(Expanded a bit and added burr photos) 
Hooray, I am back to enjoying great espresso from my own kitchen, having suffered my espresso heartaches and microfoam blues for long enough! The nice folk at Spinelli took my wounded espresso machine (Silvia) in and gave her a new steam pipe, while also installing a new steam valve and wand and steam knob (all from the new V3 Silvia, see pic to the right).
My grinder (Rocky) also got a new set of teeth, so he is humming along nicely now after recalibrating for the new burrs. I went through 3/4 of a pack of beans calibrating the new teeth! I held on to the old burr set, for interest sake, and this is what they looks like:
The new steaming kit is super powerful. It is a commercial-grade steam wand, fully articulating, and it delivers a lot of steam. It took me a few goes to get control of it, after wiping out a few pitchers of milk on the early attempts! But now I have gotten a hang of it and the good thing is that it cuts steaming time down substantially.
Anyway, so all is well in the espresso corner in my kitchen. Alert the media!
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