r/gaggiaclassic

Picked up a 2013 Classic originally listed at $150 for $50 after the seller dropped the price because it leaked.

When I got it home, water was pouring out inside of the machine. I figured it was probably a bad boiler gasket.
Took it apart and found the upper boiler had a huge crack through the flange. I’m guessing it got put away with water in the boiler and froze over the winter.

Ended up replacing the upper boiler, every gasket and O-ring I could get to, and gave everything a good cleaning while it was apart.

It’s now leak-free, and all appears to be good to go.

Not bad for a $50 gamble. Looking forward to finally pulling my first shots on it.

Got an IMS 18g basket after reading a lot of recommendations to upgrade to this or the VST basket from the stock basket.

I will say the IMS has treated me nicely, but I have two gripes.

1. It doesn't stay as snug in the portafilter and sometimes flies out when I'm trying to knock out the puck
2. I have a magnetic dosing funnel which works great with the stock basket, but does not like to stay in place on the IMS. Reading up some more sounds like the IMS is not magnetic.

As I was fiddling around I finally gave a closer look and the holes on both look the same to me. I am wondering if this is me being naive about the difference between the two, or if the stock basket is perfectly fine (in which case I'm tempted to switch back or else get a VST).

Some additional notes: this is the model GCP I bought. And I just rinsed the IMS with Cafiza which is why it might look a little powdery in the third photo.

I've been dialing in on a GaggiMate and wanted something that would look at my shots and tell me what to change — without pasting data into a chatbot every time. So I made crema: a small self-hosted service that runs on a Raspberry Pi (or any always-on computer) on the same network as the machine.

What it does:

- Automatically pulls new shots off the machine and parses the telemetry (pressure/flow/temp curves, channeling + puck-resistance diagnostics)

- Sends recent shots to Claude and gets back a 1–10 score plus concrete grind/dose/profile suggestions — grind advice in your grinder's own steps/clicks if you tell it what you run

- One click to draft a corrected profile, add your own taste notes ("came out sour, keep preinfusion short") and refine it, then push it back as a new [AI] profile — it never overwrites your originals, and it warns you explicitly if a draft would change your stop conditions

- A little web report you can also trigger on demand

It complements GaggiMate's own graphs and UI rather than replacing them — you still brew from the machine; crema adds the review layer on top. It's the hands-off counterpart to the excellent interactive gaggimate-mcp server (I vendored its .slog parser — full credit in the repo).

Free and open source (MIT). Fair warning: the reviewing runs on the paid Anthropic API — a few cents per shot, realistically a dollar or two a month, and nothing spends automatically until you turn it on.

Repo: https://github.com/waevans10/crema

Early days and very much a personal project — feedback and PRs welcome. Curious whether it's useful to anyone else running a GaggiMate.

I spent the day disassembling some of the components of a secondhand Gaggia Classic and cleaning them.

When it came to the brew group, I noticed on a couple of YouTube videos that the copper pipe could be removed and cleaned separately. I tried pulling it out but I really struggled, so I spent a considerable amount of time wiggling it/trying to force it out.

I couldn't manage to get it out in the end. The only thing I've succeeded in doing is making it incredibly loose. I tried to cut my losses and just knock it back in to create a tight seal, but it's still loose...

Have I damaged this beyond repair?

A few days ago I got this leak. The steam wand itself has had a slow drip for a few months now, but this leak is a lot more severe (occurs any time steam wand valve is open). Where do I even start? I haven’t opened my machine up yet (2024 gc evo pro), so not sure if I should reach out to WLL before anything else…?

I've been into home espresso for about a year and always used the stock double spout portafilter on my Gaggiuino. Decided to try a bottomless for more cup clearance and a little vanity - I admit, I'm looking for the sexy ASMR type of extraction. Does this look right? Where is the crema, why doesn't it merge into the middle? The espresso does taste good, tho!

Thoughts please!

Hello everyone,
Today I bought a Gaggia NL9206AD.
What do i need to know about this model?
It is in a good condition.
Im really new to this topic, so thank you for any information. :)

Hello Coffee Folks

I'm planning to sell my Gaggia Evolution Coffee Machine.

The Machine comes with 2 portafilter with extra basket

Spring calibrated Tamper

9 bar spring

15 bar spring

Shower screen

Recently changed rubber gasket

Wdt tool

Distributor

Location: Mumbai

Reason to sell: Upgrading my Coffee setup to Lelit Victoria or Anna

Hi , now i have gaggia classic aluminium boiler with pid and dimmer (flow control). It is the red pne in the photo. I use it with grinder zentis nzr64 , ehp red speed burr. (What ehp stands for , i dont know). There are filter paper and puck scree redpectively on top of the puck. I can do espresso at 94-96 degree C at grouphead 20g In 40-45 g Out in 35s. The beans is costa rica mozart, raisin honey process, medium-light roast. The espresso i have got is with good body, sweetness, a little high acidity, medium aroma and good and long aftertaste. I would like to have a flavor separation something like 3-4 notes, but it has never been happen. There is always no any note.
Previously, i use gaggia evo e24 (the green one) with the same grinder. I did temp surf.and there were raisin and a little honey notes. Raisin note was always there

Please advise me how to tune this gaggia with pid and dimmer to get a 3-4 notes favors espresso. I have tried increase the temp , lower the temp, reduce and increase gram out but nothing makes any notes.

Shades of Coffee RainFlow - High Performance Gaggia Classic Dispersion Plate. I have noticed more consistent shots since I installed it.
It does get rid of the left hand bias that the original dispersion plate. I did leave the original shower screen as it was what Shaded recommends.

It’s winter time in my country.

Nothing better than some latte art practicing to warm the family up!

My gf was particularly happy with that first pour.

Cheers everyone!

Hi everyone,
My latte art turns into bubbles 20s after the pour. It was completely normal but this happens after my first descaling of the machine, does anyone knows what’s going on? 🙏

Classic with 9 bar modification and bottomless filter, grinder is DF64 gen 2. Fresh espresso beans. What’s going on here how do I improve the flow?
I am using a shade of coffee screen and also doing a bit of manual distribution with a tool.

A homemade thyristor power controller. I use it to regulate the compressor power, and therefore the pressure.

Picked up this Gaggia Classic Evo Pro on FB last week. Came iwith pre installed Sungaze PID w/flow control, Knodos tamping kit, and bottomless portafilter all for $350. Brand new, everything would have been over $800. Not a scratch on it.

Picked up the low profile drip tray kit on Amazon and switched out the steam wand tip to the one hole. Already pulling amazing shots, big upgrade from my Bambino Plus, which I actually really like.

I’ve had the E24 for 6 months and generally speaking it’s been pretty great for a fairly basic / cost effective set up. Shots are pretty good with the 9bar spring mod but I have some consistency issues.

I’m new to Gaggimate, don’t have a laptop to program so would I still benefit from this? Think the main thing I need is better temperature stability which I believe this would help with and being able to profile shots? (Once I learn how to!)

Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated!