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...If its the way my machine is the brass group heads will eventually rust, along with soaking your portafilters. Its inevitable. but no reason to fret if you set up a regular schedule of backflushing the group heads throughout the day it keeps them a whole lot cleaner!!!
Thanks all! I was feeling like it was a waste of materials (we use an entire bottle of cafiza a week) and time and even potentially harmful to the machine. But better safe than sorry.
Thanks all! I was feeling like it was a waste of materials (we use an entire bottle of cafiza a week) and time and even potentially harmful to the machine. But better safe than sorry.
I also use a 2 group semi auto astoria argenta, we always back-flush throughout the day and always every night, although we do not break down the group heads every night. Once a week we take out the dispersion screen and the brass insert.
So it goes like this. Open- Opening espesso shot.
Mid morning, afternoon, evening- Backflush and clean group heads with water or cafiza (your choice)
Night- close machine backflush with cafiza, soak only the portafilters. Mondays are when we break down the group head and soak everything.
If its the way my machine is the brass group heads will eventually rust, along with soaking your portafilters. Its inevitable. but no reason to fret if you set up a regular schedule of backflushing the group heads throughout the day it keeps them a whole lot cleaner!!!
Hope I could help you!!!!!
A full disassemble of your group is completely necessary. I'm a tech/trainer, and I can tell you that the amount of coffee buildup that happens even for a few shots of espresso is bad for A)the machine and B)the coffee flavor. Will your machine break overnight? No. But will your coffee taste like garbage? Yes. Not disassembling/backflushing your machine is like letting your machine smoke cigarettes. It might be okay for a while, but eventually it will matter. I think the thing to remember is that average charge for service on an espresso machine is 85 dollars an hour, not to mention the cost of parts. Can you imagine if your boss took $500 out of your paycheck when his brew valve broke, ruined his discharge system and stopped being able to serve drinks because you didn't want to disassemble the machine? Listen to Nike and Just Do It.
Patrick Constantino said:I also use a 2 group semi auto astoria argenta, we always back-flush throughout the day and always every night, although we do not break down the group heads every night. Once a week we take out the dispersion screen and the brass insert.
So it goes like this. Open- Opening espesso shot.
Mid morning, afternoon, evening- Backflush and clean group heads with water or cafiza (your choice)
Night- close machine backflush with cafiza, soak only the portafilters. Mondays are when we break down the group head and soak everything.
If its the way my machine is the brass group heads will eventually rust, along with soaking your portafilters. Its inevitable. but no reason to fret if you set up a regular schedule of backflushing the group heads throughout the day it keeps them a whole lot cleaner!!!
Hope I could help you!!!!!
A full disassemble of your group is completely necessary. I'm a tech/trainer, and I can tell you that the amount of coffee buildup that happens even for a few shots of espresso is bad for A)the machine and B)the coffee flavor. Will your machine break overnight? No. But will your coffee taste like garbage? Yes. Not disassembling/backflushing your machine is like letting your machine smoke cigarettes. It might be okay for a while, but eventually it will matter. I think the thing to remember is that average charge for service on an espresso machine is 85 dollars an hour, not to mention the cost of parts. Can you imagine if your boss took $500 out of your paycheck when his brew valve broke, ruined his discharge system and stopped being able to serve drinks because you didn't want to disassemble the machine? Listen to Nike and Just Do It.
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