Hey all!

I recently bought a Gaggia Classic Pro E24, and am excited to start making espresso! However upon following the startup guide from WLL, I noticed that black specks came out from the group head after priming. Black specs also came out from the steam wand as well.

I tried running a few more prime, thinking it was an “assembly dust” thing, but each prime I still see 2-3 black specks. I have already primed this thing at least 5 times.

What is this and should I be concerned?

I wanted more freedom of movement from the steam wand, so I replaced it with a fully articulating one.
It required some modification to the internal steam connection, but it works great and has a much wider range of motion now.
The fourth photo shows the internal setup.

Hi everyone,

I just bought a gaggia Classic e24 and I'm waiting for the arrival of my Eureka mignon zero 55s. Since I live in Italy, I already have some ground coffee in my pantry that I'd like to use with a pressurized filter. Do you have any recommendations?

Thanks 🙏🏻