Gaggia Classic Coffee

Gaggia Classic Coffee: Gaggia Classic nozzle flies off and hot milk sprays everywhe ... (173 words)
by Adrian and Heather - written on 11/01/08
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We have just been given a Gaggia Classic as a wedding present as my wife is rather fond of a good cappucino in the morning. The machine looks good, however, we also have a problem with the nozzle becoming detached every time you make a coffee and hot milk being sprayed everywhere requiring cleaning up. Gaggia really need to address this as it is dangerous. For this price we would have not expected to encounter issues like this. Although we have had a coffee machine for several years now (albeit not Gaggia's) we have also found it difficult to control the strength of the coffee. The manuals in this repsect are a little ...  Read the complete review

Delicious drinks in the comfort of your own home (1361 words)
by - written on 03/11/06 (Very useful, 3229 readings)
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After a long day's shopping in Nottingham recently our final port of call was House of Fraser and the wonderful smell wafting around the shop floor led us to the Gaggia display counter. The barista immediately asked us if we would like a drink and it seemed a shame not to, so black coffees were produced for hubby and myself and a hot chocolate for the grandson. The salesman/barista was passionate about his products and told us all about them at length and our eye was caught by one particular model, the Selecta, which was on promotion at half price. For a limited period this machine was on sale for £134.99 instead of the usual, double priced ...  Read the complete review

Gaggia Classic Coffee: Gaggia Classic Design Problems (1339 words)
by - written on 05/07/05 (Very useful, 5977 readings)
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I’m a difficult person to buy presents for, so when I mentioned to my husband last summer that I liked the idea of an espresso machine it was inevitable that one would appear on my birthday. He went for what seemed to him to be the best of the domestic machines – the Gaggia Classic - as it‘s a well-built basic machine with none of the frills which rarely get used and have the potential to cause problems. It will also make a cappuccino, but not a filter coffee. The Classic is also one of the most powerful domestic machines – water is forced through the ground coffee with 17.5 bar of pressure. To give you some idea of how powerful this is, my central heating operates ...  Read the complete review

23 years before needing service. (266 words)
by - written on 29/01/09 (Useful, 246 readings)
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I have had Coffee Gaggia espresso machine for the past 23 years! This the predecessor to the Classic and looks identical in every way but color. On average I have used it almost every day for those 23 years and only last month did it need servicing. They replaced an internal fuse and replaced the 23 year old group gasket. It is now back home and brews perfect shots every time. I would absolutely recommend this machine as an incredibly durable workhorse and a quality machine. I will give it less than 5 stars for ease of use, because I find myself playing with the texture of my grind. It turns out this is my fault. For years I would grind it too fine and accept that ...  Read the complete review

Gaggia Classic Coffee: Goes on and on (303 words)
by - written on 12/07/07 (Useful, 853 readings)
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Not bad at all. I've had this machine for over 7 years and it's served me well. Practice makes perfect and after a few weeks you can produce cafe-quality coffee. One thing to note is that pre-ground packet coffee (eg Lavazza) isn't ground fine enough for this machine, get a grinder & use the finest setting or get it ground when you buy - I use Whittard's After Dinner and it's excellent in this machine. Only gripe is the milk frother nozzel attachment - too fussy and once you've removed it you get less to clean. Mine came with a wierd rubber disc that the instructions didn't reffer to - I called gaggia (I found them fine on the ...  Read the complete review