Gaggias good, right...?
...even the low end stuff like the Evolution Ive bought that will arrive on Monday...? :-/
Oh god of caffeine, have I done a bad thing...
Ive spent about three days giving myself a bad case of information overload trying to find something decent on a tight budget to replace the old krups Artese that died (because it was pressurized, & the filter was just a circle of stainless with holes actually built permanently into the portafilter with plastic! It blew its self to pieces and was going to cost NZ$130 to replace entire portafilter...yes, Im in that small country off to the right and down a bit
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I wanted something better than a sunbeam/breville etc, and accidentally found a link whilst googling that took me to a gaggia seller in NZ, and the write up they had on their site just sounded so bloody fantastic after reading breville etc stats on aluminium this, pressurized that, that I bought one online...It was cheaper than most of the "high end" breville/sunbeam stuff, but has heavy chrome plated brass filter holder & group, commercial sized filter baskets etc, I just couldnt help myself...nor could I stretch to the NZ$700 for the classic.
Then I found this site, and have been trawling through it looking for gaggia info to see if Ive made a mistake, but aside from the odd MDF grinder, Baby, and Classic mentioned, I can not find anything on the Evolution.
Has anyone ever met one before?
Maybe I can change my mind and send it back before I open the box!
But I cant find anything for the same price in NZ that sounds comparable (it cost me $449.85)
...and theres always that sinking feeling that my budget will have to stretch to a new grinder, probably the Gaggia MDF, as it just slips in under the $400 mark, by a whole dollar.
Any help appreciated!
...even the low end stuff like the Evolution Ive bought that will arrive on Monday...? :-/
Oh god of caffeine, have I done a bad thing...
Ive spent about three days giving myself a bad case of information overload trying to find something decent on a tight budget to replace the old krups Artese that died (because it was pressurized, & the filter was just a circle of stainless with holes actually built permanently into the portafilter with plastic! It blew its self to pieces and was going to cost NZ$130 to replace entire portafilter...yes, Im in that small country off to the right and down a bit
)I wanted something better than a sunbeam/breville etc, and accidentally found a link whilst googling that took me to a gaggia seller in NZ, and the write up they had on their site just sounded so bloody fantastic after reading breville etc stats on aluminium this, pressurized that, that I bought one online...It was cheaper than most of the "high end" breville/sunbeam stuff, but has heavy chrome plated brass filter holder & group, commercial sized filter baskets etc, I just couldnt help myself...nor could I stretch to the NZ$700 for the classic.
Then I found this site, and have been trawling through it looking for gaggia info to see if Ive made a mistake, but aside from the odd MDF grinder, Baby, and Classic mentioned, I can not find anything on the Evolution.
Has anyone ever met one before?
Maybe I can change my mind and send it back before I open the box!
But I cant find anything for the same price in NZ that sounds comparable (it cost me $449.85) ...and theres always that sinking feeling that my budget will have to stretch to a new grinder, probably the Gaggia MDF, as it just slips in under the $400 mark, by a whole dollar.
Any help appreciated!

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