Advantages: A lot of control over your coffee Disadvantages: Not room for bigger cups
Having previously worked in the coffee industry for a few years, there is nothing like the taste of a good espresso when you wake up and although the trend for domestic coffee machines which take coffee pods and work on the touch of a button, there is nothing like having a machine where you can take full control of how your coffee comes out. The GaggiaBabyD is one such machine, with numerous similarities to the way professional machines work, but aimed at the domestic market.
The Look
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The GaggiaBabyD is quite a strange looking machine, not really because of the styling but at around 40cm tall and 20 cm wide, it looks a bit top heavy, although it is very secure and would take a good whack to knock it over. The machine is constructed out of plastic and chrome and is basically silver in colour. All the panels feel ...
christianfilmcritic 03.08.2006 (24.09.2007)
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Advantages: Makes café quality espresso with a perfect crème Disadvantages: Water can be too hot sometimes
I bought this espresso machine in September 2008 from my local speciality coffee shop; "MacBean's" in Aberdeen, Scotland. After viewing it in the shop it struck me as a thing of beauty as much as coffee machine and I could imagine it taking it pride of place in my kitchen- which it now does.
I paid £250 from this local Gaggia agent, though online it can be found much cheaper- for about £150 or even cheaper on sites such as eBay. I got a good deal as I when I asked for some free coffee to sweeten the purchase I was surprised to find I also was given a set of six espresso cups and saucers for free. I suggest you ask around when purchasing this machine as it seemed like the shop might have got them free from Gaggia as a promotional item.
After struggling home with my heavy purchase and regretting not taking a car I opened the box to ...
Advantages: Looks Good Disadvantages: Poor build quality/quality conrol
After much research, I took the plunge to replace my broken Delonghi espresso coffee maker( 4 years without Fault, died through overuse), With a GaggiaBabyClass Espresso machine.
Machine 1 arrived, I followed the instructions to the letter turned on the machine to flush it through and had water coming through every part of the machine except where it was supposed to. One very wet kitchen work top, one very unhappy customer. This machine was returned and replaced with a second machine. Machine 2; This was plugged in and used, all seemed OK until I tuned on the steam wand, this promptly parted company with the machine and squirted scalding hat water around the kitchen. Upon investigating the cause of this I also noted 3 dents to the stainless steel back plate on the machine, This machine was promptly returned and a replacement ordered ...
black-dog 27.11.2009 (28.11.2009)
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