Shades of Coffee RainFlow Dispersion Plate is coming soon!

(Anticipated availability late March 2025 - Sign up for stock notifications now)

We have designed and developed an innovative high performance and high flow dispersion plate for the Gaggia Classic that provides MUCH better water flow and dispersion onto the shower-screen than any other Classic dispersion plate.

The RainFlow dispersion plate features:

• High performance, high flow and market leading water distribution above the shower screen
• Lead-free brass construction
• Innovative two piece design, with complex internal water galleries and a perimeter sealing silicone o-ring between the two parts
• Initially it splits the single incoming water stream into six equal streams
• Further splitting each of the six streams into eight or nine individual streams distributed across the surface of the plate, for a total of 50 outlet holes above the shower screen.

These two comparison images below show the typical flow from the RainFlow (left) and standard stainless steel (right) dispersion plates - WITHOUT a shower screen. The RainFlow dispersion plate is a direct replacement for the original aluminium dispersion plate in earlier Gaggia Classic (and similar) machines, and also for any stainless steel or brass dispersion plates used in later Gaggia Classic machines.  These original dispersion plates typically have four large outlet holes, and work reasonably well - though due to the design and single incoming water stream (on the left of the group) the two holes on the left are favoured and have higher water flow than the two on the right (this can be seen in the image below right, as the two left streams are solid columns whereas drops are appearing from the two on the right).  You can view a slow-mo video of the flow from the RainFlow dispersion plate by clicking on the YouTube icon above.

(our apolgies for the pink lighting on this machine - we like it!)

The two original dispersion plate retaining screws are used to mount and hold the RainFlow plate in place, and also to clamp the two parts firmly together.  Any standard M5 shower screen mounting screw (the original one or our hex head one for example) can be used to hold a shower screen within the plate.

Hence the RainFlow dispersion plate is available for upgrading any Classic and other Gaggia domestic or commercial machines that use the current dispersion plate and also have a solenoid valve, such as:

• Any Gaggia Classic (other than RI9403) - yes, including the original Classic, Evo, Pro, E24, etc.
• Gaggia Baby
• Gaggia New Baby
• Gaggia New Baby 06 Class
• Gaggia Baby Twin

We are awaiting confirmation of compatibility with the latest Gaggia Classic GT model.

This dispersion plate is NOT suitable for any machine that has a brew valve mounted in the centre of the dispersion plate or boiler (eg Gaggia Coffee or Classic RI9403).

It can be used with any Gaggia Classic compatible shower screen, including:

• Gaggia OEM standard shower screen (works very well with a clean screen, with all holes clear)
• IMS GA-200IM precision shower screen (works well)
• IMS GA-200NT precision nanotec coated shower screen (works well)
• IMS Mesh nanotec coated shower screen (works very well)
• IMS Mesh shower screen (has smaller / less holes than the above one, which are more centralised - hence above is better)

Due to increased thermal conductivity and in order to complement the other brass group (and now boiler) components within the modern Gaggia Classic, the RainFlow dispersion plate is only available in lead-free brass.

The RainFlow dispersion plate weighs approximately 220g.

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