Product DescriptionThe Gaggia Carezza is one of the hottest products in the low $200 price range. No other espresso manufacturer will bring you the pump power, heating capacity, brass components and pure results at this price. Hi-tech performance combined with simplified fingertip control takes the guesswork out of making delicious espresso and cappuccino at home or in the office. Each cup will be creamy, tasty, robust and rich with flavor. Gaggia is in the process of rolling out a new Turbo-Frother wand replacing the metal frothing wand and sleeve. Your Gaggia may have shipped with the Turbo-Frother wand or the frothing wand. Both are designed to help you get great froth with minimum fuss
What Others Say
Outstanding machine
Gaggia 35008 Carezza Espresso Machine, Silver I bought one of these several years ago and it has been essentially trouble free. Yes, it drips a bit and steam comes out, but I have never had to repair anything or do anything other than just keep it clean (I wipe off everything after each use, and once every week or so I wash the water reservoir). About once per month (at most) I remove the filter and wipe off the dark grime. I have also run dilute vinegar through it twice during its lifetime (followed by copious rinses). During the same time I have had this machine a friend of mine has gone through several much more expensive brands. I happily give this machine 5 stars.
Makes great lattes, but is a bit messy
Just got mine. It's a silver model even though I ordered a gray (almost black) model from someone other than Amazon. Do yourself a big favor and order it from Amazon. If you have been using a blade grinder, throw it away and buy a nice burr grinder. I bought a Baratza Maestro and it made a world of difference, even when making "regular" coffee. Trust me on this! The Carezza is pretty neat. It looks good and makes great lattes. However, it is a bit messy using the frother. See it tucked neatly back in the picture? It doesn't do that in reality. Also, it dribbles occasionally and you should do a purge of any water that collected before you froth. It's going to go on the counter, but it's only water. The frother (the black plastic thing) has a ... Read More
Don't buy. Very noisy and no crema
The pump is very noisy on this machine.
You must use its special crema device to have creamy foam. But, you can not use it on the double shot filter and the crema is not perfect. I'm looking for another machine.
Great starter Machine
Makes a decent cup of espresso. Has a bit of a leak out-of-the-box for me but does fine.
Great espresso, bad machine
Got this, set it up, made espresso. Tasted Great!!!
BUT--Less than a week after I received this machine the knob on top for frothing the milk melted! The inside threads stripped and I had to use a wrench to turn the frother off. After several weeks they did send a (free)replacement. But the post the knob sits still on got very very hot and I suspected this would have happened again, so I took the knob off until just before I needed to froth. That sort of worked.
Okay, so that was an annoying problem. Then, less than two months after I began using it, it simply stopped working. It would not heat up. The heating element burned out. I assume my earlier melted-knob problem might have been caused by the heating element over ... Read More
