quick question....
i have been using my new HX espresso machine for a week and a half... and it has been working really well. But i have noticed that when I am doing the backflush, the pressure is at 12 bar which has been where it was since the beginning. However when I put coffee into my pseudo 20g basket with correct dose and been tamping to the usual method and then start the brewing process, it only goes up to 4 bar. Previously I had been getting consistent 9 - 10bar pressure during extraction. So I had initially thought this was due to bad quality beans and when I switched it back to the good beans - ones I was getting good consistent 9 to 10bar whilst extracting, it was still at 4 bar (and therefore poor espresso).
what am i doing wrong? or something wrong with the machine? (i hardly doubt...and hope not!) but when I do a blind basket and do a test, then it goes back up to 10 to 12 again...
any tips please???
i have been using my new HX espresso machine for a week and a half... and it has been working really well. But i have noticed that when I am doing the backflush, the pressure is at 12 bar which has been where it was since the beginning. However when I put coffee into my pseudo 20g basket with correct dose and been tamping to the usual method and then start the brewing process, it only goes up to 4 bar. Previously I had been getting consistent 9 - 10bar pressure during extraction. So I had initially thought this was due to bad quality beans and when I switched it back to the good beans - ones I was getting good consistent 9 to 10bar whilst extracting, it was still at 4 bar (and therefore poor espresso).
what am i doing wrong? or something wrong with the machine? (i hardly doubt...and hope not!) but when I do a blind basket and do a test, then it goes back up to 10 to 12 again...
any tips please???


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