Gaggia L'Amante Models

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Gaggia L'Amante Coffee Machines - Reviews

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Username:mini_chick

Stars 5/5

This is the second Gaggia I’ve had. I thought my little Cubika was great, but the pump was a little unreliable. It produced excellent coffee though.

However, the Gaggia L'Amante just makes it pale into insignificance! The crema is really good on my very hot espresso; the noise from the machine is minimal by comparison to others I’ve had before; and the ease of use – literally flip a switch and away you go. The turbo frother not only works really well getting quite a stiff foam, but I find it really easy to clean.

Only tip is that you really must leave the machine to warm up sufficiently, or you’ll end up with tepid coffee and I can’t stress enough that you really must have good fresh beans too.

All in all really very pleased with the machine – although I am now spending twice the amount on coffee than before as it is so easy to make a really good latte I have at least twice the number!

It’s robust, it works very well, it’s not hugely expensive. What more can I say?
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Gaggia Espresso Machines - Gaggia L'Amante Silver

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Username: egobreed

Stars 5/5

I came back from a holiday in Italy in 2004 and found myself back in miserable, grey Glasgow. I craved an espresso machine to transport me back to the sunshine of Lake Garda, so we went searching. Sadly for us, my wife made me buy a Morphy Richards Roma, which gave us 18 months of, um, unpredictable results.

Present Day. I could stand it no longer, so I decided to shell out on this Gaggia, the machine I really wanted in the first place.

First impressions were slightly disconcerting: it actually feels slightly less substantial, and lighter than the Morphy Richards machine. The drip tray is lightweight plastic, as opposed to the Morphy's heavyweight metal tray. The steam nozzle feels a bit 'shoogly'. There's also less room on top for the cups. And yes, there is one piece of random black plastic in the box that clearly serves no purposes. Still, if you're an afficionado of all things Italian, you take this with a pinch of salt. After all, it does look fantastic on the worktop.

Fire the beast up, wait the requisite 6 minutes for all the bits to heat up, pack it with Illy espresso and simply press the button. Compared to my last machine, this works like a dream...absolutley no mess, no dripping, no scalding water spraying out the sides of the filter holder. And, most importantly, a fantastically rich espresso with the creamiest of cremas. The 'turbo frother' is great too, making the milk really frothy, and getting it nice and hot quickly, unlike Morphy.

To sum up, think of it as the Alfa Romeo of coffee machines: beautifully stylish, great performance, and an impressive heritage. You just have that nagging feeling that a German machine might be put together that little bit better...

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