Recently got a Gaggia Classic Pro Evo, and after few trials and error, was able to pull this espresso shot!.
I finally have my foot in the world of espresso!
Gcp is Google Cloud Platform so I was a bit confused for a moment.
Google Coffee Platform, available this fall.
Cancelled December 2023.
Hahaha. You are right. I will update the title…
Nice one. What did you end up doing with your grinder? Or are you going with pre-ground for now?
I used the hand grinder at the finest setting. Waiting on my local coffee roaster to deliver the pregrounded one. I need to do a comparison to understand the difference.
Yeah cool. Just note that you may need to use the pressurised basket on the pre-ground stuff. Enjoy the journey!
I know the GCP has its flaws, but I like mine a lot. Definitely get a backflush basket and some cafiza to clean it regularly. And then also look into the OPV 9 bar mod from Shades of Coffee if you want to tinker a bit. Sounds intimidating, but it’s just a replacement spring for the over pressure valve. I enjoy the resulting espresso more after I made the mod.
Yes. I plan on doing the 9 Bar mod. I was hoping the EVO version would have it by default. Looks like only North America version has 9 Bar by default. There was another link shared by a user for a mod: https://gaggiuino.github.io/
I plan to do that as well, at some point.
Quite the jump from the OPV mod to gaggiuino!
Looks really tasty! What makes the evo different from the regular classicm
Did you check if it has the flaking issue? I bought one a week ago and it already has flakes through the steam wand. Seems like Gaggia is ignorant of the issue.
Can you elaborate?
Here is an article about the issue: Boilergate
You can check yours by running some water via the steam wand, if you find any small black grinds in the cup, that is the coating peeling.
I have not yet faced this issue. I will check this tomorrow.
