I bought a new Astoria Plus 4 you, 2 group machine for my soon to be opened cafe in Phuket. I have been practicing on it this week.
I found that the handles are a really tight fit into the group, even when empty...the dealer said this is normal for new machines.
I have found that the dosing method of filling the basket and then leveling is actually overdosing to the point that I can’t lock in the handle. A lesser amount of coffee works fine but now I am facing a consistency problem as I need to guess how much to fill the basket. Obviously the leveling technique is more accurate, whereas now I am guessing using my eyes only.
Has anyone else had a similar problem? I guess Scottie Callaghans dosing tools may solve the problem, but looks like I need to buy quite a few to get one which has the right amount of curvature.
I found that the handles are a really tight fit into the group, even when empty...the dealer said this is normal for new machines.
I have found that the dosing method of filling the basket and then leveling is actually overdosing to the point that I can’t lock in the handle. A lesser amount of coffee works fine but now I am facing a consistency problem as I need to guess how much to fill the basket. Obviously the leveling technique is more accurate, whereas now I am guessing using my eyes only.
Has anyone else had a similar problem? I guess Scottie Callaghans dosing tools may solve the problem, but looks like I need to buy quite a few to get one which has the right amount of curvature.
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