It sounds like the wiring in your building is very old and undersized.
Probably a 120V Gaggia would trip the breakers also. If you have a 240V A/C
outlet in your apartment but it's in the wrong place, an inexpensive
solution would be to get a long extension cord. Based on what you describe,
I really doubt that you have 240V service in your kitchen now unless there
is an electric stove.





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BTW all sockets on the circuit to the kitchen are the same as all sockets
all around the living room and bedroom. Maybe they aren't 208? (this is
something I have been complaining about ever since we moved in: Every time
we try to turn the microwave on, all lights, televisions, computers etc go
off all over the flat as the fuse trips!