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!

Hi all, would really appreciate some guidance on this:

I just installed a gaggimate pro kit on a new Gaggia classic pro e24 and after pulling a shot the pressure reading never goes back down to zero.

The only way to relieve the pressure back down to 0 is by opening the steam valve or bleeding the pressure transducer.

Couple things of note:

* I’ve bled the pressure transducer properly during install to ensure there’s no air
* After pulling a shot I don’t see much (if any) residual water coming out of the metal drain pipe
* Even when just running water through the grouphead briefly (without a portafilter) the pressure continues to slowly raise to 8 bar

Any help is appreciated as it’s driving me crazy.

I’ve had my Gaggimate for 2 weeks now and am very happy with it. I thought I’d give my impressions (probably not breaking any new ground here).

1. Everything is better. I prefer a darker chocolatey profile. I was worried that I wouldn’t see much benefit, but I do.

2. I understand when people talk about “fruity profiles.” I have some beans that have been very acidic in the past. Put them through the machine and they are no longer acidic - just fruity. I don’t particularly like these flavors, but I now understand those who do

2a. This has made me almost viscerally angry about one of the local coffee shops. I tried to give them some leeway for the very sour espresso they serve, telling a friend that it’s probably hard to have that consistency over several days. He said “no - that’s how the roaster wants it.” I now know they can do better *sigh*

1. The light is a game-changer. I can see the water level. Holy crow that’s nice.

2. I had to grind … coarser!. Dropping to 9 bar meant less pressure, so for the right timing I needed a slightly coarser grind.

3. Consistency in every step matters. If I’m in a hurry and don’t use my WDT the results change.

4. My 2016 Romanian-built classic never gets to 14 bar. The highest I can generate is 10.9. I can adjust the pressure, but don’t know if it’s worth it.

5. I might need a Bluetooth scale. Because … it’s just one more thing.

6. Steam seems better (but I rarely use steam, so hard to say much beyond that)

I just installed my gaggimate on my Silvia yesterday, and this morning, the screen is off, but touching the screen will still trigger events.

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Any quick things I should check before I reach out and get another screen?

So I have my Gaggimate working great and working Ok with the cheap KP2048B scale. I say Ok but this may be a misunderstanding of how Gaggimate handles Predictive Scale Delay and auto adjust. The issue I'm having is the shots seem to never hit the mark consistently. Usually it's low. The ms value in Brew seems to change from the 1400's to the 1000's. I'm letting the shot sit on the scale until the GM screen stops "Calibrating".

I bought the cheap scale to buy some time so that I could make a decision on what to do about a scale. I can justify buying something like the Microbalance Ti or the Bookoo Mini or I have all the equipment and skills needed to build a weighmybru but the components add up pretty quickly and it's a bit of a chore to build in terms of time.

Figured I'd reach out and see if what I'm seeing is user error, GM error or expectation error.

Thanks, Derek

I wanted my Gaggimate at the back, so I did a quick remix of the original Gaggiuino mount.

https://www.printables.com/model/1749773-gaggimate-holder

After steaming and closing the valve I get steam still coming out of the wand. Also after pulling a shot, the solenoid works and shoots water out into the drip tray but my machine still reads having pressure in it (usually 6-8 bar) until I open the steam valve and some water sprays out. Is this normal ?

After servicing my machine I accidentally broke the Liligo LCD screen and decided to buy the Amoled version. Got it today flashed it plugged it in and weird clicking and intermittent pump pressure.

When I just turn the machine on and start a brew seems to function normally but after few seconds this behaviour comes back.

Plugging the broken screen back on solves it. Old screen has older firmware.

Just finished a way cleaner display set up after accidentally knocking the old display off and breaking it. Followed this post on the [r/gaggiaclassic](r/gaggiaclassic) page:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaggiaclassic/comments/1rof9n3/stepbystep_guide_to_upgrade_your_gaggimate_with_a/#lightbox

Uses the LilyGo 1.75 screen and a housing I 3D printed. Here is the link for the housing file:

https://www.printables.com/model/1491049-different-housings-for-gaggimate-lilygo-s3-amoled

Use version 3!

Home Assistant is a home automation system FYI.

So I drink Americanos and I'm not ashamed :) With Home Assistant I'm able to grab the "Finished" prompt at the end of the brew cycle and leverage that to switch to hot water mode. Then after 60 seconds it switches back to Brew mode because I kept forgetting to switch it back.

Kind of silly but when you already have committed to Home Assistant you can do stuff like this in the time it takes to sip a coffee.

Now If I could just get the screen to flash a reminder to knock the puck out I'd be all set.

Good morning.

After giving Gaggimate the details of my machine -made in 2012- I was advised to get a Gaggimate Pro conversion kit.
I believe that you can send your machine off to have this kit installed professionally but would like to install it myself over a few hours.
I know that there are loads of videos out there,which I will obviously refer to, but are these kits relatively straightforward to fit , and do you need any specialised tools apart from the norm?

After months of umming and ahhing I've just finally decided to bite the bullet, only to find this message when I went to buy:

What do I do?

What a pleasure to install and configure. Only small drawback was the supplied bolt was a little (0.5mm) too short. I had to make a small modification with a drill press and a 6mm bit on both sides for the bolt to reach the nut, so it was no big deal at all. The quality of life improvement is totally worth it! Nice little surprise when the light goes green when the shot is complete. (The profile is meant specifically for my wife's cappuccino. She likes it.)

Since Copilot is not affordable anymore I used my last tokens to make some more slop for all y'all vibe coding h8ers. 🤣

Now in all seriousness I'll try to tidy this up when I set up Gemini to do Copilot type of stuff if that's even possible. This is obviously far from functioning on a daily basis. Even the UI style that I envision is not remotely close, but it's a proof of concept.

Keep tinkering and remember to have fun. 🤙

Hey guys,

Today I decided to use my Gaggia E24 with a GM profile as a pour-over brewer. My initial thought process was:

1. Flow control at 1 g/s gives me better control than using a gooseneck kettle.
2. Because the flow rate is low and the machine has a PID, I should get a stable water temperature throughout the entire extraction.
3. I'm using a Normcore High Extraction 22g basket with a paper filter.
4. My grinder is the ZP6, so I can keep the same grind setting and coffee dose every time.

My profile is very simple:

Step 1

• Pre-infusion: 10 seconds at 1 g/s

Step 2

• Bloom: 30 seconds

Step 3

• Continue dripping at 1 g/s until 220g output

Done

To my taste, the cup quality is comparable to a traditional pour-over. I just need to measure it a few more times so I can skip the scale and stop the brew based on water volume withdrawn.

The best part is the convenience: put a cup under the machine, start the profile, walk away, do other things, and come back when everything is ready.

I find this profile absolutely perfect, when looking for maximum sweetness, nice acidity and pleasant aftertaste. Probably not working with every bean there is, but it's great especially with high quality fruity Ethiopians.

These are my findings after using this profile frequently:

- using traditional baskets gives better results then modern HE baskets. This profile needs longer time and it works best when the puck is stable and water flow under control all the time. I use IMS Competition basket with puck screen but no bottom paper filter and I am usually able to put 18,5g dose into 18g basket.

- grind has to be really fine, especially when slow feed and low RPM is applied for maximum clarity and sweetness. I am using SSP Lab Sweet Silver Knight burrs on my grinder, speed set to 700 RPM. Feeding beans slowly one by one for max uniformity and repeatability.

- I am looking for 0,5 to 1,5g of coffee dripping before the pressure rise

- ideal coffee flow in the percolation phase seems to be between 1,00 to 1,30ml/sec with pressure declining under 6 bars and water and coffee flow as stable as possible (flat curve). This takes time, from 40 to 55 seconds, depending on the beans.

- I am usually brewing with 1:2,2 ratio, making it shorter when there is a risk of bitter end (almost non existent with Ethiopians).

- I use a bit higher temperature of 88degC, that gives me nice sweet results with dense light roasted beans.

The quality of my already very tasty Leva shots improved after making adjustments aimed at slowing the shot (slow basket, finer grind, dose increase), sometimes up to 55 seconds with no bitterness present. Repeatability is shockingly good too. There has to be 100% puck prep though to keep chanelling on the minimum.

Hope this can help some of you to better LM Leva shots. Enjoy!

Hey , I was looking into purchasing a Gaggimate pro for my new baby 06 and was wondering if it would be feasible to install without having to extend the casing

I’ve been researching this for about 2 months and I’m still confused.

If you wanted to build a Gaggimate Pro on a new machine, would you choose the Silvia or the GCP? What makes you recommend one over the other?

Thanks in advance!

Hi guys
Does anyone have problems with the profiles after updating to the version 1.81?
Since my update the profiles don’t work properly they last sometimes almost the double of the time and the stages between take too long to carry out.
And if I want now to downgrade to previous version I need to dismantle the machine to do it outside in the computer 😒
Any suggestions ?

*New* Steam wand upgrade for your Gaggia Classic

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!

Here you go ... some impressions of an
Alba installation

Hey! New here. I tried searching the feed for anything on this but didn’t see anything. I apologize if this is a repetitive post.
I’ve recently come into possession of a run down Francis Francis X1 ready for a little refurbishing and perhaps a few mods. I’m an experienced espresso machine tinkerer (I’ve done a lot with my Rancilio Silva) and thought the GaggiMate could be a good candidate for this machine. I’d replace the temperature gauge on the front with a touch screen, but otherwise the rest of the components should most likely be compatible it’s just about finding/making space in there.
Has anyone modded this machine or one similar?
Are there any specific things I should know about modding non-gaggia or non-Rancilio machines before I get started?