Gaggia

Gaggia by Francesco

The GAGGIA was founded in 1948 by Giovanni Achille Gaggia, a bartender born in Milan in 1895 and that in the bar where works devotes all its energies to improving the quality of coffee produced.

To him we owe the idea of avoiding the steam in the production of coffee, through the use of a spring which combined with a piston to lever ensures sufficient pressure to push the water through the coffee for a small enough time to allow the extraction of a espresso coffe.

Is the year 1947 and with this invention Achille Gaggia determines the beginning of the worldwide success of the coffee and of his espresso machines.

Alongside the production of bar machines, the Gaggia begins the production of models for household: the first model is named Gilda (1952) with Lever and boiler closed, followed by the second model Gilda (1956), with two arms and boiler open.The Gilda first model was produced also in version maxi.

We have to wait until today to have the new lever model Achille Gaggia, named in honor of the founder, with tank removeable, unlucky machine produced only for few years.

For the american market we have the model Factory G105 (analogous to Pavoni Romantica) and the model Factory G106 (analogous to Pavoni Gran Romantica), made for Gaggia by La Pavoni.

		Description
		Gilda first model		model 220V
		Gilda first model		model 125 V with red light chronicle of a restoration
		Gilda first model version maxi		(contributed by Ezia D'Aversa)
		Gilda second model first version		model with two lever and open boiler - brown bakelite
		Gilda second model second version		next model with logo modified - black bakelite
		Gilda second model spanish version		model for Spain (contributed by Fernando Martin)
		Achille Gaggia		model dedicated to founder of Gaggia (contributed by Marcio Carneiro)
		Factory G105		model analogous to La Pavoni Romantica
		Factory G106		model analogous to La Pavoni Gran romantica

Links Gaggia website

Manual Achille Gaggia

Manual Factory G105-G106