The Gaggia people don't know, and I cannot find anything easily online. It seems to look like some Bialetti products, but it's definitely Gaggia, and weirdly made in Spain.
The Gaggia people don't know, and I cannot find anything easily online. It seems to look like some Bialetti products, but it's definitely Gaggia, and weirdly made in Spain.
You want to buy one? Or something else?
I found this one for sale, looks to be the same:
Lol - so far I've just managed to find your reddit post, can probably use some generic gasket material if it fits to fix it.
28 minutes - well done!
That's Bob.
johndej said:Lol - so far I've just managed to find your reddit post, can probably use some generic gasket material if it fits to fix it.
28 minutes - well done!
Ha!
Yeah I found a replacement already.
Slippery said:You want to buy one? Or something else?
I found this one for sale, looks to be the same:
I just want to know more about it. Why did an Italian coffee company make a Moka pot in Spain? What era was it? Etc...
In reply to tuna55 :
I see. I wonder if this counterfeit.
To me if it was made in spain, it would say "Hecho en España". Otherwise it could be a matter of Spain and Italy being part of the EU and it made the most sense for that part to be made there?
Back to Google to find more :D
http://www.francescoceccarelli.eu/m_gaggiaes_eng.htm
https://www.qualityespresso.net/en/company
"Gaggia arrived in Barcelona in 1952, four years after Achile Gaggia filed the patent for espresso coffee extraction in Italy.
In 1956, a competitor arrived in Spain in the shape of Faema. The presence of these two brands in Barcelona meant that Spain participated from the start in the expansion of Mediterranean espresso culture.
The Gaggia and Faema entities in Spain eventually separated from their parent companies.
The former had created the Visacrem brand in 1967 and began selling in export markets under this brand. The latter created the Futurmat brand in 1978, and this rapidly expanded to become the number one selling brand in Spain.
In 2001, Quality Espresso purchased these two historic brands. With its headquarters in the Barcelona factory built by Faema in the 1960’s, Quality Espresso sells espresso equipment around the world under the brand names Futurmat, Gaggia, Visacrem, Italcrem and Mairali
The Gilda 55 model is the only lever machine produced for household, was presented in a spanish fair in 1955."
We should do a vintage coffeemaker thread
Some very interesting info about the Moka pot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upgQsA5kLAk&ab_channel=JamesHoffmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK0F5PqJ1Gk&ab_channel=JamesHoffmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfDLoIvb0w4&ab_channel=JamesHoffmann
James Hoffmann is a real coffee and espresso nerd. Really knows his stuff from what I can see.
alfadriver said:Some very interesting info about the Moka pot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upgQsA5kLAk&ab_channel=JamesHoffmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK0F5PqJ1Gk&ab_channel=JamesHoffmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfDLoIvb0w4&ab_channel=JamesHoffmann
James Hoffmann is a real coffee and espresso nerd. Really knows his stuff from what I can see.
That was neat!
Some of the information made a difference to what I was doing already (made the grind more coarse, less heat) and it made a splendid cup of coffee this morning!
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