Hello! I was recently gifted this machine and am looking for a standard portafilter but having trouble figuring out what is compatible. Is there a specific type I should be looking for?
While I’d never forsake even my legacy Gaggia Classic for this, it’s really nice to see a budget option that is more acceptable in terms of performance and quality of shots than some of the stuff my friends have asked me about. The standard metal portafilter is really important for that sort of things. Thanks a lot for this review.🎉
Regarding the Edesia pressurized portafilter you used here on the Edesia web site it says: "You may also need to reduce the pressure of the water coming out of the brew group. Doing nothing may lead to a very quick extraction with the resulting espresso having little or no creama." Not something you did, so is it a case of tweaking the coffee grind until you are happy with the espresso you get with the pressurized portafilter, and then (as per your face regarding the second shot) its a "decent enough" shot and that's the best you can hope to get from this machine. Is the quote from Edesia there just more generic to cover themselves a little bit?
I am torn between buying this or the new espresso as I know you've been very impressed by it. Is there much difference between the two, would you say the extra £100 for the carezza is worth it?
posting a question here that others may appreciate the answer to if they are like me! Looking at the pressurized portafilter that comes with the machine can you advise about pulling a single shot. I am not sure if you should put the 7g of ground coffee for a single shot in the double basket or the single basket (with the rubber seal). The single basket appears to be only for an ESE, and I have seen the bigger basket referred to as a 1-2 cup basket. So I am unclear which way to go for pulling a single shot. If you go by the limited instructions in the manual (pictures) you would use the single basket just for ESE and the big basket for single or double espresso. thanks in advance.
I now have the Edesia unpressurized portafilter, and it is so much better results. Grind coffee a little finer, for example my Kingrinder K6 I went from 33 to 30 clicks on an Italian blend coffee (about a medium/dark roast) and it was just right. Light roasts maybe less fine and dark roasts maybe more fine, but definitely a few clicks finer than for the unpressurized portafilter. With that its a really good espresso and a lovely flat white (taking off the latte frother wand as in the video). The difference is hard to describe but it's there and really worth an upgrade for only another £30+
Did you remove the pressurized filter and use the depressurized two-cup filter? and did you get that coffee? impossible without changing OPV Only with fine grinding? You will only get decent coffee by lowering the pressure.
@Coffee Kev, will you do a review on the grinder (Gaggia MD15) as well? I have it for a year, did the shim mod as you advised & really love to hear your thoughts on it.
Thanks for the video, I didn't even realize about the steam wand! So great. I can not for the life of me find the proper portafilter you reference. When I bought my machine there was no option to bundle. I had been regretting buying this when I did, wish I had waited and saved for something better... anyways your video made me feel better about the purchase. Excited to get the steam wand naked and try it, hoping I can find this better looking portafilter to make the experience even better. Thank you!
Hello, have you ever tried flushing it? The manual says cleaning AN EASY PROCEDURE? I put in fluid then followed as instructed. The red light remained on. I went thru' the procedure for a 2nd time. this time half way thru' the red light went out and the white light flashed on/off about halfway thru the procedure. However as I continued it went out and the red light came on again. After procedure completed the 2nd time red light is on all the time as when I started. It is far too complicated for words. I will never buy a Gaggia again.
When I bought my Carezza deluxe a couple of years ago i though it was supposed to have a better portafilter handle included but to my disappointment didn’t. The standard machine was £50 less which might of been the more frugal option as the temperature dial looks cheap and isn’t needed, the steam wand I use without the panarello tube and both have the same crap handles. Still like your review shows, for the money it’s not a bad machine and capable of great coffees. I use a Sage pro grinder with it that you supplied the discount code for along with Black Fridays Sage sale so got it for £140. I’m sure my Carreza was only £250 back then so proper bargain set up round mine especially with your Chocolate Brownie blend in the mix. Previous machine was a 2002 Classic. Wish Ild serviced it instead but hey ho
Cheers Craig, yeah I do think it's a very good machine for the money, way better than I was expecting. Glad you're enjoying the choc brownie :-). Are you using the stock portafilter or did you upgrade?
Just stuck with the stock. Like I mentioned a few year ago the deluxe had a better portafilter than the standard but the stopped when I ordered mine so got the cheap n nasty one. To be honest though for my palette it’s a nice result. I don’t intend to buy a new one as I’ve stuck with this one for 2 years and if I buy new hard wear it’ll prob be a new machine. Maybe a Sage. Quite like the ease of use and auto milq. Incidentally is the Milq the same on both Touch models, build and software?
Hello again, I now have a bottomless filter. Have you any tips to stop it getting all over the machine and holder & should I tamp? Also I notice the spring return on the holder does not function with it?
Excellent video, I have a De'Longhi La Specialista and having seen your review of it on this channel I was disappointed to find out it was pressurized basket, then seeing this made me think, is it possible to replace the portafilter on the delonghi machine? I feel like I wasted 600 quid so any advice would be great, thanks Kev great channel (just wish I had found you sooner)
Thank you for this, I have been struggling to decide on an espresso grinder starter set in the UK. I don't want to go to something crazy cheap and average or something crazy expensive
I can't make out if it has a built in tamper? Also how far to push coffee holder to right, any idea. I bought 1 of the bottomless filters but coffee went all over the place so I sent it back. I notice Gaggia don't sell 1?
Tnx for your review. Was so helpful to know that i could use a standard basket for this machine. Can you give me a link or rhe details of the standard portafilter you used so that i can get the same for mt machine. Thanks
Thanks 🙂. If one is emulating the other, it'll be the other way around, the Carezza has been around for years, at least in the 00s, I think maybe in the 90s actually. The Breville Bijou was only released a couple of years ago.
I'm looking at the bundle for this with your offer code, which comes to £299 all in with the proper portafilter and grinder. I was also considering the Sage Barista Express which is £407 (again with your code). I currently have a La Pavoni Domus Bar, which is 10 years old and we've been ticking along with it all these years without paying much attention to properly dialing in, etc and I've become a tad disillusioned with it and frustrated that I can't seem to get the best out of it. I'd appreciate if you could advise whether I should keep working at getting the best out of my La Pavoni, or should I step up to one of the above. Many thanks!
I have a Sylvia rocky grinder and a Gaggia classic pro . Bottomless portafilter upgraded shower screen and better baskets . Did it for about a grand. That was my budget and I'm really happy with it. I'm buying the set up your showing for my son's apartment lol. Now he can follow his Dad down the espresso rabbit whole lol.
@jamesmclaughlin3460 Lucky him! In the end, I have been tweeking my La Pavoni so am keeping it for now. The issue I've got with it is that although it's meant to be a regular 58mm, none of the upgrades or accessories fit it. I'm going to keep an eye out for a really good deal and upgrade then.
Doh! That's not good, to point out the obvious. I'd recommend not trying to use it again and just getting straight onto the retailer to ask them to swap it out. Ta, Kev.
@@needmorebeans I would disagree, there are weird phenomenon that happens every day called birth… believe it or not new people come into this world and would like to experience things too.
@@playnicegames Such is the human experience... ❄ Oh no, what ever will someone do when someone on the internet spoils movies, Olympics winners, Oscars, Barista Championships from the 1900s without watching them firsthand first.
Hello! I was recently gifted this machine and am looking for a standard portafilter but having trouble figuring out what is compatible. Is there a specific type I should be looking for?
I found one on the sidewalk (somebody was moving and must have gotten it as a wedding gift), so it's GREAT to see you can use a normal portafilter
What a lucky find!
While I’d never forsake even my legacy Gaggia Classic for this, it’s really nice to see a budget option that is more acceptable in terms of performance and quality of shots than some of the stuff my friends have asked me about. The standard metal portafilter is really important for that sort of things. Thanks a lot for this review.🎉
Regarding the Edesia pressurized portafilter you used here on the Edesia web site it says: "You may also need to reduce the pressure of the water coming out of the brew group. Doing nothing may lead to a very quick extraction with the resulting espresso having little or no creama." Not something you did, so is it a case of tweaking the coffee grind until you are happy with the espresso you get with the pressurized portafilter, and then (as per your face regarding the second shot) its a "decent enough" shot and that's the best you can hope to get from this machine. Is the quote from Edesia there just more generic to cover themselves a little bit?
I am torn between buying this or the new espresso as I know you've been very impressed by it. Is there much difference between the two, would you say the extra £100 for the carezza is worth it?
posting a question here that others may appreciate the answer to if they are like me! Looking at the pressurized portafilter that comes with the machine can you advise about pulling a single shot. I am not sure if you should put the 7g of ground coffee for a single shot in the double basket or the single basket (with the rubber seal). The single basket appears to be only for an ESE, and I have seen the bigger basket referred to as a 1-2 cup basket. So I am unclear which way to go for pulling a single shot. If you go by the limited instructions in the manual (pictures) you would use the single basket just for ESE and the big basket for single or double espresso. thanks in advance.
I now have the Edesia unpressurized portafilter, and it is so much better results. Grind coffee a little finer, for example my Kingrinder K6 I went from 33 to 30 clicks on an Italian blend coffee (about a medium/dark roast) and it was just right. Light roasts maybe less fine and dark roasts maybe more fine, but definitely a few clicks finer than for the unpressurized portafilter. With that its a really good espresso and a lovely flat white (taking off the latte frother wand as in the video). The difference is hard to describe but it's there and really worth an upgrade for only another £30+
Did you remove the pressurized filter and use the depressurized two-cup filter? and did you get that coffee? impossible without changing OPV
Only with fine grinding? You will only get decent coffee by lowering the pressure.
@Coffee Kev, will you do a review on the grinder (Gaggia MD15) as well? I have it for a year, did the shim mod as you advised & really love to hear your thoughts on it.
Hi there, we’ve recently recorded a video on this grinder and it will be out soon, so watch this space! (Not that space, this space) 😆👍
Thanks for the video, I didn't even realize about the steam wand! So great. I can not for the life of me find the proper portafilter you reference. When I bought my machine there was no option to bundle. I had been regretting buying this when I did, wish I had waited and saved for something better... anyways your video made me feel better about the purchase. Excited to get the steam wand naked and try it, hoping I can find this better looking portafilter to make the experience even better. Thank you!
Really excited to see the carezza with a standard portafilter. Is the one you used a gaggia original portafilter or a non-oem? Thanks.
Great review 😀any other portafilter I can buy for it?
Hello, have you ever tried flushing it? The manual says cleaning AN EASY PROCEDURE? I put in fluid then followed as instructed. The red light remained on. I went thru' the procedure for a 2nd time. this time half way thru' the red light went out and the white light flashed on/off about halfway thru the procedure. However as I continued it went out and the red light came on again. After procedure completed the 2nd time red light is on all the time as when I started.
It is far too complicated for words. I will never buy a Gaggia again.
When I bought my Carezza deluxe a couple of years ago i though it was supposed to have a better portafilter handle included but to my disappointment didn’t. The standard machine was £50 less which might of been the more frugal option as the temperature dial looks cheap and isn’t needed, the steam wand I use without the panarello tube and both have the same crap handles. Still like your review shows, for the money it’s not a bad machine and capable of great coffees. I use a Sage pro grinder with it that you supplied the discount code for along with Black Fridays Sage sale so got it for £140. I’m sure my Carreza was only £250 back then so proper bargain set up round mine especially with your Chocolate Brownie blend in the mix. Previous machine was a 2002 Classic. Wish Ild serviced it instead but hey ho
Cheers Craig, yeah I do think it's a very good machine for the money, way better than I was expecting. Glad you're enjoying the choc brownie :-). Are you using the stock portafilter or did you upgrade?
Just stuck with the stock. Like I mentioned a few year ago the deluxe had a better portafilter than the standard but the stopped when I ordered mine so got the cheap n nasty one. To be honest though for my palette it’s a nice result. I don’t intend to buy a new one as I’ve stuck with this one for 2 years and if I buy new hard wear it’ll prob be a new machine. Maybe a Sage. Quite like the ease of use and auto milq. Incidentally is the Milq the same on both Touch models, build and software?
Do you have a link for a standard portafilter that would fit it? I cannot find the bundle and want to have the option to use a standard filter.
I too am looking for this!
Is 54mm basket ok for a large cup? Could you do Bambino v Gaggia Carezza please?
Hello again,
I now have a bottomless filter. Have you any tips to stop it getting all over the machine and holder & should I tamp? Also I notice the spring return on the holder does not function with it?
Excellent video, I have a De'Longhi La Specialista and having seen your review of it on this channel I was disappointed to find out it was pressurized basket, then seeing this made me think, is it possible to replace the portafilter on the delonghi machine? I feel like I wasted 600 quid so any advice would be great, thanks Kev great channel (just wish I had found you sooner)
Thanks :-). Yeah you can replace the portafilter, as many people have done with the Delonghi Dedica. Cheers, Kev.
@@Coffee_Kev Thanks Kev Ill look into that
Thank you for this, I have been struggling to decide on an espresso grinder starter set in the UK. I don't want to go to something crazy cheap and average or something crazy expensive
how does the automatic tamper work please?
Can someone please tell me what is the portafilter mm size? I’ve been dying to know for too long
Hi it is a 53mm portafilter :-)
I can't make out if it has a built in tamper? Also how far to push coffee holder to right, any idea. I bought 1 of the bottomless filters but coffee went all over the place so I sent it back. I notice Gaggia don't sell 1?
But what is the shower screen like? Does it have holes only in the middle? Which is OK for pressurised baskets but useless for standard...
Tnx for your review. Was so helpful to know that i could use a standard basket for this machine. Can you give me a link or rhe details of the standard portafilter you used so that i can get the same for mt machine. Thanks
Great video, it looks like it’s trying to compete with the breville bijou machine which I have and I am only glad I got it at a reduced price.
Thanks 🙂. If one is emulating the other, it'll be the other way around, the Carezza has been around for years, at least in the 00s, I think maybe in the 90s actually. The Breville Bijou was only released a couple of years ago.
New machine 1 month old.
The steam has stopped, it appears it's coming out of the filter holder? Can you help?
I'm looking at the bundle for this with your offer code, which comes to £299 all in with the proper portafilter and grinder. I was also considering the Sage Barista Express which is £407 (again with your code). I currently have a La Pavoni Domus Bar, which is 10 years old and we've been ticking along with it all these years without paying much attention to properly dialing in, etc and I've become a tad disillusioned with it and frustrated that I can't seem to get the best out of it. I'd appreciate if you could advise whether I should keep working at getting the best out of my La Pavoni, or should I step up to one of the above. Many thanks!
I have a Sylvia rocky grinder and a Gaggia classic pro . Bottomless portafilter upgraded shower screen and better baskets . Did it for about a grand. That was my budget and I'm really happy with it. I'm buying the set up your showing for my son's apartment lol. Now he can follow his Dad down the espresso rabbit whole lol.
@jamesmclaughlin3460
Lucky him! In the end, I have been tweeking my La Pavoni so am keeping it for now. The issue I've got with it is that although it's meant to be a regular 58mm, none of the upgrades or accessories fit it. I'm going to keep an eye out for a really good deal and upgrade then.
Is the gaggia viva deluxe worth it?🤔
Hi, is there a water filter for this?
Give me a full name of this PROPER PORTAFILER pls!!!!?
Jaki tamper do cerezza?
Great video 😄👏👏
Thank you! 😃
what size is the portafilter?
53mm pressurised portafilter :-)
my new machine switched on, heated up then nothing. I switched it on again but no power??
Doh! That's not good, to point out the obvious. I'd recommend not trying to use it again and just getting straight onto the retailer to ask them to swap it out. Ta, Kev.
thanks
@@Coffee_Kev
great review
ta :-)
This is exactly like Saeco Aroma with different casing. I think maybe from the same factory😂
Gleeful spoiler mindset = Me -> Don’t recommend channel
spoiler, dunno what ya mean.
👆By the way its not Carezza its Carezza Deluxe👆
You absolutely should not have spoiled that movie for the people that haven’t seen it. It’s really in poor taste.
The spoiler is valid, the movie is 24 years old now.
@@needmorebeans I would disagree, there are weird phenomenon that happens every day called birth… believe it or not new people come into this world and would like to experience things too.
@@playnicegames don’t be so wet! 😂
@@RiotBadger I don’t k ow what’s funny, is actually caring about people experiencing things funny?
@@playnicegames Such is the human experience... ❄ Oh no, what ever will someone do when someone on the internet spoils movies, Olympics winners, Oscars, Barista Championships from the 1900s without watching them firsthand first.