The new face of traditional Italian espresso, the Gaggia Brera features an elegant brushed stainless steel front panel and a compact design that is much more space efficient than most machines in its class. But don’t let its size fool you; this super automatic takes full advantage of advanced technology-allowing it to go toe-to-toe with the industry’s heavyweights.
Product Features
- FROTHING FOR MILK BEVERAGES: Pannarello wand frothing for cappuccinos & lattes. Wand doubles as a hot water dispenser for americanos & tea.
- EASY ACCESS: The dregs drawer, drip tray, and water tank are all within reach and accessible from the front of the machine for quick and easy cleaning and maintenance. Warm the cups with hot water if the coffee is not hot enough
- USER-FRIENDLY DISPLAY: Push-button controls and an LED display with illuminated icons make for an easy and intuitive experience.
- RAPID STEAM TECHNOLOGY: Quick heat up times and robust brewing and steaming operations. Supported coffee types : Ground coffee, Whole coffee beans
- 1 YEAR WARRANTY: Hassle free 1 year warranty handled by Gaggia directly. Brita Filter compatible: Yes
- Cup Height: 3.25″ to 4.5″
- See instructional video in the images above.
Easy To Use, Well Designed – But Very Small Capacities In 2006, I bought a Saeco V’Spresso superautomatic espresso machine, expecting it to last about four years. In 2017, it finally gave out. So naturally I decided to try Saeco again. I found that Gaggia is actually manufactured by them, so this was the model I ordered. I find it to be really quiet and very efficient, with great coffee taste, but that it is a bit bulky, takes a bit of maintenance and has small capacities for water and coffee.First, the coffee. It really does a great…
Brera vs. Vienna. Brera works, but know it’s place Update Dec 2014. Fixed spelling errors (thank you) added a few comments here.Had this machine a while now. Initially was concerned of flimsy plastic parts. Happy to report the Brera is holding up well with daily use with no operational issues. A few new observations:a) The metal part of the steam wand under the rubber will become coated (plated) with baked-on milk. Nothing seems to prevent this, just a bit of a tedious cleaning required periodically.b) The “descaling cycle” is…
Extremely disappointed! Problems right out of the box!This machine wants to be primed after every cup of coffee. The prime cycles don’t end, and when they do and you rotate the dial back, it complains again. Then all red lights are flashing. Turn machine off, turn machine back on, same thing again.Eventually, it says it is ready to brew a cup of coffee, but the amount of water seems to be completely random.Then it complains it is out of water with the tank half full.From what I gather from the…