rancilio was reworking the new Silvia, which was released in May, they tested it with a three-hole steam tip. It seemed to work just fine in their European testing labs, but when it hit the market in the US, they got nothing but grief. Ostensibly the difference in using a machine on 220V as opposed to 110V, the tip just didn't offer a big improvement -- the power and the boiler size simply couldn't support the increase in steam expression and the resulting milk frothing was sub par. Since the first iteration of the V3, they have released a new round of machines that comes standard with a single-hole steam tip. The steam wand is still the awesome, 360 degree articulating wand that we have grown to love on the V3, but with a single hole in the steam tip instead of three holes -- which has vastly improved the steaming performance. If you've got the first generation of the Silvia V3 and would like to see how a one-hole tip performs, you can pick one up for just $9.95.