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@Pasty_Spumante OK I’ll PM you now. Can deliver if needed, so I think it should work out.
@c00ps 2nd dibs duly noted.
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Shameless self plug: if anyone in the Cambridge area wants a Gaggia Classic, I have one up on the Classifieds section: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/366883/#comment16136641
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-- NOW SOLD -- 2014 Gaggia Classic. Looking for £80 ONO.
Full disclosure: this has been used in an office, so it's made more coffees and has not been treated as well as a home machine would have been. That said: I've completely taken it apart, deep cleaned it and replaced:
- The steam valve assembly (the old one had a leak and they're unservicable)
- The boiler to grouphead gasket (Silicone, should be more durable than the original EPDM one)
- Portafilter gasket
- Steam wand O-ring
It's got the Rancilio steam wand instead of the stock one, and the OPV has been adjusted to ~10 bar static pressure (see photo), which is generally assumed to deliver ~9 bars against a coffee puck. It comes with a portafilter (it's a bit banged up, see photo. But 100% functional), 2 Gaggia baskets (same size, so...maybe no point in having two), and a few spare steam wand O-rings and shower screen screws.
I'm based in Cambridge. Collection preferred of course, but I could deliver to the Greater Metropolitan Area (i.e.: the villages around Cambridge) if you don't have transport.
Any questions, please ask!
- The steam valve assembly (the old one had a leak and they're unservicable)
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Sounds like you've overfilled the basket, try using less coffee (or a bigger basket). There is the "coin test" to see when you've reached enough clearance: https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/espresso-headspace/
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Clue was definitely needed! Had been wracking my brain over this...
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Yeah I just use what is colloquially known as “drugs scales”, which, as the name suggests are usually used for weighing coins and jewellery. 0.1g accuracy and 500g capacity, so good enough for dosing beans and can take the added weight of a cup for weighing the shot. Also very small for easy storage and thin so you can get it under the portafilter. No timer, need the smartphone for that. I have this: https://www.ourweigh.co.uk/pocket-mini-scales/on-balance-truweigh-2-mini-scales.html
I think fancy scales make more sense for pour-over, where you’re actually trying to hit a pour rate?
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Another vote for the Mignon -- also very compact, which comes in handy if you don't have a lot of free counter top space. You will have to get down with the whole Weissman distributing thing though, because it's a bit of a clump monster.
Yeah I noticed the eBay prices have gone a bit bananas over lockdown. Given the amount of money and time I’ve spent on the machine, I decided in the end that the most important thing is to get it back out in the world delivering tasty coffee. This way, someone on here (who is by definition a Good Person) gets a good deal with some cash left for a tamper and basket and what have you.