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  • #16
    Re: Sour shots from Gaggia Classic

    Originally posted by 545E5E515E585A3F0 link=1232707182/14#14 date=1233296755
    I think tasting without the screen/disc will be the final test before pulling the boiler off - luckily its straightforward and from what youve done before, it wont present any great challenge.

    But fingers crossed that it doesnt come to that!!!

    I was wondering about the boiler. I had heard it was easy, but I have never attempted it before.

    I will spend some time over the weekend playing, and report back here ASAP.

    Cheers and havagoodweekend!

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    • #17
      Re: Sour shots from Gaggia Classic

      Did you manage to narrow down the source of the sourness?

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      • #18
        Re: Sour shots from Gaggia Classic

        Originally posted by 5E54545B545250350 link=1232707182/16#16 date=1233703635
        Did you manage to narrow down the source of the sourness?

        Unfortunately not. Flat out with work at the moment, so put a few hours in over the weekend. Any spare time was spent with the wife and kids.

        I will hopefully have a more relaxed weekend coming up, so the Gaggia will be on top of the agenda!

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        • #19
          Re: Sour shots from Gaggia Classic

          WOOHOO!

          Happy Dance!





          Its Business Time...

          I had my first espresso in months this morning, and it was awesome!

          WooHoo!

          Ahem

          Seriously now...


          I pulled apart both the Gaggia and Rocky over the weekend, and gave everything a good soak and clean.

          You should have seen the cr@p inside the Rocky..... and the smell!  My God!

          Rancid, disgusting oil and gunk through-out.  No wonder the coffee was tasting disgusting...

          So I cleaned everything, put it all back together and pulled a few shots....  awesome!

          Thanks Kaanage...  you are very patient.  

          I cant tell you how happy I am... I can still taste the flat white I had this morning, and it is the nice, coffee flavour aftertaste, not a rancid, oily aftertaste....

          I am a happy, happy boy!


          Cheers again!

          Spelunx

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          • #20
            Re: Sour shots from Gaggia Classic

            Yay!!

            So has the taste of the water from the Gaggia group improved since the clean, as well?

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            • #21
              Re: Sour shots from Gaggia Classic

              Originally posted by 565C5C535C5A583D0 link=1232707182/19#19 date=1234133418
              Yay!!

              So has the taste of the water from the Gaggia group improved since the clean, as well?

              Yep, slightly. It doesnt have the sour taste it did before, but it isnt exactly "Mountain Fresh". It has a more metalic taste to it now, which I guess is no big surprise, considering the amount of metal it passes over before it gets to the cup.


              Straight out of the boiler, no screen or dispersion disc, it tasted very similar. It did have some white flecks through it, so I might be time for another de-scale. After I get ahead with a few jobs around the house, I am planning to crack the boiler open and give it a clean, but that wont be for a few months yet!


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