Classic Evo Pro

Buy once cry once. Get atleast hibrew or Gaggia evo pro.

I love that grinder, pairs with a gaggia pro evo... I love to push the portafilter in twice and have a preset grind and duration fill it.

Is a $200 SK40 a “good grinder”? Serious question. Purchased it 2 years ago along with my Gaggia classic evo. Been making cortados daily while wondering if my coffee is good or not. Nothing to compare it to and diluting with milk which makes it even harder to tell.

I’ve had the Evo for about a month now and found my groove about 2 weeks in. I thought the warm up time would be an issue but I just turn it on before I do anything in the morning and it’s good to go by the time I get back to it. The frothing was the biggest learning curve but finally got it figured out. Turn the steam switch on, wait 10 sec, purge the water out of the wand into a cup then it’s ready to froth. If you need another milk drink shortly after you can refill the boiler by running plain water without a porta filter. My wife isn’t interested in learning so I just make it for her, was the same with the drip coffee machine we had so no difference there. I’m not trying to make this my hobby, just a way to get a better tasting cup of coffee in the morning and it’s doing just that. My biggest issue is dialing in the grind and puck prep

There are both coated and uncoated models available. There was a really big issue of flakes falling off and getting in the water. They addressed this issue and changed the way they make them but i think it's probably best to still steer clear of them.

I know about "Boilergate". But a simple search even a young child can perform, will point out **exactly** which serial numbers to avoid. I agree that the E24 with its slightly bigger brass boiler is far superior in all respects, but if you find a "safe" Evo, you'll be fine. I live in country with very limited distribution for Gaggia - we're typically flooded with the cheaper Australian and Chinese alternatives - I've had my Evo now for almost 3 years and during my installation of my GM Pro, I decided to open up my boiler to check on all the flaking that's happening inside and to my utter surprise, it looks brand new! It should be very easy to replace with a brass boiler when it eventually does start flaking (and hopefully I'll be able to source one locally by then)!

I agree 100%. Get yourself the GCP. It makes awesome espresso. You might want to upgrade the stock filter baskets though. Just upgrading the baskets will already see a significant jump in shot consistency. While you're at it, get bottomless portafilter too, so you can fit the larger baskets (if that's your thing). I had my GCP for over a.year before I went ahead with the GaggiMate Pro mod. I completed my mod only a month ago and have never looked back! It's not only a huge upgrade, but the (Discord) community is awesome!

Do you think it would be worth to upgrade from A Gaggia Evo Pro to Lelit with PID controller? My gaggia is working just fine. I have a gaggia RM-15 crusher to go with it and have Normcore tamper and leveller tools. Or should I wait for a few years and go for La Marzocco which I don’t have the budget for yet.