Dear fellow CSers
Hoping someone can help. Ive had Sylvia and Rocky now for about 8 months
Have recently had some problems with the coffee tasting a bit bitter/ sour as if the machine needs a clean
I use GOOD, fresh local beans and get my 30 ml coffee in 25 seconds
I pull about 2 - 3 doubles per day
I back flush daily but I must admit that I do that before making the coffee rather than straight after and dont tip puck out immediately all the time (ahem)
I back flush with clean machine detergent powder about fortnightly - I can usually tell when the machine needs a clean from the taste of the coffee. ALso when I do this I soak portafiller and baskets (but I rinse these with water every day as well)
I use filtered water
I do not have a PIDd silvia
What Ive found lately is that within only a few days of a detergent back flush, the coffee is starting to taste bad again.
Most recently I did 3 things - used grindz tablets in my grinder then vaccumed out the chute, descaled the machine then did another detergent backflush.
This lasted about 5 days
I have also noted that my grind size on rocky is about 2-3 notches finer than normal also
What do you reckon????
Im thinking that I need to take apart the group head/ shower screen to clean and also grinder to clean properly but am a bit scared to do so prior to warantee running out. And I am extremely unhandy so some instructions would be good (my husbands pretty handy but real men dont read instructions it would seem..)
I generally leave machine on for about 20- 30 mins to warm up prior to use - maybe I need to warm it up more - ive read here somewhere that temperature of the water can affect the taste ???
Hoping someone can help. Ive had Sylvia and Rocky now for about 8 months
Have recently had some problems with the coffee tasting a bit bitter/ sour as if the machine needs a clean
I use GOOD, fresh local beans and get my 30 ml coffee in 25 seconds
I pull about 2 - 3 doubles per day
I back flush daily but I must admit that I do that before making the coffee rather than straight after and dont tip puck out immediately all the time (ahem)
I back flush with clean machine detergent powder about fortnightly - I can usually tell when the machine needs a clean from the taste of the coffee. ALso when I do this I soak portafiller and baskets (but I rinse these with water every day as well)
I use filtered water
I do not have a PIDd silvia
What Ive found lately is that within only a few days of a detergent back flush, the coffee is starting to taste bad again.
Most recently I did 3 things - used grindz tablets in my grinder then vaccumed out the chute, descaled the machine then did another detergent backflush.
This lasted about 5 days
I have also noted that my grind size on rocky is about 2-3 notches finer than normal also
What do you reckon????
Im thinking that I need to take apart the group head/ shower screen to clean and also grinder to clean properly but am a bit scared to do so prior to warantee running out. And I am extremely unhandy so some instructions would be good (my husbands pretty handy but real men dont read instructions it would seem..)
I generally leave machine on for about 20- 30 mins to warm up prior to use - maybe I need to warm it up more - ive read here somewhere that temperature of the water can affect the taste ???

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