Classic Pro

The baby and gaggia classic have the exact same boiler, exact same group head, the e exact same pump, and the same kind of solenoid (won't say it's exactly the same, because it's changed slightly depending on the year, but they are all interchangeable and function the same). Only differences are the

I don’t think the Gaggia is a civic. It’s more like a Fiat 124 Spider. It’s simple, it’s beautiful, it’s Italian, it feels like a Ferrari when you use it. But it’s a budget sports car. And it recently got a refresh (GCP). Add Gaggimate and it’s like a Fiat Spider with Waymo hardware. The civic is a

Ia espressor și râșniță separat, e mai practic. Daca vrei sa faci upgrade după poți să faci doar la râșniță sau espressor sau ce consideri tu. Plus daca se strica una e mai ușor de înlocuit. Eu am un Gaggia Classic Pro si o râșniță Leit, pachetul era tot cam 3000 de lei acum vreo 2-3 ani când le-am

GCP (gaggia classic pro) is exactly $500 before tax + shipping. Wonderful machine that you can get a ton out of if you treat it well. Was my first “real” espresso machine, absolute workhorse for many years before I upgraded. I’m sure you’ll get the usual “grinder is more important” comments which ar

I initially bought this back when I was using a Gaggia Classic Pro to save some headroom. As you know, the GCP has notoriously low clearance between the portafilter and the drip tray. To win some extra millimeters, I picked up this extension bracket, adjusted it to sit just above the tray, and sudde

A 50ml boiler for 40ml shots will do that... GCP was good 15 years ago when there was $400 Gaggia or the much more expensive 4-figure E61 group option. Now we've got loads of good machines to choose from.

At your price point its a bit of a compromise. Breville Barista Express is fine, an easy and convenient workflow but at some point you will want to another grinder. But for 1k us you can only buy thermoblock or single boiler machines. Do you want pre-owned? Id go Gaggia Classic Pro / Rancilio Silvia

I have a Gaggia Classic with Gaggimate, the non pro version (IE no pressure profiling). It solves the annoying little problems that I had with my GCP before the change. You get consistent temperature, pre infusion, great steam pressure and if you have Bluetooth scales it stops at your target weight

If you have discord, you'd be better off asking the gaggimate community on there about modding the baby, or asking on the gaggimate subreddit. Plenty of people have modded it, and it should be almost like for like as it is with the classic, i think the only bits that are different are the wiring for

for the pump mount? i dont have my final and after a month of the machine being open, opening it right now would subject me to mockery from my wife so instead I'll link you to where i started: https://www.printables.com/model/771590-low-noise-ulka-pump-mount-gaggia-classic-pro I did this mod, but I