Gaggia Espresso Machine – Gaggia Platinum Vision

Gaggia 90951 Platinum Vision Automatic Espresso Machine with Milk Island

The top model of the range – thanks to its exclusive touch screen – offers the possibility to select a desired function or to enter the programming menu by a simple touch on the screen. With a light press of the “cup lift” button it’s also possible to adjust the height of the drip tray allowing the use of different sizes of cups.

With the Platinum Vision you can dose, and brew your espresso, all at the touch of a button. One of the most fun features of the machine is the programming function.

Here is a quick preview into the personalization Gaggia offers: Touch Screen Features: Show text or use icons; Individual Beverage Settings for Espresso, Coffee, Long Coffee (Prebrew–set to off, med, strong. Aroma–mild, medium, strong, preground [decaf or flavored are most popular for preground]. Temperature settings–low, medium, high. Volume–adjust by plus (+) or minus (-) depending on how tall or short you want your drink to be.); Time/Date settings (Set the machine to turn on up to 3 times a day, 7 days a week. For example, Monday–6am, 12pm, 6pm, Friday–6am, 1pm, 9pm and Saturday–9am, 6pm, 10pm. Stand by mode has 4 different settings.

Adjust the clock by hour, minute and AM/PM. Adjust the date format– For instance, it would be set differently in Europe than it would in the United States.); Machine Settings (Program your display to read the way you’d like it–choose from 13 languages, and adjust the contrast of the display to be lighter or darker. Sound settings– turn the sound on/off. If on, it will beep when it is ready for use. Cup warmer–3 options: always on, always off, off while in stand by mode. Water settings include–Rinse on/off, water filter on/off, water hardness 1-4 [machine comes with a test strip and instructions]); Maintenance Settings (Counts your shots.

Cleaning cycle–In this setting, the machine asks if you’ve added the cleaning tablet before you run it.

Descale cycle–Before running, the machine asks if you’d like to run the cycle in case you’ve selected it in error.Lock display–an option given to allow the owner to clean the menu screen without accidentally selecting a beverage.);

Special Settings (Factory Settings–allows you to reset to all the original manufacturer settings.)

Great espresso machine!!! July 21, 2009
snow557 (San Dimas, CA United States)
I looked a long time, as this is an expensive item. This one is perfect, after a year it still performs perfectly, cleans easy and froths easily. A consistently good espresso, capa, even american coffee. No problems at all.