OK, so you’d be forgiven for thinking I was talking trash about the Anima Prestige’s user interface earlier, but I was just poking fun. Actually, the large display and clearly labeled buttons make it really easy to operate the machine. Plus, the user interface is very intuitive, and navigating the menus is a breeze.

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The Gaggia Anima isn’t time-consuming to maintain. It will automatically rinse on power-on and power-off to keep the coffee spout clean, but you’ll have to clean the steam wand manually. I can’t stress the importance of doing this as frequently as suggested. More often than not when someone complains that the machine isn’t working anymore, it’s because they weren’t up to snuff with their regular maintenance. Standout Features of the Gaggia Anima Easily reprogram brew size buttons to your custom size

What Are the Design and Build Like?

One of the features we highlighted and liked about this espresso machine is the automatic cleaning cycle. The cycle cleans the internal system of the machine, so it continues to function well and stays clean. You don’t have to take too much time to clean the machine. The parts that need to be cleaned manually are easy to detach, rinse, and wipe down, making the whole process swift and easy. How Does It Perform? Make sure your filter baskets are cleaned thoroughly and degreased, especially if they are the double layered perfect crema baskets. You can identify them as they have lots of holes on the top layer and only one hole on the bottom layer]

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Aroma lid: The lid captures the aroma so it isn’t lost, ensuring it is mixed evenly inside every cup.

It’s alsovery narrowand the design is great, so those with less counter space can rejoice as you won’t have a sci-fispaceshiptaking up half your kitchen. When you press the steam button, the indicator on the screen shows you the steam loading, so you can see how much time you have left to get the milk under there, and you're pre-warned too because you get a small amount of steam coming from the grill on the right hand side of the machine just before steam starts to come from the wand. Puly Degreasing Tablet : https://www.gaggiadirect.com/cleaning-products.html#!/Puly-Caff-Degreasing-Tablets-x60/p/15047993/category=5922063