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A Gaggia Classic espresso machine on a wooden kitchen table in warm evening light, seen from the front with the portafilter locked in, its polished steel reflecting the room, the edge of a Gaggia grinder beside it

21 September 2026 Building a Better Gaggia Classic · Part 1

Restoring a Gaggia Classic: From a EUR 200 Find to the First Shot

Around 50 hours of work took a second-hand Gaggia Classic from a EUR 200 find to the first espresso. What a twenty-year-old machine needed, what it did not, and the one number that saved the reassembly.

Espresso · Gaggia Classic · Restoration · DIY

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