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PID V3, Premium Plus, Premium Plus V2, Evoluzione RMannyMelbourne
- 6 reviews
Greatest coffee ever
I love using my coffee machine, the coffee is always smooth, I use my machine everyday sometimes it's on all day it hasn't let me down yet, the pressure is awesome the milk always turns out how I like it, the crema is awesome, it looks amazing in my kitchen the hot water feature is great too, highly recommend it
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IntheendAU
- 6 reviews
Timeless
I was just thinking how much I love this machine. It still looks great and as new as it did 4 years ago. It's an investment piece, but it is repairable, which is why I bought it. I was sick of spending $$$ on something that ends up as landfill. This machine could be left to someone in your Will and still be worth something! I like the process of making my coffee and having total control. It is not an automated one button job, you have to practise, but I enjoy that process. Team it with a great grinder and you're set to go!
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Martin[email protected]
- 14 reviews
Relentless quality
I have had this machine for about 12 years and apart from a new computer board for $600 and odds and sods it has delivered peerless service. Occasionally I can still make a 10/10 coffee with it ( so friends say). It brews a consistent drop and you can soon find your favourite bean because the brews are so consistent and you can compare flavours. Considering I use it everyday for a minimum 5 cups up to 20 cups it has been extremely robust. Very easy to clean although you have to keep your eye on the in-built water tank ....you can empty it without seeing. The main thing in making a good coffee with it is to get the bean fineness and tamping down pressure. Practice makes perfect.
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DerrickMelbourne
- 4 reviews
- 2 likes
Italian commercial build
This machine is spectacular in all regards. The build quality is just amazing and it looks brilliant on the counter top. It produces consistent coffee shots each time and the ability to steam milk in parallel makes for entertaining guests easy. Only change I did was the steam tip to a single hole tip to allow for easier milk texturing.
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Thelonius
- 9 reviews
- Giotto PID V3
- Verified purchase
Excellent
An excellent machine. Using fivesenses.com.au blends with Rancilio Rocky grinder. Backflush every week. Descale every six months. Make five or six shots every day. This machine can't produce shots as good as the big boys at Auction Rooms, Market Lane, Proud Mary, or St Ali. But with diligence, it's as good as you'll get at home for the considerable investment. Very happy with purchase from talkcoffee.com.au in Northcote.
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RachelSydney, NSW
- 8 reviews
Great.
We have this and it's amazing! Can't live without it. I highly recommend it to coffee enthusiasts. It's easy to clean, easy to use and the instruction manual actually makes sense. I thought it was going to be hard to use and learn except this machine is good for dumbos like me
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Harley
- 2 reviews
Simply fantastic. I can't live without this machine.
We have had a Rocket Giotto for over 5 years now. I have it paired with a Mazzer Mini Electronic grinder. It tells me the machine has had over 6000 coffees through it. I have only done occasional de-scale, and nothing more, and have not had a single issue. There are few appliances where I can say the same thing (probably jinxed myself just now). I run a naked group handle which gives great feedback on coffee grind packing and tamping. The quality of coffee (crema, pour, milk froth) that can be produced from this machine easily rivals or beats m...Read more
ost coffee shops. While the couple of thousand price tag might scare off some buyers, when you factor in the average life expectancy of the cheap machines, and the comparative quality, the Rocket would be cheap at twice the price. At work we run a number of the large Jura auto machines worth 4k +. They constantly break and need servicing (and by that I mean every few months), and make a crap coffee by comparison.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
vBroGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
- 9 reviews
Searching for the perfect coffee machine??? Rocket - no substitute
If you are reading this then, like me, you're in the shop for a Coffee machine that makes great coffee, simple to use and is a piece of artwork to look at. My setup: Rocket Giotto Rotary Pump with a Quamar M80E grinder. I reccommend you purchase a decent burr grinder but if after buying this beauty you are strapped for cash. Look at Sunbeams burr grinder which i owned for over 3 years for around $200.
This unit was all set up, adjusted prior to picking up and plugged in right out of the box. PLEASE can i say, ensure this unit is switch...Read more
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Topfield1Melbourne
- 4 reviews
- 4 likes
Fantastic machine
We have had this machine for a couple of years now and it is still going great. Have had it serviced twice now. I have to remember to use the special cleaning powder more regularly; apparently it affects the taste if it's not cleaned regularly but I hadn't really noticed.
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Greg LSydney
- 13 reviews
- 6 likes
- Giotto PID V3
- Verified purchase
Great investment in coffee making
This is a seriously good coffee machine. Great training from Renzo at di Bartoli enabled me to make superb coffee consistently with only a few days practice. The machine is beautifully manufactured, easy to use and with stunning good looks. None of the Department Store machines come near this quality. It's a joy to use everyday. The only problem is that most of the time you are disappointed with coffee away from home!
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MurrayBallarat
- 2 reviews
- 9 likes
Rocket giotto. Belissimo
It might sound soft but this machine brings joy to my mornings, and has done so for 12 mths. After nothing but grief from a breville machine (x5 under warranty) I made the plunge. Teamed with a mazzer I can make coffee better than I can buy anywhere in my regional city. Chris, from talk coffee the retailer, spent 2 hrs with me and was superb.
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Beautifully engineered
We have had an ECM Giotto for around ten years. It's a beautiful piece of engineering and makes excellent coffee. In ten years, we have spent around $200 in servicing to replace various seals. Prior to this, we bought a coffee machine every other year (Gaggia, Krups etc). My advice is don't waste your money on a cheaper machine. Bite the bulltet and spend a couple of thousand. You'll be drinking better coffee for years and your kids will inherit it in your will!
Don't believe the guy who gives this one star either. More or less all owners give this machine five stars. We love them for a reason...
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Alec66AU
Pretty solid gear
I have had my Giotto for 12 years. With the E61 commercial quality group head and large thermal mass it easily handles dispensing coffee and foaming milk at the same time. Excellent crema. It's only design fault is that the control circuit board is not well enough insulated from the heating system leading to it failing over time. You can greatly prolong its life (and save energy) by putting a timer switch on the machine so it is only on for the few hours a day that you really need it. Remember it is also inconvenient to get repaired because it weighs 25+kg!!
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Quality.
I have had my Rocket Giotto Premium Plus since 2009. Whilst it was quite costly for an appliance it is a centrepiece in the kitchen and well worth the money. It is solid, well built and most importantly pulls a great shot of coffee. All electric espresso machines are complex and components will fail in time, after 4 years of hard use my machine had an issue this week. The Australian distributor of these machines, ECA, gave me fantastic service over the phone and my issue was sorted quickly. Thumbs up. Parts are readily available and I hav...Read more
e no doubt this machine will last many, many years if treated well. It's not a throwaway plastic fantastic Breville/Sunbeam etc. Once you've outgrown Nespresso (and sick of paying 10+ times the market price of coffee) and want the ultimate shot of coffee look no further. *** UPDATE NOV 2017*** Still using the machine every day. Machine running perfectly. Beautiful machine, fantastic coffee, exceptional backup from Australian distributor. Nothing wrong. It's a lot of money but after years worth of service I have no regrets with purchase. A quality grinder is also a pre-requisite for this level of machine.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
MichaelTaren Point
An Investment in Quality
Purchased our Giotto in 2001, use it 3 times a day, occasionally more every day. Run cleaner through and flush the boiler weekly, put a new shower head and seal annually. Had a technician look at it twice in 12 years, the second time only a few weeks ago. Both times to have the group head pressure relief valves replaced about $150 including parts. Most of that the service call cost, which I would rather pay and have the Giotto fixed at home rather than loose it for a few days in a repair shop.
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cup or double cup. We like our coffee strong and have a double shot/single cup filter and a quad shot/twin cup filter, both creme with a rich colour. The Giotto takes a little practice, but that's mostly finding the right coffee, the right grind and a firm pack of coffee in the filter. The reward is years of great coffee at home, the only problem is you won't enjoy those you buy in cafes as much. The Giotto was expensive at $1800 back in 2001, not sure how much they are now, should be less given the Aussie dollar. When you take of the cover its all stainless steel, brass and copper. All the parts are still available and easy to get. Quality Initial cost2 comments
Well, the comment above is rubbish. Giottos have a control box issue and will blow at some stage, usually after a couple of years. These boxes are not cheap, but when we replace them, we reconfigure t... Read more
he wiring so as to make it last longer. The other problem they have is the cost of the replacement group head valves. There are 3 valves and if you have hard water, these need to be serviced regularly and cost nearly $100 and that doesn't include the labour cost. Call out fees very from $50 to $80 and then you have the labour cost. Labour can take up to 1.5 hrs for a complete service depending on the way you want your group head serviced. Replacing the valves is rather quick. but if you just get the rubber valve washers replaced, then this what takes the time. New complete valves out weighs replacement of the washers. The other thing mentioned in the comment is boiler cleaner used,. This is not recommended to use in boiler heat exchange machines as it is near impossible to flush out all the cleaner from the boiler. As you flush the machine, the more water is pumped in and only dilutes the cleaner. So you could be poisoning yourself. Must be flush by a qualified technician. In all I would recommend buying a different machine. The boilers are small in Giotto and the chassis rusts away in a short amount of time. The panels are not Stainless steel as they state and Id recommend buying a machine that has a group head solenoid, rather then the group head valves. My rating would be 1 starWhat machine would you recommend?
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Dan5195Sydney
- 4 reviews
- 2 likes
An investment in your lifestyle - There is no comparison
I first found the ECM Giotto at a coffee fair 6 years before I finally bought it. I didn't buy it then because I thought it was too expensive, but now that I have it I realise I wasted 6 years of my life on mediocre coffee. Once you have this machine you will wonder how you ever survived without it. It produces first class coffee consistently.
The machine allows you to adjust the extraction pressure and is a pleasure to use. The cleaning is easy and takes only a minute each day. When you get one of these you realise you will never go back to anything else.
Expensive
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SeanSheepNSW, 2032
- 3 reviews
The Rolls Royce of coffee machines
The Rocket (nee ECM) Giotto is one of the best made machines I have ever owned. It is most a machine than an appliance, as I can see it easily lasting 15 or 20 years. It is stable, easy to use (for a semi-automatic machine) and forgiving of technique. If you are willing to invest some time learning how to make good, repeatable coffee shots, it will reward you many times over.
Reliable, stable, beautiful
Expensive
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Steve2020Perth
I wake up to it everyday
I had a Rancilio Silva for 7 years and upgraded to the Giotto Rocket. What a beaut machine. The Dealer in Melbourne I bought it off had bench tested and calibrated the unit before delivery.
This HX model is classy, precise, and makes a top coffee. You MUST buy a good quality grinder and you will be looking at no less than $450 minimum, but this will be an investment, as is your machine.
Good luck.
Precise, classy, pleasure to use
Water collection tray could have been a little deeper, but you can plumb it if you so wish
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nick.ward121
- 20 reviews
- 7 likes
Excellent
We've had quite a number of coffee machines, most of which have been fairly unremarkable. This one stands out as the best by far.
This machine is built to last, without the short-lived electronic controls found on many modern machines. The design has been carefully thought out for ease of use. Some of the smaller details are particularly good; the high clearance beneath the group holder allows cups to be placed directly underneath, giving a better crema than when a jug is used.
It can be left turned on for long periods of time, whereas mo...Read more
st domestic machines can only be run for short periods at a time without suffering damage. Do not let the price put you off; consider the number of cups of coffee your household drinks a day and how much they cost to buy. When comparing it to cheaper machines, remember that this will outlast them, require fewer expensive repairs and can make more cups in a day without suffering damage. Extremely reliable. Produces excellent quality coffee. No problems so far.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Excellent
I've had one in my 3/4 person office for about nine months now. Did the sums the other day and worked out it's paid for itself in savings on café bought coffee already.
Everyone loves it and we've all become competent baristas.
I would strongly recommend this to any business considering one of the bigger 'superauto' machines: it does take some training and practice to use, but the quality of the coffee is much better than any superauto. It's solid and reliable. And everyone takes pride in developing their coffee making skill and pleasure in u...Read more
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Questions & Answers
Mayaasked
I want to buy a rocket coffee machine for home. Any recommendations? Im not worried about price just want good coffee
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If you are after a manual coffee machine and not an fully automated one then the rocket is the way to go
https://www.talkcoffee.com.au/
Check out this website....lots of good info here
Hard to go past the Rocket. Very sturdy construction and very good result with coffee extraction.
Kate Boxsellasked
Is there anywhere in or near Canberra you can have the Rocket machines serviced?
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I am sorry I have no ideA. But given its full of commercial parts I think if you went to your fav cafe and found out who their servicer was they might might do it
I agree. Ask a Cafe owner for their cafetech. It maybe cheaper if you take the machine to them. I put mine in a plastic crate so that it is easier to handle and contain any spills.
Hi Kate - If you haven't found a Rocket service company in Canberra in the last year - call coffeemachineindustries.com.au - they've worked on my Rocket Giotto Plus v3 w PID. They come to Canberra from Sydney to work on the machines at Milk Crate, and the guy is happy to work on consumer machines.
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vBro
Over 4 years now and this machine has performed flawlessly and I still cannot fault it. TIP: to overcome the 20min warm-up time, I've introduced a smart switch that allows me to interact with Google... Read more
/Alexa or simply use the SmartLife app and schedule the coffee machine come on prior to waking up. Just make sure the switch is left in the 'ON' position of the machine. Wake up and tell Google to "turn on the coffee machine" Brilliant!!