EspressoGC Classic PLUS

Sale price£219.00 GBP

Ideal for beginners or Baristas. Includes our regular portafilter PLUS the Smartshot basket and milk frother. Smartshot eliminates the need to flex barista skills. Just spoon in coffee, ground to espresso-fine or cafetierre-coarse and squeeze down the lever arms. Don’t turn to Nespresso when you can go one better, have a free choice of coffee, and be planet friendly.

10 Year Warranty
No Electricity

Customer Reviews

Based on 11 reviews
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Richard Ittner
Great product

The ease and consistency each time makes this head and shoulders above the competition.

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Matthew Danielsonn
Just love it

It just does it's job, no buttons or dials.
Just great coffee

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Jeff Berwick
Beautiful Machine, takes some practice to use

I love the construction of this machine. It's not hard to use in principle, but you really have to preheat everything (cup, water reservoir, puck holder) and work fast to get a good espresso. Also the bean grind is critical to get the right flow rate. I'm still learning how to do this without making a huge mess, but I'll get there. In the end it can make a great cup of espresso if all goes well.

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Steven Goodman
Good but not yet great

I have enjoyed my ROK EspressoGC Classic Plus so far, having had it for around two weeks. It is taking a lot of trial and error to figure out the best way to make great espresso, and not quite there yet. It is a bit cumbersome the number of steps needed to get consistency out (pre-heating the portafilter, pre-heating the chamber, etc) but I enjoy the practice of it all. I wish the basket was a more standard size to allow me to augment with more robust tools (tamper, distributor) which fit more perfectly. The 49-50 mm size (size changes with the inner ring in the basket, which is there for no clear reason but impacts ability to tamp consistently) makes getting such tools quite challenging, and I believe does impact the quality and consistency of the pull.

Overall, I do enjoy the manual aspect of the machine, and fact it forces the operator to be really engaged with the process, to understand what makes a great espresso and what makes a mediocre one. So far I am glad I purchased the unit.

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Adobin Schroth

Delivered as promised. Quality and functionality is perfect.