Compare: Rocket Giotto vs. Nuova Simonelli Musica

Gail walks us through the features, functionality, pros and cons of these two higher end heat exchange espresso machines. Then she makes a cappuccino on each and she enjoys them with a donut!

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• rocket giotto evoluzion
• nuova simonelli musica
• heat exchange
• espresso machines
• compare
• demonstration
• how-to

[romancewriter]

i like the Musica better because you can start learning in superauto mode for novice(like me!) and switch to semi-auto without getting a new machine but the Rocket package with all its freebies offered on SCG is are to pass up.

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@romancewriter You mean auto vs. semi auto, I assume? Superautos have the grinders built in and manage all of the grind/tamp/extraction. The Musica just allows you program volumetric water dosing. In a way, starting with semi-auto and then, when you've got it down, programming the water volume would be a better route to go as you're learning. - Kat

[Agathorn]

720p, nice Kat :)

[MrAlligam]

If I had the money to spend, I'd much rather wake up to the Rocket each morning!

[ThatsErika]

i like rocket giotto more....i like it more manual...no buttons.

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@ferryengr I did get an upgrade in my laptop, hence the upgrade in the processing; but what I'm finding is that downloading the raw video in full HD takes forever and working with it is ridiculous; additionally, this videos are now at about 1GB in size and take forever to upload. A huge improvement is that processing doesn't completely take down my whole laptop anymore! :) - Kat

[ferryengr]

@SeattleCoffeeGear - The 720p is great Kat - we appreciate your pain! 1080p is not necessary - YET. YouTube can't download 1080p very fast anyway, so lots of buffering will occur. That used to happen with 720p, but eventually YouTube had to modernize. When they get you a more powerful computer Kat, you can increase the bit rate and/or ease up on the compression and that will make more difference than 1080p. All told, a great improvement going to HD.

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@JtothaR06 I don't miss having to respond to all the comments about anti-whacking, which is why we did an update and I took that shizz down! ;) - Kat

[JtothaR06]

@SeattleCoffeeGear I miss that vintage video where Gail whacks the portafilter with the tamper.

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@aesonvirus Uh -- it has always been 1k; maybe someone else said 500 but I have always said 'if we ever reach 1000 videos, maybe I'll appear in that one' - no commitments, baby! :) - Kat

[aesonvirus]

Whoa, whoa, whoa... removing content due to aging?!? LOL

And I distinctly remember the count needing to reach 500. We're at 424 and then some get removed, bringing it down to 414.

Then... THEN, you claim the new count to 1,000?!?

You cheater! LOL

Post 600 videos of Jess... that should do it. :)

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@MrAlligam I GOTTA DO SOMETHING!!!!!! ;) No, if we ever do make it to 1000 produced videos, I will be in it -- but I might try to do something subliminal so you'd have to slooooooow it way down to even see it. Go old school popcorn style ; ) - Kat