She is not young, she is not pretty and I have had her for several years so she is a bit tatty around the edges, but every morning before my wife and kids arise we continue our long standing love affair.
I go and see her, prime her, wait while she warms up and push her button. Her little body throbs & pumps away, finally she spurts out a nice creamy brew for me. As long as she is cleaned and serviced regularly she never fails do deliver satisfaction.
Her name is Gaggia.
She only does one thing, and that is produce great coffee, she doesn't do grinding, if you want that, do it somewhere else.

My mate recently spent about 30,000 baht on an all singing all dancing Krups. What a piece of shite, it leaks water and steam from all the wrong orifices at the wrong time because it tries to do too much and therefore does nothing well.
Same thing with a coffee shop in town where a little woman operates a Saeco. She spends 15 mins trying to get it to work before it produces anything.


I love you my darling Gaggia.