u/ontech7

Recently bought from Amazon Italy the Gaggia. Fun fact: I paid 100€ more for the customs taxes, since it arrived from America instead of Italy, lol.

The problem is that this is the version for America, I didn't think enough about it. We use here nominal 240V/50Hz, in America 120V/60Hz. Even if I buy a step-down transformer I will have the 50Hz vs. 60Hz problem. The machine could not perform properly.

Is there any solution or it's better to send it back? :/

Thanks in advance

Hello!

I'm into this hobby since one year. I was feeling okay with Bambino Plus, especially with 3 seconds startup, double boiler, PID, etc. But sometimes I struggled on some complex beans, I also knew recently that I have a defective factory problem and I need to contact the assistance. So I decided to change my machine.

You know that I'm going to buy again all accessories (58mm instead of 54mm), but if one day I will upgrade my Gaggia, I will probably have again a 58mm portafilter.

I already watched some videos, that's why I'm buying the E24 instead of the older one with boilergate problem.

I see that there are Gaggiuino and Gaggiamate mods that bring you complete esperience in one (brewing profiles, change pressure, change temperature, PID, balanced steam wand pressure, etc.). For now I don't want to spend other money but maybe at the end of the year I give me a present of one of them.

I already know that I need to startup the machine 15-20 minutes before brewing, a smart plug is suggested. You can have pre-infusion using the steam wand and you will have low-pressure. And also the steam wand needs like a minute before being ready.

Should I know some more before buying knowing that I'm coming from a Bambino Plus (like, on the E24 the steam wand is ok for making silky milk? etc.)

Happy to join the crew and sorry if this is the 89213th post

Hello people,

I extract coffee since one year with my Bambino Plus and recently I bought DF54 flat burrs.

I always brewed without problems, sometimes you can get channeling and that's fine. But last month I decided to buy new coffee from another roastery, and they even cost like 22€-30€ per 250gr.

For now I played with 3 coffee beans:

- Ethiopia washed, more chocolaty

- Colombia natural, more chocolaty

- Ethiopia washed, more fruity

With Colombia zero problems. All good.

With Ethiopia washed I'm having always the same problem: the brewing is slow, and after that it's fast, this is with 15th level. I tried to go finer (14th level), and the result is always the same, at first the brewing is slower, maybe almost clogged when going to 13th level, and after that it goes fast and irregular.

I never found a solution. Every shot is like that: at first really slow, and after super fast like when you grind coarse.

I specified that I brew since one year and I didn't have problems like this so you can understand that it's not about grinding coarser/finer, neither channeling issues. You can have these sometimes, but not the entire 250gr bag of coffe everytime.

So I'm thinking that can be a DF54 issue, or maybe Bambino Plus over its capabilities and can't work with Ethiopia washed. But I want to know your opinion about this, to make new tests and find a solution.

Are there any other variables I'm missing but pressure and temperature that I cannot change with the Bambino? I know I will receice downvotes but I hope to receive also useful responses, I'm pretty stuck with this situation since one month and I'm wasting money to make black water and not coffee.

Hi everyone,

as someone suggested, it would be nice to have a Discord server to interact and share in real-time!

I created a simple server and you can access it to this link: https://discord.gg/G6RzhFQ3aY

We will expand channels, roles and its features by hearing the community suggestions!

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The first quest for the community is: we need a new logo for the subreddit and Discord server.

Check out the #📢-announcements channel!

Since there are some people using or sharing AI models in their posts, I added two new flairs:

- "Just Sharing - AI Model"

- "Sharing STL resource - AI Model"

This is a FDM miniatures subreddit. We love printing and showing print results. Model is secondary. But I want to help the community by having these flairs, so the users who absolutely want to avoid AI stuff, they can.

Please use them and do not feel guilty to put in your post, nobody will eat you (if you are not delicious enough!), you would help the community to be at peace.

Thank you in advance and have happy printing times!