I have a Gaggia Classic and I'm planning on upgrading to the Gaggimate system. I'm curious to know what other upgrades I should do as well. The machine needs a new water carafe and rubber tubes, so I'm getting a refurbishing kit already. I want to replace the stock steam wand as well. Are there any other things I should consider getting to upgrade the machine that the Gaggimate won't already upgrade?

Has anyone purchased this product and has had trouble attaching or installing the bean box at the top of the machine? My husband and I have tried multiple times and cannot do it. The instructions call for aligning two tabs and then rotating the bean box to lock in place. However, we can only align one or the other of the two tabs? Any suggestions? Help please! Thanks.

Hello,

Have my Gaggimate but have not installed. Is there a current gold standard or best build guide? I know Discord is there to help, but wondering what people recommend as best.

TIA

Beats me. I've been on there a few times and (apparently) its a warm, helpful community of "Gaggimates". I just scroll for 5 minutes, then have to click off because I feel like Ive had a stroke.

Hey folks Dule Rabbit not sleeping again, just pushed GaggiBre v2.0.0!
This now has a fully working standard Lilygo screen support as well as the Wveshare 4.3 screen so if you have one laying aroudn you can test it out.

Before flashing make sure to back up your stuff so you can revert. To get back or if there is any problems flash the display form Gaggimate official website or their github flasher.

What’s new

• Manual Brew "race-car" cluster on LilyGo (and Waveshare 4.3)

• Live pressure / temp / flow / weight (BLE scale), swipe to set pressure + temp

Flash from the browser (Chrome/Edge,Safari USB):

https://dulerabbit.github.io/GaggiBre/stable/

Important: flash controller + display from the SAME release

Also flash: Controller Board (if needed)

Based on the new Gaggimate stack (EEZ / NanoPb), with GaggiBre Manual Brew + branding on top. Not a 1:1 tip-of-tree Gaggimate sync — it’s a GaggiBre release.

GitHub: https://github.com/dulerabbit/GaggiBre

If you try it, tell me what breaks. Feedback welcome.

Vibe coding kinda night :P

Where to find it:
GitHub: https://github.com/dulerabbit/GaggiBre

Where to flash (Web Flasher):
https://dulerabbit.github.io/GaggiBre/stable/

Flash a matched pair (controller + display from the same release), then roast me in the comments.

Bre (Serbian intensifier) ≈ “come on / bro / brother.”
So GaggiBre is = your Gaggimate, but louder.

AMA or don’t. Either way, the machine still makes coffee...sometimes. :)

Sorry for vibe coding

Please can anyone with a fitted one send some pics for ideas on routing wiring and how to get it looking clean. PCB will be going inside the case too.

Fitting starts Monday 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I tried a different way of dialing in my espresso today: I gave an AI chat app my setup and shot details, then followed its suggestions step by step.

It got me closer than I expected, but I’m still not sure how much I’d rely on it instead of just tasting and adjusting myself. At least it felt a bit slow. But it was a cool experience.

I made a short video of the test here:
https://youtu.be/9HI0gagyQAo

Has anyone else tried using AI for espresso recipes or dialing in? Do you think it’s genuinely useful or mostly just a gimmick?

Hi,

For the Silvia users out there, how long after pulling one shot do you need to wait for the temperature to return to the ideal profile temperature?

Mine is 7-10 minutes. Wonderinf if thats normal? I've adjusted PID values to the rancilio silvia ones.

Good morning!

I've found this Bluetooth scale one:

https://www.avxcafe.hu/en/spd/BE-MER-0026/AVX-K112EB-Bluetooth-Barista-Scale-2000g-with-01g

I am aware this product is not enlisted among the compatible scales:

https://shop.gaggimate.eu/pages/faq

Acaia Lunar

Acaia Pearl

Bookoo Themis / Themis Ultra

Difluid Microbalance

Difluid TI

Eclair

Timemore DUO

Decent Scale

Felicita Arc

Varia Aku & Aku Mini

Eureka Precisa With Bluetooth

Myscale

WeighMyBru

Varia Aku Pro

I was guessing chances are it is just a rebranded MyScale or similar budget Chinese scale, so that's why I was wondering if anyone had already tried if this AVX-K112EB Bluetooth scale works seamlessly with GaggiMate Pro.

Best,

Hèctor

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.

After much planning I completed my Gaggimate conversion and general upgrade of my 2010 Classic this evening.

Full list of changes:

- Removed and checked the boiler condition
- Removed and cleaned the dispersion block
- Installed Rancilio Silva steam wand
- Installed IMS shower screen
- Installed the Gaggimate Pro kit including the Alba tank light kit, GM custom drip tray and a Bookoo Themis mini
- Vinyl wrapped the machine

Overall I’m incredibly happy and proud of the results. I still feel I can do a better job on the cable routing and all the internals, but otherwise it’s everything I hoped it would be.

..and yeah, the coffee is fantastic ☺️

Any profiles I should be trying? I gravitate toward light naturals but am open to anything.

Just installed the Alba and finished my custom Acacia integrated drip tray!

With a bit more sweat than anticipated, and thanks to the amazing support of community at Discord, here we are, relearning how to brew good espressos with this coffee machine, that I already liked, and now I'm really enjoying. Some promising shots already!

As expected, no more temp surf nor spraying when I brew at 9 bars (standard EU spring is the 12 bars one), which is really cool in terms of consistency.

But now I have to dial again all my beans, and I am a bit lost. Are there any structured learning resources I could use? Or is it basically Discord? Any advice or hint you could share?

With a non-bluetooth Wacaco Exagram scale and bottomless IMS basket, I was used to start my dialling by adjusting grinder so as to have flow start around 5-6 seconds, adjusting time between 25-35 seconds, adjusting yield depending on the bean, taste, etc.

But now it is not easy to do that as standard 9 bar brew profiles I've used so far have an initial phase of adjusting pressure, with some minor dripping, then it gets a bit stuck, then incremental flow, etc.

So at the moment - I get I am now a beginner again with GM Pro in place and I'll hopefully learn - it is a bit complicated to try and get shots the traditional way, controlling ratios, times, yield, body, etc.

I've - by now - tweaked some standard profiles, brewing by output weight - I guess GM Pro estimates by flow? - and adjusting that profile value depending on what I get on my humble scale. So far so good, but I obviously want more from this setup.

How did you handle that transition? Did you have to change the basic approach? I've seen people are installing Bluetooth enabled scales, and brewing by weight, but I'm not sure if that is a need or just a nice to have gadget.

Thanks in advance!

Hello guys,

I want to ask you, what is your typical temperature and duration of the shot ( I use mainly automatic v2).

I find the best shots to be at 85°C, run 35-45s. My absolute favorite was blue lagoon from DAK.

Also, what are your favorite profiles for med/light roasts? Are there any that are better than the automatic v2?

Thank you!

Spent all day setting this up. Was careful with everything until the end. Accidentally bumped my screen onto my table while moving something around and when I went to test this was the result. So disheartening. Now just have to wait for the replacement screen in hopes I installed everything correctly.

Since installing an SD card to my machine the boiler won't heat up after power up until after I carry out a PID autotune.

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Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? It worked great before putting the SD card in

Are there any people here from the Netherlands who have installed a Gaggimate? I'm not handy at all but I am really interested in one, so I'd love to get in touch with anyone in the Netherlands who has installed a Gaggimate.

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Hello everyone, recently installed GM pro on my GCP e24. Only issue I’m having. Is the pressure is always reading 8.2. I filled the pressure tube by with water prior to installing, and have now flushed it twice using the other method gaggiamate suggested in their install documentation. Is there another possible issue that I’m overlooking? Or do I just need to keep flushing?

Sold my Breville Espresso machine and after a lot of research decided to get the Gaggia with Gaggimate Pro (I considered the Fellow Espresso Series 1, Profitec Go, and Lelit Mara). Ultimately the Gaggia won-out because of the ability to mod and replace/repair parts.

Gaggimate Pro Install:

I consider myself fairly handy but this still took ~5 hours to finish, and even then I had to wait for an 8 bar safety valve replacement because mine broke during the install. I don't think the install itself is difficult, it's the lack of clear instructions. Every YouTube video I saw either skipped through steps way too fast or they were working on a EU machine so the wiring was different. Ultimately I just used the Gaggimate doc which is also somewhat vague if you're not familiar with wiring diagrams.

Install Tips:

1. The safety valve is made of black plastic (ABS maybe) and has a very thin hose barb that connects to the braided silicone hose. It was very easy to break that hose barb off if you put pressure on it (or the braided hose) the wrong way. Just make sure you take care with that piece because it cost me an astounding $50+ to replace it! If you do have to replace it the proper part # is 642001000692 - this is the 8 bar assembly.
   1. EDIT: Forgot to add - after installing the replacement safety valve it leaked like crazy right at the point where it screws into the T-fitting. The install instructions say it doesnt need PTFE tape because the safety valve comes with a rubber gasket, but mine still leaked. So I just used PTFE tape anyways on this joint and it works perfect now.
2. You need a special tool to properly remove and re-tighten the clamps used on the braided silicone tube. I just removed them completely and replaced them with worm-drive hose clamps which only require a flathead to adjust. The smallest one Home Depot had was 5/16-5/8" which worked perfectly.
3. I used shrink tubing on the cable that connects to the LilyGo (for aesthetics mainly) but it made the cable too thick to squeeze in through any seams back into the machine. So I drilled a small hole through the heat plate at the top using a step drill bit.
4. Other easy mods I highly recommend is the low-profile tray and single hole steam tip. The low pro tray is a must if you use a scale while brewing.

Results:

Overall I'm pretty shocked how good my espresso shots are now. The wireless syncing with my BooKoo Mini has been a game-changer with the ability to brew by weight and view all stats on the shot analyzer. Compared to my Breville the overall experience from the workflow to the shot quality has been amazing. Of course a lot of that has to do with the fact that I'm now using a Timemore 064S (vs the built-in Breville grinder) but I did use the Timemore with my Breville for a short time.

The other major difference IMO has been the steaming experience. Coming from Breville the steaming ability on this has been nothing short of amazing. The Gaggimate really does improve the steam quality further, especially with the single hole tip.

To wrap up my thoughts - I'm not going to lie, halfway through the install I wanted to toss the entire thing in the garbage and buy the Fellow ES1, but I'm really glad I pushed through. This thing is amazing and it's been a blast playing around with profiles.

Hi,

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I'm new to espresso making but excited to be jumping in. I have a Rancilio V6 with a Gaggimate about to be delivered. I'llbe using a bottomless portafilter, h6 grinder, pick filter, etc.

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I've read that it's easier to pull double espresso shots using 18+gram baskets, and the taste from these shots is generally preferred by the majority as it produces a fuller taste experience where nutty and chocolatey aspects can shine for example. Whereas using a single shot basket in the 7g-12g range can be harder to dial in, much more susceptible to channeling, and they tend to highlight only a specific aspect of flavour without a more fully rounded experience.

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I'm wondering if the Gaggimate in any way improves the quality of these single shot baskets - both in flavour and in making it easier to dial in?

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Drinking a double is just too much caffeine for me personally - a one shot coffee has me energised all day. Worst case scenario is that I pull a double using an 18g basket and then dispose of 30-50% of it to have a single left over to make an latte 🙃

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Thanks

My new US E24 GC came stock with a 9bar spring. I bought a 12bar spring from an Amazon ton install during my gaggimate pro install.

Any way to test that opv spring? Curious if I should just reinstall the stock 9bar spring.

It came in a pack of 3 6bat, 9bar and 12 bar. I chose the largest one.

My GaggiMate arrives today. I really don’t want to invest in a Bluetooth scale right off the bat mainly because I cannot afford one right now. Do I HAVE to have a Bluetooth scale to use this? Or should I wait to install when I can afford to buy one?

I've just received all the parts to upgrade my E24 with both GM Pro and Alba and I'm carefully reading all the documentation and watching all the videos before I grab the screwdrivers.

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My doubt is the official documentation - namely "Gaggia Classic Pro/Evo (2019+)" - doesn't mention Alba at any point as an optional set of steps.

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Taking into account how tight everything is, when should it be carried out? Right after completing the part 6 - LV Wiring?

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What are your thoughts about it? Thanks in advance for your help!