Hi all, been reading the forum for a while but only now feel the need to post. I am a home coffee enthusiast, though of the fairly low-level obsessive variety. (Isn't the internet great, you think you're really quite into something and then realise that there are many many people with tons more knowledge/experience/money to spend on their interest.
) Anyway.....
I have a Gaggia Classic which has served us well making 3-4 coffees a day. Recently though the steam has been losing power. You start to steam and the pressure (sorry if not correct terminology) starts out ok but within about 5-10 seconds kind of peters out and sort of steams with a pulsing action if that makes sense. To be honest I always thought the machine was a bit weak on steaming anything more than about 2 lattes worth of milk at a time but this is on a whole other level of crummy.
I have switched to drinking my coffee out of a smaller cup so even though I haven't measured it, I'm probably only steaming about 100ml. (wife is a long black drinker). The problem persists.
I have regularly had the machine serviced and descale it myself about every 6 weeks. I use only filtered water, though in truth this has only been for the last two years or so.
If I run water through the steam wand it comes out in a steady stream.
Now, here is probably the crucial factor, my Gaggia classic is close to 10 years old. Is it worth trying to get this issue fixed or should I suck it up and drink (very) flat whites while I save for a silvia?
Thank you all in advance for your consideration of my post. Have a delightful day.
Pat
) Anyway.....I have a Gaggia Classic which has served us well making 3-4 coffees a day. Recently though the steam has been losing power. You start to steam and the pressure (sorry if not correct terminology) starts out ok but within about 5-10 seconds kind of peters out and sort of steams with a pulsing action if that makes sense. To be honest I always thought the machine was a bit weak on steaming anything more than about 2 lattes worth of milk at a time but this is on a whole other level of crummy.
I have switched to drinking my coffee out of a smaller cup so even though I haven't measured it, I'm probably only steaming about 100ml. (wife is a long black drinker). The problem persists.
I have regularly had the machine serviced and descale it myself about every 6 weeks. I use only filtered water, though in truth this has only been for the last two years or so.
If I run water through the steam wand it comes out in a steady stream.
Now, here is probably the crucial factor, my Gaggia classic is close to 10 years old. Is it worth trying to get this issue fixed or should I suck it up and drink (very) flat whites while I save for a silvia?
Thank you all in advance for your consideration of my post. Have a delightful day.
Pat

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