Gaggia Anima Prestige Automatic Coffee Machine by Gaggia

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If you’re looking for a straightforward, well-designed fully automatic espresso machine that won’t break the bank, this Gaggia Anima Prestige review is for you.

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An excellent machine if your familiar with the process of manual brewing, and already have a high-quality grinder Incidentally, I don’t want you to think I’m glossing over that milk carafe – the Gaggia integrated frother is one of the best I’ve ever seen. I’ll discuss the machine’s milk foaming capabilities a little later in this Gaggia Anima Prestige review. Fortunately, you’re able to adjust espresso strength, espresso volume and milk froth volume along with temperature and grind size.For those who just can't be bothered with grinders and gauges so early in the morning, there is the Gaggia Anima Prestige. At the push of a button, it grinds, tamps, and brews the coffee for you. It can also automatically steam and dispense milk if you want to turn that espresso into a cappuccino. Besides cleaning the milk dispenser and clearing out the spent grinds periodically, the Prestige requires almost no effort. It also lets you use fresh coffee beans, which improves the espresso's taste and makes it a better value than the similarly convenient pod machines.

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Better than that, it makes all or any of these with one touch. You can modify each drink according to your taste preference. It offers five levels of coffee strength settings, three levels of coffee temperature, and you can also adjust the coffee or milk length for each drink. They’re not all for the coffee drinker, either. There’s a hot water option that gives tea drinkers the boiling water they need to start steeping their tea. Rather than considering semi-automatic machines, a closer comparison to the Gaggia Anima Prestige is something like a Nespresso coffee machine, which offers a similar one-touch convenience. In this comparison, the Anima is a clear winner in terms of coffee quality – and versatility, for that matter. Freshly ground beans will always taste better than encapsulated pre-ground coffee, and you’ll have a much larger selection of coffees when buying whole bean coffee instead of capsules. Not to mention the environmental downsides of pod coffee ( 6). Cleaning and Maintenance – 4.5/5I didn't read the instructions before use with regard to one very basic yet important function, stopping the steam. I'd only glanced at the instructions, and it seem so simple that I didn't give it much more thought. I just assumed that since there's no physical steam dial, it would be a case of pressing the steam button to turn on the steam, and then pressing the steam button again to turn off the steam. Now you’re good to go! I’d recommend playing around with all the settings until your coffee suits your tastes. Sure, you might waste some coffee beans in the process, but it’ll be worth it. Oh, and don’t worry – you won’t damage the machine during your experiments.