The Gaggia Magenta Plus is a fully automatic super-automatic bean to cup coffee machine, made in Italy by Gaggia Milano. It combines one-touch espresso brewing — with 5 pre-programmed beverages, ceramic flat burr grinders, and the Gaggia Adapting System — with a professional stainless-steel steam wand for hands-on milk texturing and latte art capability.

Yes. The Gaggia Magenta Plus bean to cup coffee machine is available online in South Africa through Coffee & Blenders SA, with nationwide delivery to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, and all major cities and towns across the country.

The key difference is in the milk system. The Magenta Plus features a professional stainless-steel steam wand that gives you hands-on barista control over milk texturing and latte art. The Magenta Prestige includes an integrated fridge-compatible milk carafe for fully automated, one-touch milk frothing — plus 12 beverage selections versus the Plus’s 5, simultaneous two-cup brewing, and automatic descaling. If you want to develop your barista milk skills, choose the Plus. If you want total automation, choose the Prestige.

Yes. The Gaggia Magenta Plus features a professional stainless-steel steam wand that gives you full manual control over milk temperature and texture. With practice, you can produce silky microfoam suitable for latte art — making it one of the few bean to cup machines in South Africa that genuinely lets you develop and refine your barista milk skills.

The Gaggia Adapting System is a proprietary technology that continuously analyses and adapts the brewing process to suit the specific coffee beans in use. It adjusts parameters such as grind and extraction to extract maximum flavour and aroma from your chosen beans — whether you prefer a light roast single origin or a dark commercial blend — ensuring a consistently excellent cup regardless of what coffee you load into the hopper.

Yes. The Magenta Plus features a bypass doser that allows you to add pre-ground coffee directly into the machine, bypassing the grinder. This is particularly useful for decaffeinated coffees or specialty pre-ground blends, giving you complete flexibility over your daily coffee routine without losing any of the machine’s automatic brewing convenience.

Yes. The Magenta Plus features automatic milk system cleaning, a built-in maintenance cleaning indicator, and a removable brew group for easy deep cleaning. The machine alerts you when descaling or cleaning is required, taking the guesswork out of maintenance for South African home users.

Optiaroma is Gaggia’s proprietary aroma optimisation system. It controls the pre-brewing and extraction process to maximise the release of volatile aromatic compounds in your coffee beans — the compounds responsible for the rich, complex fragrance of a freshly brewed espresso. The result is a noticeably more aromatic cup with greater depth of flavour, whether you are brewing a single ristretto or a long Americano.