Originally posted by annb link=1172107969/0#7 date=1172394452
They really are designed for stale coffee - which most of the population - except we coffeesnobs - use all the time (and dont even realise it is stale - typical "use by" date over 1 year from packing :-X ----- and roast beans are stale after 3 weeks from roasting)
If they are 53mm baskets (and most small machine baskets seem to be) you can try either a saeco service agent or a krups service agent..... they can often supply non pressurised baskets to fit (take your PF with you).


- yep, it is far easier to use old, stale coffee in those baskets......(the resultant coffee doesnt taste as good, but extraction works better and the resultant puck is far drier - guess thats what they were "designed" for!)
..... so if you are using the supplied baskets.... you will probably have problems with fresh coffee grounds- especially if you tamp like you would for a normal basket. Stale grounds produce virtually no crema with a normal basket so the crema enhancement works fine..... but fresh grounds in the crema enhanced basket and you will have enhanced, enhanced crema which cant get through the small hole fast enough... Until I replaced my baskets with normal ones, fresh coffee was a PITA to use - always wet pucks.... but stale coffee (supermarket variety) worked fine....
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