Philips - Anima

I’ve had a Gaggia Anima for at least 5 years and it’s fantastic. I’ve used it less frequently this year but typically I’m using it multiple times per day. I’ve never had any issues with it.

We bought a Gaggia Anima in the beginning of the pandemic. We realized how much we spent on coffee while working from home - both on take away as well as Nespresso. We zoomed in on super automatic espresso machines that didnt create as much waste as Nespresso, and with a lower cost per coffee. We use Illy beans and every morning is🤌

During the pandemic we realized how much coffee we actually drink (when we all of a sudden got zero office coffee) and switched from Nespresso to a superautomatic espresso machine - the Nespresso had amazing coffee but generated a lot of waste and cost way more per coffee than we wanted. We chose the Gaggia Anima after a lot of research - It’s amazing. 5 years later and still going strong. Pour coffee beans and water and press the button and voila fresh coffee. It’s so much better with freshly ground than a filter/brewed coffee where you use ground beans (looking at you Mocca master!). I mean, you can grind beans to get it fresh everyday but that was a step we didn’t want to add. The only maintenance is to decalcify the machine but where we live we have extremely hard water so if you have soft water this is something you will do like once a year