The new Gaggia Classic GT is here … and coffee experts and coffee lovers are raving about it.

This is the first time Gaggia has included two boilers in its domestic coffee machines, instantly putting it at the top of the prosumer pecking order.

The dual boiler – one is brass and the other stainless steel just for steam and hot water - means you can be making your coffee and frothing your milk or dispensing hot water at the same time with the latest PIDs to control your water temperature to within just 1°C … that’s literally fine-tuning it to the nth degree.

By the way, if you want to know what PID stands for on coffee machines it’s Proportional Integral Derivative (of course) which means the water temperature is constantly monitoring the small adjustments made to keep it at the set temperature. 

The Classic GT also has a fancy programmable digital display screen and even has its own dial to show the brew pressure. The stainless steel wand means you can let your latte art run riot.

This machine heats up really quickly to get you brew-ready in just five minutes, full steam power in seven and it takes just 20 seconds to heat 5oz of milk to 140°F.

It has automatic and manual pre-infusion and there is room on the warming plate for six expresso cups so, well, why not have a select coffee party to celebrate getting one.

The Classic GT even has a hot water dispenser for teas, herbal infusions or American coffees.

The machine has five toggle switches to control the main power, manual pre-infusion, brewing, hot water and steam and the style flows through even to the tamper which comes complete with a black wooden handle complete with the Gaggia logo. 

You can preset the volume dispensed for your expresso so once you’ve perfected it, set the dial and it’ll be exactly the same every time.

It also has a timer so the coffee machine will be all ready for you when you get up in the morning.

Here at Gaggia we can fully demonstrate the machine to you live if you contact us on Zoom at https://www.gaggiadirect.com/meet-us-live.html.

Alternatively, coffee bloggers have been giving the machine thorough test runs, showing you all the Classic’s amazing features.

A great British one is Coffee Kev which you can watch on  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQLgSfOxpjc&t=355s and he’s also written an incredibly in-depth review too at https://coffeeblog.co.uk/gaggia-classic-gt-dual-boiler-review

While from the USA we have Wholelattelove which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eTlnWctCTA&t=10s or read at https://www.wholelattelove.com/products/gaggia-classic-gt

Wholelattelove says: “Despite being one of the easiest-to-use prosumers out there, the Gaggia GT delivers precision, power and features enough to satisfy even hardcore espresso enthusiasts.

“The Gaggia Classic GT offers a unique feature set with the brand’s legendary build quality and a price point that simply can’t be beat. The precise PID-regulated boilers, low-flow pre-infusion, and intuitive display make producing cafe-quality beverages on the GT easier than on just about any other prosumer out there.”

One customer, Mark W from Carlisle, who has already got his machine from Gaggia UK says: “This Gaggia GT machine is everything it claims to be and so much more. You can use this machine to consistently pull espresso after espresso that is rich, full bodied and perfectly extracted. The machine is easy and intuitive to use and easy to clean. The Gaggia GT provides coffee that would tax the abilities of many professional machines.”
So why brand it the Classic GT?

Well, the GT tag on cars is well-known with these vehicles having extra style and power … just like the Gaggia Classic GT. It even has a ‘go faster’ red stripe running along the bottom of the machine.

The GT marque originates from Italy and stands for gran turismo (grand touring) to bridge a sports car with a luxury one so it should have a big engine, a comfortable ride, a luxurious interior and elegant bodywork but be able to handle like a sports car when needed.

So you can see why the technology, design and performance on the new Gaggia Classic GT are all so outstanding, taking the art of coffee-making to the next level of luxury.
The new Gaggia Classic GT delivers exactly what it promises … performance with panache and all for £1,699.

If you want to upgrade your Gaggia Classic or any other model please email us for a quote at [email protected]

​For more information and to order from Gaggia UK go to https://www.gaggiadirect.com
Or simply call us direct on 01422 766972 or check out our virtual assistant.

This is what the Telegraph said about the Gaggia Magenta Plus being the Best Automatic Bean-To-Cup Coffee Machine, scoring it 9 out of 10 and praising its “consistently good quality results.”

“Adjustable ceramic grinders offer five settings from fine to coarse and allow you to modify the amount of coffee used in each brew. There’s also an option to use coffee grounds – useful if you’re out of beans.

“An LED touch screen offers a choice of four coffee styles - espresso, espresso lungo, coffee and Americano - with options to vary size, temperature and strength and it’s very simple to navigate. The base plate can be raised up and the dispenser can be lowered too so a wide range of cup sizes can easily be accommodated.

“The espresso created was smooth and rounded with an excellent crema.”

 
When you’re searching for a new coffee machine you’re hardly spoilt for choice … so let’s make it easy for you.

The only one to look at is a Gaggia because this iconic brand matches exactly what customers want when looking for a new barista standard coffee machine for home.

In short, Gaggia UK is a family businesses selling top quality coffee machines that’ll last decades while providing the kind of customer service most of our rivals could only dream about … and that’s in their wildest dreams too.

Customer service is king and with Gaggia that’s taken to a whole new level, way beyond most customers’ expectations which is why we are shortlisted in the Institute Of Customer Service Awards 2025. https://www.instituteofcustomerservice.com/events/uk-customer-satisfaction-awards

Naturally, our machines come with warranties but when you buy them from Gaggia UK Direct they also come with what we call ‘forever customer service.’ This means that no matter how long you’ve had your Gaggia, contact us at any time for support and advice if you’ve any questions or problems at all.

We can do that on the phone but prefer Zoom so you can show us the fault there and then and we can give advice and even watch and guide you while you’re sorting it out. A lot of problems are often minor which can be quickly solved which saves the hassle and expense of sending the machine back to us for maintenance and repair … and means you won’t even miss that next all important cup of coffee. We’ll even talk through handy tips about general maintenance and how to clean and degrease your Gaggia so it’ll always be in tip top condition.

Gaggia UK has a virtually 100% five-star rating on Trustpilot and here’s just one review on Trustpilot in November 2024: “This is without doubt the best place to buy your coffee machine. It’s not only a family run business with people who care, but also the best customer service and back up for technical issues from any company I’ve experienced so far in my life (and I’m old). If you have a technical issue you can immediately Zoom with experts who will give you helpful, practical and honest guidance. Honestly, you almost want your machine to go wrong so you can contact them!”

Steady on there. We don’t want anyone’s coffee machine to go wrong but, rest assured, we are here for you if it does. And you won’t be subjected to some dreadful automated click this, that and the other button before you’re put on hold waiting ‘for the next agent’ who then can’t really help you as it’s a technical question.

With Gaggia UK you’ll be talking straight to a person – yes, an actual human being (I know, it blows the mind, doesn’t it) – who can help solve the problem immediately. If they can’t, they know a man who can as you’ll be then put through to one of our engineers and there’s nothing repairable they can’t fix.

Gaggia has a proud Italian heritage stretching back 80 years with a reputation for making stylish, precisely engineered yet robust coffee machines that would grace any kitchen. That ethos has never changed which is why we regularly give advice to people with Gaggia machines that are more than a quarter of a century old. The first Gaggia coffee machine for home was brought out back in 1977 and was orange to fit in with the psychedelic – some would say zany – colour schemes at the time.

Gaggia coffee machines are designed to be easily repaired or for replacement parts to be effortlessly fitted and we can sort out any parts you need, quickly and with no fuss.
Take the Gaggia filter holder where you put the coffee in to start making your perfect cuppa. Every filter holder - called a portafilter in Italy - are 58mm in diameter which means they can fit any Gaggia machine stretching back to the 1940s. That dimension has never changed which makes the machines so universal. No fiddling about … it’s sorted out.

It means Gaggia UK is the ultimate coffee machine one-stop shop.
The Gaggia range is always evolving with new machines being brought out such as the limited edition moonlight grey Cadorna Prestige and the Magenta Prestige to mark 25 years since Gaggia brough out its first domestic automatic coffee machine and, coincidentally, 55 years since humans first landed on the moon. They also herald the new generation of Gaggia coffee machines that will all have an iced coffee making function as well as the traditional hot one.

So, now we’re agreed it’s got to be Gaggia, let’s go get one. All you need to think about is do you want a manual or an automatic machine?

Oh, and then there’s quite a stylish range to look at too so hop over to this other blog to help you choose the coffee machine that’s perfect for you.

https://www.gaggiadirect.com/blog/what-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-coffee-machine
And if you’ve any questions at all before you make your final choice – or you even want to pop over to Elland near Halifax in West Yorkshire and see our machines for yourself – phone us on 01422 766972 or email [email protected]

Coffee expert James Hoffmann started his career with Gaggia … so we’re giving away one of his best-selling books with some of our machines
 
The UK’s best known coffee expert started his career with iconic Italian coffee machine brand Gaggia.

Now Gaggia UK is giving one of James Hoffmann’s books away free with certain machines and also has another for sale on its website.

James Hoffmann is an entrepreneur, social media influencer and international name in coffee who combines expert-level knowledge with a natural ability to communicate it in his books and on his YouTube and Instagram channels.

Two of James’ books now featured on the Gaggia UK website are How To Make The Best Coffee At Home, which became a Sunday Times bestseller, and The World Atlas Of Coffee (From Beans To Brewing, Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed).

James won the World Barista Championship in 2007 after clinching the UK Barista Championship titles in 2006 and 2007.

He has more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube and has made well over 350 videos. He also has 689,000 followers on his Instagram feed, @jimseven.

One of James’ first jobs after joining the coffee industry in the early 2000s was working as a trainee barista/demonstrator and later was managing the concession and the Gaggia Caffe Academy  for Gaggia, in the high-end department store House of Fraser in Oxford Street.

Gaggia UK managing director Raj Beadle said: “I remember James so well from his time with us and they were great days demonstrating and selling Gaggia machines to the public in such a landmark London venue.

“We’ve followed his amazing career ever since and as he is the voice and face of coffee on the internet we thought it would be a nice gesture to help pass his immense knowledge on to our customers.”

The World Atlas Of Coffee will be sent to people who buy some Gaggia models – especially    the Gaggia Classic 2023 Evo PRO Gold - and Gaggia is also selling How To Make The Best Coffee At Home on its website.

James’s view is that coffee is central to many lives, writing: “A cup of coffee can be many things: a jolt of caffeine, fuel for our work, a social lubricant, a necessity or a luxury. It can be surprising, delightful and delicious and it can transport you around the world. It can also be a lot of fun.”

How To Make The Best Coffee At Home reveals everything people need to know to make barista standard coffee in their own kitchens, including the ideal equipment to buy, how to grind coffee, the basics of brewing for all major equipment from cafetieres to stovetop and understanding coffee from the perfect espresso to latte.

To watch James Hoffmann’s YouTube videos go to James Hoffmann - YouTube
For James Hoffmann’s Instagram feed it’s https://www.instagram.com/jimseven
To see James’ books on the Gaggia UK website go to https://www.gaggiadirect.com/barista-accessories
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When you’re choosing a coffee machine think about how much control you want to make your ideal cup of coffee.

Spare a thought too about how much making your coffee can save yourself possibly hundreds of pounds a year and also make a positive impact on the environment.

Here at Gaggia there are two types of coffee machine – manual and automatic – and all our 20-plus models are made in Italy so expect plenty of iconic style.

With manual you do it all yourself – grinding your coffee beans, loading your coffee into the filter holder (called a portafilter in Italy), levelling it off, pushing it down in a process called tamping and then frothing your milk.

Make sure you’ve enough coffee in your holder and it’s tamped down properly to make the most of the speed the hot water goes through it.

You have that control to do it just how you want and once you’ve mastered it then your machine will make that perfect cup of coffee every time.

The other way is to go automatic and it’s all done for you.

In short, think of an automatic coffee machine as having a tiny barista inside it. All you need to do is pop your coffee beans in the top. When you’re ready for a drink select what drink you want – it may be an expresso or an americano - push a button and the exact number of beans needed to make the drink go through the grinder and drop into the brewing unit.

In automatics the tamp is pressed up rather than down to make it firm and even and the hot water is also forced up through the coffee and then out into your cup.

When the hot water has gone through the coffee to make the drink the coffee ground left is known as a puck – small and round like an ice hockey puck - which drops into a holder. It takes around 10 pucks before it needs emptying.

Automatic machines will sort out the amount of water you need –  30ml to 90ml for a single expresso up to 240ml for an americano.

Coffee machines pump at between 9 to 15 bars of pressure and produce hot water at around 80°C to 90°C although you can change the temperature on some machines along with the coffee strength from 7 grams to 11 grams.

You can even put pre-ground coffee in too without having to lift the beans out – ideal for those wanting a spot of decaffeinated coffee.

The beauty of the Gaggia filter holders is that the vast majority are 58mm in diameter which means they fit any Gaggia machine stretching back to the 1940s. That dimension has never changed which makes the machines so universal and iconic.

Coffee capsules are convenient but they can be expensive. We do a couple of coffee capsules machines here at Gaggia but have found that people prefer to have more choice and control over the coffee they make.

Coffee capsules are also pricey and not good for the environment with the capsules being thrown into the waste bin and then landfill.

Prices vary but for a decent coffee pod you’re looking at around 30p to 35p a cup.
Our Gaggia coffee – ground just right for all our machines – is £15 for a kilogram and with between 7 and 11 grams needed per cup it works out around 12p to 15p a cup. That’s suddenly sounding like 1970s prices!

And, of course, you can dispose of your old coffee grounds right where they should be … on the ground in your garden helping to give your plants a boost and keeping slugs at bay.

Read more about that at https://www.gaggiadirect.com/blog/are-coffee-grounds-good-for-your-garden-and-compost

By our maths a cup of coffee made with one of our Gaggia automatic or manual machines will cost you half what a capsule would and if you have four cups a day that’s the best part of £450 you’ll be paying out yearly for capsules. Your ground coffee or coffee beans will come in at around half that.

What a win-win for you and the environment so go green by putting your coffee grinds on your garden, not a capsule in your bin.!

If you do want a capsule-style that’s not a capsule yet works in any Gaggia machine then we have Easy Serving Expresso pods – ESE for short – which pay a passing resemblance to those instant real coffee bags but these are small, round and slot perfectly into your coffee filter holder.

Gaggia coffee machines start at £179 for the basic manual up to £1,800 for the top-of-the-range automatic that’ll do anything you’d expect a coffee machine to do … and then a whole lot more. It has a digital display featuring 19 pre-set drinks and you can control everything on it, such as the water temperature and even the flow rate.

The £179 version makes life easier for beginners as the coffee filter holder has one hole rather than several to pressurise the flow more and get that nice creamy effect.

The automatic range starts at £299 with the digital display ones £425 and upwards.

It’s a small price to pay for thousands of cups of great coffee, especially when you get the great Gaggia warranty and our unique forever customer care.

Read more about that at https://www.gaggiadirect.com/blog/why-gaggia-uk-directs-forever-customer-care-service-is-the-best-in-the-coffee-business

So there you have it. A quick guide to buying the Gaggia coffee machine that suits you down to the ground.

For more advice phone us Monday to Friday on 01422 766972, email us at [email protected] or contact us instantly on Zoom at https://www.gaggiadirect.com/meet-us-live.html and we can show you the different machines in our showroom and what they do.

Q : How long does it take for the machine to heat up to make your coffee ?

A : The boiler is fitted with two thermostats which control the temperature in the boiler. When you press the ‘on’ switch, the boiler starts to heat up and will get to the initial temperature of 70degrees in about 50 seconds. It continues to increase in temperature up to about 90 degrees, in another 20 seconds, and the thermostat will switch off and it keeps it within the 70-90 degrees level. To be able to make the coffee, you need to make sure that the filter holder is warm as well. The most effective way to do that is to run some water on the filter holder when the temperature reaches 90 degrees, ie within about 80-90 seconds of switching on the machine. Then you are ready to brew.
 
The other thermostat is for steam. When you switch on the steam switch, it will take a further 30 -40seconds to get steam. You can start steaming even before it reaches full temperature.

Further to my blog about the new 2023 Gaggia Classic, please find a video review by 'The Home Barista'  - an accurate and useful explanation. Thank you Anthony.

I have written a blog on this subject before and I felt it was time to give you an update on my thoughts. More and more people are getting modifications done on the Gaggia Classic, as people learn more about the benefits of controlling every part of your brewing process.  We have started to work with a UK company who do these fittings. They buy the machines from us and modify them and give their own warranty on the machines and the parts they fit. 

I therefore felt confident on referring people who come to our website, to go to The Home Baristas website to get more information about modifying the Gaggia Classic. Anthony who runs The Home Baristas is very knowledgeable about the Gaggia Classic and has worked with us in the past two years.

He sent me a picture of the Gaggia Classic 2019 version with the PID and Guage fitted. I must say, it looks fabulous. Why not click on the picture and get more information from The Home Baristas Website.
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CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING TRADITION
Gaggia continuously evolves their production and assembly processes while improving the quality of products.

The Gaggia Classic 2019 is considered one of best coffee machine in its class and has won accolades and positive reviews  from Expert Review, Kevin from Coffee Blog, James Hoffman and other important experts in the field of Coffee. Gaggia Classic has been around for over 30 years and, largely, the external parts and accessories and the internal boiler have remained the same. 

The 2023 model retains the best features of the 2019 model and makes it fit for the next 30 years by improving the model further.

The main external parts that you see are the Stainless Steel Body, the Filter Holder and the Brew Head. The Filter Holder [portafilter] and the Brew Head were made out of brass and chrome plated externally on the older model. on the 2023 Evo model this has been changed.

The Filter Holder on the 2023 Evo model is now made out of Stainless Steel, similar to the metal used in the Ash handled filter holder, we introduced a couple of years ago and is of professional filter holder quality.  The weight and the heat profiles remain the same and is  lot more pleasing than the one we had before.

Chrome Plating has been around for a very long time and although the end products are perfectly safe and compliant, manufacturers are going away from plating, as the process involved in chrome plating can be harmful for those involved in the process. Gaggia has taken the decision to change some of the parts to more modern and safer alternatives.
 
The Brew Head is also going to be Brass (CW510-Lead free brass*) *Compliant to Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
 
The Boiler inside is the same traditional boiler but coated with non stick coating, rather than the previous polished non-coated aluminium.

The Pro Steam wand, that was introduced in 2019 model, is the same on the new model.
 
CARE FOR PEOPLE
The new pump and heating system pre-assembled and the simpler wiring connection make the production more ergonomic for workers, and any intervention on the machine is easier and quicker.
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CONSCIOUS AND COMPLIANT
The company adopts a conscious and responsible approach to develop products that are fully compliant with the new rules, and to guarantee sustainable processes.