I just wanted to credit you guys with the amazing improvement in video quality/sound/editing from the older reviews. Its nice to see youtubers that invest in their recording to produce better videos for us. Definitely makes the reviews a much more enjoyable experience.

I own this machine for something over two years now, still works like a charm. I read somewhere that if you take the pressurizer out of the porta filter, it gives you more control over your brew, however makes for a more challenging cup of coffee. I did so a while ago, coffee is better than ever although it took some time to get the grind and tempering just right. I encourage everyone to try it, if you manage to not break anything (I didnt, lol), you can always put the pressurizer back again.

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Thank you for sharing this video!!! It's great and well explained!!!

I own this machine (bought from SCG, natch), and wanted to throw in my two cents. First, even though this doesn't come up in the video, a lot of times they'll talk about the grounds coming out of the portafilter as a complete sloppy mess. This hasn't been my experience - dosing at 18g and a medium-firm tamp, the grounds are completely dry every time. I even manage to hit the 20-30 second pull time window, just something to keep in mind. Second, you completely can control the amount of foam you get out of the machine. Just like with a "big-boy" steam wand, I'll keep the tip of the panarello just under the surface of the milk until it gets to about 80 degrees or so on the thermometer, or when the milk stops screeching. Then, and she even mentioned this in the video, I'll make sure to move the steaming pitcher up to cover that little hole on the top of the steam wand. Then you don't get more foam than you want! For bonus points, get a good circulation going in your milk; instead of a horizontal spin, go for a vertical one, where the steam moves all of the milk around in the pitcher and incorporates nicely. It takes a bit of technique (and a lot of practice) but you can eventually get something approximating latte art quality foam out of this thing. I've been very happy with mine. I have a Baratza Encore to go with it, though if you want to upgrade to a non-pressurized portafilter in the future you might want to go up to the Precisio, which gives you much finer control over the level of grind and thus final pull time.

Thank you I really appreciated your reviews and they helped me a lot !

Great video. Thanks!

Really helpful video. I have one myself and have been playing around with it recently. Why would you say that the steamed milk isn't latte art quality? As long as you heat the milk appropriately and have microfoam, doesn't the rest depend on the person pouring? What's missing from this machine that doesn't allow it to make latte art milk? Thanks

Picked one for myself. What is the usual dosage one would use on this kind of portafilter? I'm going with 16g at the moment.

I've got a question. The double and the single filter does not fit perfectly inside the portafilter, so that it stands few millimeters above the edge: is there a way to clean the filter from coffee without having to wait for it to cool down so that it can be extracted from the portafilter and then cleaned? If I try to empty the filter while it sits in the portafilter, it will eventually come off. Thank you!

i noticed in 4:31 that while you are waiting for the steam to prepare, the machine is dripping water from the shower. is this normal?

Very nice review, I loved the tip about artificially cooling down the machine to brew your coffee, I always wait for it to cool down and it takes ages and the milk cools down aswell! Thanks a lot, I'll probably be buying this machine to substitute my old Viva Gaggia! :) Take care

thank you for instruction

I have this machine and I really like it! Someone threw the top cover in the garbage 😭anyone know where I can get a replacement? There is a guy selling one on Ebay for $300, seemed excessive...please help

Very well done video, thanks for the information, i just made a coffee with the poemia and it's very good ☺️

I own a Peomia but am here after watching your temperature surfing video. I ran a few temperature tests on my machine and noticed that when the brew light is on the water coming out of the group head is only about 166 F. After steaming, I checked the water temp once again and it's only 177-179 F. Do you know of any reasoning for this or is it just a cheap machine? Steam also seams to be weak and lasts for only a short amount of time. I'm not even sure how I've been making drinks with this thing... haha

I love your reviews Gail, thanks! And I love my Poemia. I'm about to make the jump to non-pressurized (with a Hario Skerton hand grinder). If I'm just making shots for myself, any reason why I shouldn't go bottomless?

this is almost identical to my DeLonghi EC155

I can't for the life of me figure out why I can't rotate my steamer knob on the side of the machine. It just doesn't bulge in either direction, does anyone have experience with this issue?

How to clean that machine.?

Do i need to insert the rubber under the single basket when i do single shot or its just for pods?

For folks with this machine, does your steam wand dribble tiny bits of water even with the steam knob turned as tight as you can? Mine seems to do that more often now.

Guys, what say you? I think this one, even without a very fancy grinder, beats out Nespresso every time... Or, am I wrong and this is in the same league as a Moka pot?

Do you recomend a grinder for this machine?

may i know, does the current version of Saeco Poemia is Gaggia viva deluxe ? i found Poemia but not available

I really like what the poemia has to offer, but I did have one question, i'm looking at the Gaggia classic, which i can get (refurb) for around the same price as aroma -- why do you not have any Gaggia products? the classic has everything i'd like except the panarello -- but it seems that it can be upgraded quite easily with the silvia steam arm. and its a lot less pricey than the silvia. for the same price of the silvia i can get the Gaggia Classic AND a Preciso, and still have $ left over to upgrade the wand?

Thx! Would have been nice to SHOW the Crema . What else counts ?

I might have sworn you reviewed the lovely Saeco Poemia a while ago.

the light went out while she was steaming the milk

When doing machine review, it would add to helpful info if dimensions were stated.

Ok, after a year of daily use, a metal perforated disc, about the size of my basket bottom, has just randomly fallen out of the group head area, onto the counter. Does anybody know what this is?

Saeco poemia or Breville???

Hi, can someone advise, why does the water seep out from the reservoir when I insert the reservoir into the holder?

Not to mention exact same internals as the Aroma and Via Venezia.

The extraction seems so slow and forced, drop by drop, pretty sure the coffee tastes a bit like burn. Using pressurized filters since a while and this is their problem

Good device, after 3 years the valve inside of portafilter opens only with a slap 😅

$86 USD for shipping to APO ? YIKES !

No model no.? Just Poemia!?

Gaggia Viva Chic is simpler than Poemia...to spell and New...why Not a Review? To improve the taste use the mechanism and Feature of the portafilter. Hold IT tonthe right Limit for 6...8 Second or untill First Drops come Out of the portafilter. Than Release it. This Gaggia-Saeco portafilters do not have a Pinhole and a Ventile instead. Same with the Grangaggia and the Carezza, while the Carezza has a Thermoblock.

Wtf looks gaggia viva???