From Kev. Why to go for the Anima over the Brera, + Online Exhibition On Thursday & Friday.

Hello fellow coffee botherers :-), A couple of bits of Gaggia news to share today.  Firstly, Gaggia Direct are having an online exhibition this Thursday and Friday via Zoom - to launch the Gaggia Classic Acrobat, the new limited edition 30 year anniversary Gaggia Classic. As well as info on the Classic Acrobat, there will be various workshops and forums - and it's all free.  Click here for more info. The next bit of news may be of interest to anyone who has been thinking about buying the Gaggia Brera.  It's a great little bean to cup machine, one of the best I think for that kind of price point (sells for £425 from Gaggia Direct). Click here to read my review. But there's one main problem with the Gaggia Brera at the moment.They can't keep them in stock ;-).  As you'll know if you've been trying to get hold of one, even when they get a new delivery, often they only just have enough to cover the back orders.  But - they have stock of the Gaggia Anima, at present, which is a machine at a slightly higher price point. I reviewed the Anima a while ago, click here to read the review. I was impressed with it, and when you look at the differences of the base level Anima vs the Brera, I do think it's worth the extra £74 which you'd usually pay (£499 for the Anima vs £425 for the Brera). Just to point out a few:   It has a bigger 1.8L water tank, and it's top loading so you can top it up as you're pulling a shot if it runs out of water. There are five strength settings vs 3 on the Brera The Anima has the ability to determine how often to descale depending on your water hardness In short, the Anima is a better machine for various reasons, but I think the reason the Brera is so popular is that the price point (usually £425 now) sits better with a lot of people than the Anima at £499. OK it's not a big difference, but spending five hundred quid on a machine does feel quite a lot more than spending £425, so possibly a harder purchase to justify to yourself or more importantly, to significant others ;-).   However, to try to steer people towards the machines they do have in stock rather than to keep taking more and more back orders for the Brera, they've offered a discount code to fellow coffee botherers all this week, to offer the Anima at a very similar price to the Brera.  If you use the discount code COFBL0621 you'll get the Anima for £449. If you go there via my affiliate link, here, I'll earn a commission - thank you! :-) - but if you'd not to do that, just go direct to gaggiadirect.com. To apply the discount code just add the Anima to your basket & then click "Redeem your coupon" and paste in the code.  That's all for now, enjoy the rest of your evening :-) Thanks again, Kev coffeeblog.co.uk cworks.co.uk Follow me on Twitter Follow me on Instagram Follow me on Facebook  Subscribe to my YouTube Channel

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