Gaggia 90951 Platinum Vision Automatic Espresso Machine with Milk Island, Platinum

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Product Description
With the Platinum Vision you can dose and brew your espresso by just touch a button. One of the most fun features of the machine is the programming function. Here is a quick preview into the personalization Gaggia offers: Touch Screen Features: Show text or use icons; Individual Beverage Settings for Espresso, Coffee, Long Coffee (Prebrew--set to off, med, strong. Aroma--mild, medium, strong, preground [decaf or flavored are most popular for preground]. Temperature settings--low, medium, high. Volume--adjust by plus (+) or minus (-) depending on how tall or short you want your drink to be.); Time/Date settings (Set the machine to turn on up to 3 times a day, 7 days a week. For example, Monday--6am, 12pm, 6pm, Friday--6am, 1pm, 9pm and Saturday--9am, 6pm, 10pm. Stand by mode has 4 different settings. Adjust the clock by hour, minute and AM/PM. Adjust the date format-- For instance, it would be set differently in Europe than it would in the United States.); Machine Settings (Program your display to read the way you’d like it--choose from 13 languages, and adjust the contrast of the display to be lighter or darker. Sound settings-- turn the sound on/off. If on, it will beep when it is ready for use. Cup warmer--3 options: always on, always off, off while in stand by mode. Water settings include--Rinse on/off, water filter on/off, water hardness 1-4 [machine comes with a test strip and instructions]); Maintenance Settings (Counts your shots. Cleaning cycle--In this setting, the machine asks if you’ve added the cleaning tablet before you run it. Descale cycle--Before running, the machine asks if you’d like to run the cycle in case you’ve selected it in error.Lock display--an option given to allow the owner to clean the menu screen without accidentally selecting a beverage.); Special Settings (Factory Settings--allows you to reset to all the original manufacturer settings.)

Product Features
- Automatic espresso machine with simple touch-screen controls
- 15-bar pump pressure; stainless-steel-lined boiler; built-in ceramic burr grinder
- Bypass doser for preground coffee; cup warmer; removable brew group
- 57-ounce removable water tank; Pannarello steam wand and Milk Island included
- Measures 12-3/5 by 16-1/3 by 14-4/7 inches

Specifications:
- One 1300-watt boiler that assures rapid steam
- Stainless-steel lined boiler
- Espresso Plus system
- Digital touch screen with programming information and alerts for: cleaning and descaling, setting water temperature and brewing volume, pre-Infusion and dosage (Opti-Dose system), number of cups brewed
- Automatic timer and energy saving mode
- Turning cup warmer to on, off, or standby
- Stainless-steel front panel
- Bypass doser for ground coffee (such as decaf coffee)
- Electronic height--adjustable cup tray
- Coffee dosage from 7 to 10-1/2 grams
- Removable 57 ounce water reservoir
- Ceramic burr grinder with adjustable settings
- 8.8-ounce sealable bean hopper
- Removable brew group
- Pannarello wand for frothing and steaming
- 15 bar pump
- Actively heated cup warmer holds four demitasse cups
- Eight language display choices including English, Italian, German, French, and Spanish
- Gaggia Milk Island automatically froths and steams milk

Our Customer Experienes
Everything we expected and more
Have owned it for almost a month. Makes great expresso, capuccino, and coffee at the touch of the screen. Easy cleanup, no fuss. Adjustable settings are a great feature. Refilling water tank and removing spent grounds are very easy.

Pays for itself by not paying at the coffee stores in 1-2 years.

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Illy Ground Coffee Dark Roast (Ground)

Product Description
Illy Espresso Coffee Dark Roast (Ground). Perfect for preparation, Illy fine grind espresso coffee is available in both medium, decaffeinated and dark roasts as well. Choose medium roast for a smooth, perfectly balanced taste and dark roast for a stronger, more robust flavor in 1-8.8oz Can

Product Features
- Illy Dark Roast Coffee For Drip Coffeemakers
- Perfecting Italian Espresso Since 1933
- 1-8.8oz Can

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Gaggia 102532 Espresso-Pure Semi-Automatic Espresso Machine, Black

Product Description
The Gaggia Espresso Pure’s classic (Semi-Automactic), timeless design brings style and innovation to your kitchen and workspace. Brew grounds or pods on its chrome plated brass group head and filter holder, then froth and steam milk using its Pannarello frothing wand to make a latte, cappuccino and macchiato any things you like with this stainless steel boiler, a passive cup warmer and a maximum pump pressure of 15 bars in each shot is sure to be brewed at the proper temperature and pressure for a thick layer of golden crema. The priced just right for the budget conscious, the Gaggia Espresso Pure offers you to multitude of commercial-quality brewing experiences while remaining stylish and elegant.

Product Features
- 1100-watts espresso machine with stainless-steel boiler and 15-bar pump
- Chrome-plated brass brew group and portafilter provide excellent temperature stability
- Accommodates ESE coffee pods and ground coffee; Pannarello steam wand; cup warmer
- Removable water tank including: 3 filter baskets, coffee tamper, and coffee-measuring scoop
- Measures 10-4/5 by 8-2/7 by 14 inches

Our Customer Experiences
Great Machine For The Money
Yes, you really do need properly ground coffee to make the best of this machine. However the $ Capresso Infinity is fine for the job. This is an impressive machine for the money but it does have a learning curve. Follow the directions in the book, get a tamper that is sized to the portafilter (58mm), use some fresh roasted ESPRESSO beans and you'll be making coffee better than 95% of coffee shops with a little bit of practice day by day. One added suggestion, a ridgeless portafilter, which allows for better tamping.

Good
We received our first machine, plugged it in, and smoke started coming out of it. After calling Amazon, we were sent a replacement machine at no charge. We have had no issues with the replacement machine and it makes great espresso coffee, I think the issue with the first machine was a fluke

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Lavazza in Blu Espresso Ground Coffee, 8.8-Ounce Tins (Pack of 4)

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Product Description
LavAzza in Blu Espresso Ground Coffee is a premium espresso coffee carefully blended using select 100% of Arabica coffees from Brazil and from South America. LavAzza Blu features a velvety rich, full bodied flavor with a slightly sweet and non-bitter aftertaste that is excellent straight and the flavor also holds up well in cappuccino and latte drinks. Pre-ground very fine for electric espresso machines. LavAzza inBlu is one of the fews pre-ground coffees fine enough to produce good results even in commercial style espresso machine portafilters.

Product Features
- Pre-ground very fine for electric espresso machines
- Not recommended for stovetop espresso makers or electric moka pots (too fine)
- Packed and imported from Italy

Our Customer Reviews
Great espresso in a Jiffy
My wife and me love this for lattes and mochas. I have a cheap grinder that I never did justice to my Rancillo but I didn't want to spring for a new one. This pre-ground espresso has been the answer.

Good price for a great product
This is a bit milder flavor and more fruity or acidic than the qualita rossa which I also really like. I would choose the rossa over this one for lattes and etc. but for straight espresso and when I'm in a mellower mood, inblu is great choice.

Another good Lavazza
Another good ground coffee from Lavazza inBlu Espresso Coffee. I use it in espresso machine, clean coffee if you can't get the fresh stuff. Would buy again.

LavAzza Decaffeinated Espresso Ground Coffee, 8-Ounce Cans (Pack of 4)

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Product Description
Lavazza Decaffeinated Espresso Ground Coffee contains 4 boxes each containing 8 ounce cans that is the best tasting espresso of the 6 leading brands.Lavazza coffee espresso is a blend of 100 percent Arabica coffee beans for making espresso sweet, aromatic beans from South America. It has plenty of rich chocolatey flavor, is beautifully smooth and has no bitter taste.

Product Features
- Case of four 8-ounce cans
- Ground, decaffeinated blend of 100% arabica coffee beans for making espresso coffee
- Sweet, aromatic beans from South America (Land of Coffee Bean)
- Full-bodied of flavor with thick crema
- Roasted and packaged in Italy

Our Customer Reviews
The best decaf ever
This coffee is really the best decaf I have ever tried. It is hard to find any better than the Italian decafs like this one or illy. Unless of course you're the average local coffee drinker used to embarassments like Folgers or accustomized to all the overburned and stinking like charcoal brands named for an unknown reason French Roast, Italian Roast or other else (believe me, they have nothing to do with French or Italian coffee). Not to mention the local decafs which taste more like tea made out of burned wood shavings.


Excellent decaf
Normally I drink LavAzza Rossa expresso (made in a French Press), but I attempt to cut down on my caffeine intake because I have weaned my self to decaf while other decaf coffee has given me heartburn or just tasted awful, this Lavazza hit the spot. While it isn't quite as rich as the Rossa, it is still has plenty of rich chocolatey flavor, is beautiful on smoothy and not at all bitter. The only downside I have is the price tag and the need to buy it buy the can. It's a full $3 more than I pay for the same amount of Rossa. It's by far the best decaf that I have ever drank before.