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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, classy, great coffee!, September 14, 2009
This review is from: Gaggia 12300 Baby Class Manual Espresso Machine, Brushed Stainless Steel (Kitchen)
The GOOD: Easy to use, looks great, solid, most importantly, it makes great coffee.
The BAD: The steamer falls off all the time, needs better drip tray, bigger than I expected. These are very minor points.
RECOMMENDATION: Definitetly!
This is my first machine, and I've used it daily since I got it a month ago. I've used inexpensive espresso machines and got mediocre coffee from them. Then I used a friend's Gaggia Carrezza, which made great coffee, but looked like plastic. I chose the Baby Class because it's all chrome, compact, and even higher quality. What a great choice.
I got this refurbished for a great price. Actually, Aabree, the seller through Amazon, sent me a Gaggia Baby Twin, which is two grades up than the Class I thought I was buying. I'm VERY happy about that. It's great.
I was making good espresso after a couple shots of learning. Good cappuccino took longer because of the steamer. Firstly, it falls off occasionally, and there's no mechanical way to prevent that. The steamer works pretty well, but it injects more air than I like. I prefer a more manual injecter where I can control the air. Another area for improvement is the drip tray. When startign the steamer, it shoots out several ounces of hot water before you get steam. That's enough to make it hard to remove the drip tray without spilling. The machine also has a drain that dumps into an extension of the tray in back with a much lower lip that the main tray. Water and junk will spill from this extension with very little water in the tray. Now I use another cup for the steamer purge to limit, not prevent, the spillage. Also, the tray doesn't leave enough room for a regular coffee mug, so you have to remove the chome cover to get a large cup under. Now I have to buy capuccino mugs.
I've done a lot of research, and you don't find much tech info, just consumer reviews. Customers say Gaggia is very solid, well built, and makes great coffee--you can trust this purchase decision. I chose Gaggia because it seems to be a great machine for a reasonable price. You can pay more and get a copper boiler and a more snobbish name, but a Gaggia has everything else the pricey ones have and should make great coffee for years.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gaggia, that's my baby!!!, August 30, 2010
This review is from: Gaggia 12300 Baby Class Manual Espresso Machine, Brushed Stainless Steel (Kitchen)
We got the Gaggia Baby Class 12300 over the weekend. I must confess that I purchased it not here at amazon (although I am an amazon shopper for life, I think). Firstly, the built of this machine is by far superior than my first esp machine, breville cafe roma which I had to dispatch with a heavy heart, because it was a good (cremaaaaa!!!) espresso machine. I also have a Delonghi 702, which got great reviews, but I cannot get good crema from it, so it's going back. Stainless steel casing, the cash basin is cast iron, and the filter weighs about a pound.
After carefully reading the manual,(I rarely do with other new "toys"), using this machine is easy to use. I always "prime" the machine as instructed by running it without the filter attached until the cup is filled with just water.
I usually use a clear mug/cup to see the beautiful crema that comes out.
The frother: one of the reviewers that I read was mildly complaining about it falling off. If you read the section on how to clean it and put it back it should not happen anymore. Tip: youtube has videos from casualfilm that shows you how to prime, make capuccino, clean, the machine.
Cappuccino: Wow! that's all I can say... first you make your espresso, and by the time you put your milk (stright from the fridge) the machine has warmed up already that it only takes a few seconds to heat up the milk and create a great frothing.
I have nothing but praises for this machine!!! I will try to update in about a month....
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great product, March 29, 2010
This review is from: Gaggia 12300 Baby Class Manual Espresso Machine, Brushed Stainless Steel (Kitchen)
You pay for what you get. The Gaggia is pricey BUT it is worth the price for a great cup of espresso. We have previously owned two much cheaper models by other manufactures and they never produced a great cup of espresso. The Baby Gaggia is extremely easy to operate and contains all quality parts, most importantly it produces a world class cup of espresso or cappuccino. It is a great reminder of vacations to Italy.
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