Create and save 4 different user profiles, each memorizing your preferred beverage settings. Every time you use the machine, your personalized choices are easily accessible just as you programmed. This machine is clearly a Gaggia machine when you look at the internals. With the removable brew group & ceramic burrs, I'd say this is a Gaggia coffee machine that was at some point also sold under the Philips brand, rather than vice versa. Still, I’m fairly convinced that just about anyone could take a deep breath and proceed to get a halfway decent cup of coffee out of the Gaggia Cadorna Prestige without opening the user manual. Discover a world of flavors with 6 beverages at your fingertips. Experience the ultimate barista adventure at home, from ristretto to espresso, espresso lungo, coffee, americano, and hot water. Yes, it's a little bit more expensive than some of the other more entry-level options, but just look at some of the features.

It doesn't have a grinder bypass for pre-ground coffee beans as the Brera and other Gaggia bean to cup coffee machines have, and it doesn't have multiple strength settings either, which are the main features that separate this machine from the slightly more expensive Gaggia bean to cup coffee machines. Discover the 6 beverages available, all at your fingertips and try the ultimate barista experience at home: ristretto, espresso, espresso lungo, coffee, americano, hot water. Plus a manual steam arm for all milk based espresso drinks. For starters, the Cadorna Prestige features one of the most impressive user interfaces I’ve seen on an automatic espresso machine. These kinds of machines are made to work with pre-ground coffee beans or with cheaper grinders which wouldn't be capable of grinding for espresso with a home barista espresso machine, and they create espresso in a slightly different way than traditional commercial and prosumer or home barista espresso machines.Yeas it's plastic (it's ABS, same stuff Lego is made of) as was the original 80s & 90s Gaggia Espresso, but I really like the look of it, it looks and feels well built. It's made in Italy, and for me that shows, both in the design and in how nicely made it feels. High technology made simpler thanks to a wide screen to have all settings at a glance. Tailored around your needs, easy, intuitive and fully detailed, it guides you through personalisation, brewing and cleaning functions. If you’re feeling for decaf or have some pre-ground coffee on hand, the Cadorna Barista Plus features a bypass doser with a measured scoop, you can add just the right amount of coffee for a flavorful cup of joe to start off your day. The built-in burrs are made of ceramic to prevent overheating or burning your coffee and to boost the quality of your coffee’s flavor and aroma. Why You Should Get It There is another version of this that has the pro steam wand, the Cadorna Barista Plus, it has nearly all of the features of the Magenta Plus including the pro Steam wand plus the four user profiles and the Ristretto option.

It's fair to say that Gaggia purely make coffee machines and that they have a much longer history in coffee. While Gaggia invented modern espresso, DeLonghi started out as a manufacturer of portable heaters and air conditioners and then moved into a wide range of household appliances, coffee machines being just one of their areas of expertise, and their first coffee machine was released in 1990.The Cadorna Prestige’s Optiaroma feature is further evidence of Gaggia’s commitment to achieving high quality espresso. From where I’m sitting, it would appear that the Gaggia design team has taken more than a little inspiration from higher end manufacturers like Jura. That’s a good thing, in my opinion. The Cadorna Prestige’s sleek, streamlined silhouette gives the machine a distinctly boutique vibe. The milk carafe uses additional space on the counter – but it has a much better design than the container from the Cardona Milk model GAGGIA MAGENTA PRESTIGE Best is a subjective word, there is no “best” as such, only best for you – so the first thing to ascertain is what kind of machine should you be going for? Semi auto bean to cup with a milk frother, fully automatic one-touch bean to cup machine, home barista espresso machine or domestic espresso machine? Once you've decided on the type of coffee machine, that narrows your choice down in terms of which may be the best Gaggia coffee machine for you if you've decided Gaggia is the brand you want to invest in. Where to buy Gaggia coffee machines? Semi automatic espresso machines are then split into two categories too, well – three if you also count commercial espresso machines, but we're talking about home coffee machines here.

This is an interesting looking little bean to cup machine from Gaggia, at first glance it resembles something like an air fryer or deep fat fryer than it does a coffee machine ;-). A coffee machine though it certainly is, and a very inexpensive one, too. There's not a great deal to say here, this is simply the carafe version of the Magenta. The features are the same as the slightly cheaper “milk” version, above, the only difference is that the milk goes in the carafe which slots onto the machine, and the frothing is handled in the carafe, so it looks a bit neater than with the cappuccinatore version, that's about it. The carafe can be kept in the fridge so your milk is at the ideal temperature for steaming. Once you’ve attached it to the front of the machine, the dispensing spout swings over your cup for an authentic one-touch latte macchiato or cappuccino. It differs from the Besana in a few obvious ways. It has a much bigger 1.8L water tank, a bigger bean hopper, it has three strength settings (7g, 9g, 11g), and it has the ability to pull double shots.Using a ristretto for milkies does change the taste, so having a ristretto option is a great thing, in my opinion, when it comes to allowing people to tune in their perfect milkies. I’m happy to report that the Cadorna Prestige passes the latte macchiato test with flying colors – the milk is dispensed first, followed by the espresso, resulting in a multi-layered milk beverage that would bring tears to the eyes of the most stoic Italian. User Profiles Firstly, most bean to cup machine users aren't going to do much with the grind settings anyway, I know from speaking to people who use bean to cup coffee machines that most people just leave it at whatever it was factory set to, and never change it.