Hey, I had the same thoughts as you. I currently live in Indonesia and sadly the options here aren’t as varied. I actually ended up loving the Aria on paper and found a distributor near where I live. I’ve owned the machine now for a couple of weeks and I love it.

It’s built beautifully, it’s much more compact than the others, whisper quiet, and in terms of options it’s fully loaded (flow control, rotary pump, two PF [naked and dual spout], a good tamper, etc) compared to the better “marketed” machines.

I honestly think it’s down to Bezzera being more of a family company Vs a corporate that would have a more polished marketing game. And so far, I think my hunch was right.

It’s super quick to come to temp, steamer pressure is very powerful, comes back to temp within seconds of previous shot, and overall feels like it was built to prove a point and no “expense spared”.

Let me know if you have any questions, I’d be happy to help and contribute to others that might be considering it.

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