Gaggia Gelatiera

Advantages: A never-ending cornucopia of frozen delights: Simplicity itself in operation
Disadvantages: Expensive, it takes up space.

...apparatus into. GAGGIA Gaggia is an Italian company best known for manufacturing coffee making and espresso machines since 1938. They have diversified into a wide range of commercial and domestic appliances of which their Ice Cream Maker is one. Web site: http://www.gaggia.it/uk/home.html WHAT’S IN THE BOX The carton was well packed for transit and delivery. The machine is a solid white enamelled brick of an item with ventilator grills on both ...
...less automatic. The Gaggia is very much one of the latter models. That said, it is simplicity itself to use. The instruction manual offers fairly basic recipes, but the joy of ice cream making is as much in the experimentation and improvisation as in the final eating. After all practice makes perfect, but what a delightful incentive to continue to practice!! AVAILABILITY Larger departmental stores are beginning to stock an increasing range of ice ... Read review

Advantages: Makes delicious ice cream and sorbets.
Disadvantages: Very heavy, poorly designed packaging, truly awful instructions.

...I didn’t. The Gaggia Gelatiera was available in the Lakeland Ltd catalogue and I’ve always found them to be a reputable company who only sell products which work as they should. If you have their current catalogue you’ll see the Gelatiera on page 12 or you’ll find all the details at http://www.lakelandlimited.com catalogue number 4961. At the time that I bought the machine it was £278. What is substantially the same model is now £295, inclusive of ...
...they’re available from Gaggia at £185. (See http://www.gaggia.uk.com/section%202/pages/gelatirecon.htm) When the machine is delivered you’ll discover the first of its drawbacks. It is heavy, seriously heavy, at 12.4kg. Lakeland packed it sensibly in a large box with plenty of easily-removable packing around the sides. Gaggia were not quite so kind and the machine was packed far too tightly in its box. I finally had to resort to cutting the cardboard ... Read review

I have had one of these for about 15 years and it is still going strong, though I have recently replaced it and passed on my old one to a friend. The ability to make good ice-cream, sorbets and water ices, as well as healthier yoghurt & fruit freezes is a joy and a lot cheaper than the mass produced 'quality' ices. It is definitely NOT one of those luxury kitchen products that gets used a couple of times and then gets hidden away in a cupboard. However, it does help to have a dedicated space on your worktop or in your larder, as you don't want to be moving it around too often, and having it out will encourage you to use it. Angela250722

Advantages: Makes great home made traditional ice cream.
Disadvantages: Noisy, so make it in the garage.

They make excellent ice cream and it is the traditional home made kind where you know what ingredients are being used and not lots of strange sounding chemicals. Much better than even the best luxury ice creams being marketed by the big supermarkets. They are very noisy though and the lid has a tendency to come off during the process. The solution is to make your ice cream in the garage and place a 14lb weight on the lid to stop it coming off! ... Read review