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
@Coffee_Kev6 ай бұрын
What a lucky find!
@DonKangolJones10 ай бұрын
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.🎉
@Amblebear7 ай бұрын
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!
@Elldrop12 ай бұрын
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
@MrLobo76-10 ай бұрын
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.
@Coffee_Kev10 ай бұрын
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.
@jacquelinegardiner7616 ай бұрын
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?
@harveyjones50273 ай бұрын
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?
@bethyk8Ай бұрын
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?
@ahmadrezacoffee10 ай бұрын
@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.
@Coffee_Kev10 ай бұрын
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) 😆👍
@swissworldwatches2 ай бұрын
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.
@swissworldwatches3 ай бұрын
New machine 1 month old. The steam has stopped, it appears it's coming out of the filter holder? Can you help?
@user-mm5zd4xw4h10 ай бұрын
Great video 😄👏👏
@Coffee_Kev10 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😃
@rigilchrist3 ай бұрын
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...
@phoenixr68117 ай бұрын
Great review 😀any other portafilter I can buy for it?
@unicorntao44610 ай бұрын
Can someone please tell me what is the portafilter mm size? I’ve been dying to know for too long
@Coffee_Kev10 ай бұрын
Hi it is a 53mm portafilter :-)
@harveyjones50273 ай бұрын
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.
@nicholasrubin19 ай бұрын
Really excited to see the carezza with a standard portafilter. Is the one you used a gaggia original portafilter or a non-oem? Thanks.
@CraigPeacock-us1ow10 ай бұрын
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
@Coffee_Kev10 ай бұрын
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?
@CraigPeacock-us1ow10 ай бұрын
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?
@barbarakozowska492913 күн бұрын
Jaki tamper do cerezza?
@keegancerwinski4478 ай бұрын
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.
@Amblebear7 ай бұрын
I too am looking for this!
@swisswordwatches4 ай бұрын
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?
@mrchuffy653510 ай бұрын
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)
@Coffee_Kev10 ай бұрын
Thanks :-). Yeah you can replace the portafilter, as many people have done with the Delonghi Dedica. Cheers, Kev.
@mrchuffy653510 ай бұрын
@@Coffee_Kev Thanks Kev Ill look into that
@swissworldwatches5 ай бұрын
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?
@WastelandProject7 ай бұрын
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.
@ryanpeeples699810 ай бұрын
great review
@Coffee_Kev10 ай бұрын
ta :-)
@ajaygeorge798 ай бұрын
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
@RS-sc2zr5 ай бұрын
Is the gaggia viva deluxe worth it?🤔
@swissworldwatches5 ай бұрын
Hi, is there a water filter for this?
@bridgetcrossman7089 ай бұрын
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!
@jamesmclaughlin34608 ай бұрын
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.
@bridgetcrossman7088 ай бұрын
@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.
@CalCal-js8xd3 ай бұрын
This is exactly like Saeco Aroma with different casing. I think maybe from the same factory😂
@swissworldwatches5 ай бұрын
my new machine switched on, heated up then nothing. I switched it on again but no power??
@Coffee_Kev5 ай бұрын
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.
@swissworldwatches5 ай бұрын
thanks @@Coffee_Kev
@mohammadmalik16356 ай бұрын
what size is the portafilter?
@Coffee_Kev6 ай бұрын
53mm pressurised portafilter :-)
@genericusername590910 ай бұрын
Gleeful spoiler mindset = Me -> Don’t recommend channel
@Coffee_Kev10 ай бұрын
spoiler, dunno what ya mean.
@playnicegames10 ай бұрын
You absolutely should not have spoiled that movie for the people that haven’t seen it. It’s really in poor taste.
@needmorebeans10 ай бұрын
The spoiler is valid, the movie is 24 years old now.
@playnicegames10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@RiotBadger10 ай бұрын
@@playnicegames don’t be so wet! 😂
@playnicegames10 ай бұрын
@@RiotBadger I don’t k ow what’s funny, is actually caring about people experiencing things funny?
@needmorebeans10 ай бұрын
@@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.