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cornelius_blackfoot
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Hi coffee lovers!
Anyone using this machine?
I bought it about 5-6 month ago, second hand on eBay but immaculate condition, with users manual, etc... when deciding to listen to people who say aluminum makers are potentially unsafe (having used them for 15 years...) and switch to a stainless steel model.
Following an user error (duh, forgot to put water one morning coffee was really needed) and overheating, the tank's inner coating started to peel off. I wrote to Alessi to ask if it was dangerous and if I could buy a spare tank. They said the tank on its own couldn't be replaced as it's calibrated with the upper section (makes sense actually), offered me to buy a whole new machine at trade price, but despite repeated emails they never replied on the potential dangerousity of peeling coating, and never even acknowledged the question. In frustration I didn't buy the new machine at trade price. And we're still using the machine.
Is your Alessi 9090 also peeling over time, even being properly used with no incident?
Why did they feel the need to coat the stainless steel? I have a stainless Bialetti too and as far as I can tell, it isn't coated.
I'd like to keep using it, it's a really cool object but scared of poisoning ourselves...