The Gaggia Velasca is a powerful and convenient super-automatic espresso machine. Its low profile and high programmability make it right at home in any kitchen. PANNARELLO STEAM WAND: A Gaggia innovation, the Pannarello style steam wand simplifies the milk frothing process by injecting air directly into your milk to create rich, velvety milk foam perfect for lattes and cappuccinos. To stop adding air while frothing, simple submerge the wand’s air intake hole in your milk. The steam wand can also be used to dispense hot water for drinks like cafe Americanos and hot tea. LOW PROFILE: The Velasca is right at home under cabinets with its front loading water reservoir. At under 14 inches tall, minimal clearance is needed to fit it under your cupboards. PROGRAMMABLE: The Gaggia Velasca drink buttons can be programmed with your preferred beverage volume, strength, and temperature. You are also able to choose between using whole bean or pre-ground coffee. CAPACITY: The Velasca has a 54oz removable water reservoir and a 10.5oz bean hopper. The internal dreg bin can hold up to 10 spent pucks of coffee. EASY MAINTENANCE: The machine features a removable brew unit as well as an automatic rinse and descale cycle. LOW-ENERGY STANDBY MODE: After one hour of idle time, the Velasca will enter a low energy (-1 W) standby mode to reduce power consumption.
Product Features
- Manual frothing for milk-based drinks: Pannarello steam wand for frothing milk
- Programmable: programmable brewing options for Espresso and Espresso Lungo with 3 different temperature settings
- Ceramic burr grinder and brew unit: ceramic burr grinder with 10 fineness settings, 5 brew strength settings, and bean hopper with 10.5oz capacity
- Front loaded water reservoir: features a 54oz capacity and pulls out from the front of the machine, ideal for low hanging cabinets
- 2 year warranty: hassle free 2 year warranty handled by Gaggia USA directly. For Gaggia usa’s call center, call 888-389-4123
Absolutely the Best Espresso/Cap Machine ever I loved everything about this machine. It is easy to use, makes super drinks, It cleans itself, no washing baskets every time you make a beverage. It allows you to make one drink after another so you can enjoy a beverage with a friend with no lapse of time. I had ordered the Breville machine because it “looked so great”, but it wasn’t great at all. It did not heat well, grind well, steam well, and needed continuous cleaning. It was impossible to make consecutive beverages without cleaning…
Good machine Works well except with oily beans. The more oily beans trigger an “out of coffee” condition as they stick together and take longer to drop in and grind. In that case the machine grinds almost a full load, but then disposes of the coffee load without running water through – very wasteful!If you like the oily dark roast (like me!), you can dab them in a paper towel before putting in the hopper.Otherwise, really good coffee, and a great machine.
Great coffee, good price This is a perfect espresso machine for me and my wife. We use it just 4 or 5 times a day but it is super easy to clean, easy to use, you can set the water temperature, use ground coffee, set the grinding, that’s all WE need.Coffee tastes really good, just like what I get in an expensive machine at my office.Very happy with my purchase.