Gaggia
Gaggia Accademia
Gaggia's flagship super-automatic: 19 one-touch drinks on a glass touchscreen with BOTH an auto-frothing carafe and a fully articulated commercial steam wand, wrapped in stainless steel and mirrored glass.
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Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓Only machine in its class with both a milk carafe and a real steam wand
- ✓Adjustable strength, temperature, dose, pre-infusion, and flow per drink
- ✓19 presets cover everything from ristretto to cortado to hot milk
- ✓Undercuts Jura's similarly equipped flagships by hundreds of dollars
Cons
- ✗Big and heavy - over 11 inches wide and 30 pounds
- ✗1.6L tank is small relative to its drink output
- ✗Interface feels dated next to newer app-connected rivals
- ✗Frequent rinse cycles from the dual milk plumbing
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