Program up to 8 specialty one-touch drinks, ranging from espresso, long coffee, classic cappuccinos, and trendy flat whites. Each drink can be customized with your preferred strength, volume, temperature, and taste. Milk beverages are prepared instantly at the push of a button thanks to the hygienic frothing carafe and dual boilers. For barista quality milk suitable for pouring latte art, the manual steaming wand offers precise control over both texture and temperature. The steam wand can also be used to dispense hot water for tea and cocoa. Further refinement of your coffee is offered by the flow restrictor dial between brew spouts. To brew with even taller cups, the brew spouts can be removed for over 6″ of clearance.
Coffee is ground fresh for each drink by a pair of durable ceramic burrs with 15 unique grind settings. The bypass doser also allows you to fill the brew unit directly with pre-ground coffee and is perfect for brewing decaf in a pinch. The ample water reservoir holds up to 1.6 L and the bean hopper holds 300 grams respectively; You can prepare up to 11 drinks before emptying the internal dreg drawer and the monitored drip tray has a capacity of 0.9 L
At the heart of the machine is Gaggia’s patented removable brew group. The brew group tamps the ground coffee automatically for a perfect extraction every time. For ease of cleaning and maintenance, the brew group can be removed and rinsed to protect the longevity and performance of your machine.
Cleaning and maintenance of the machine have been further simplified thanks to the AquaClean water filter (sold separately). Depending on your water hardness, the AquaClean allows you to brew up to 5000 cups without having to descale your machine. The Babila is also programmed with automatic cycles for the brew group, milk carafe, and descaling. You can also program your water hardness to determine when you need to replace the filter or descale your machine.
To conserve energy, the Babila can also be put in eco-mode so that it powers down into a low-energy standby mode after 15 – 180 minutes since its last use.
