So the mother (upgraded?) to a Nespresso machine about a year ago and left her barely used EM6910 gathering dust in the spare room.
I decided to ask If I could have it and get it up and running for myself. She said the last time she used it no water / coffee came out and she assumed it had died or needed servicing (hence getting the nespresso)...
Anyway I plugged it in and switched it on, ran a descale and had the same issue, no water coming out... managed to fix this by purging the hot water for about 2 minutes (after lots of spluttering and weird sounds it finally started to kick back in).... But then I did some research and came across this site where I found lots of tips and tricks on pulling it apart and cleaning the shower screen and brew head (yuck that was pretty filthy - but I scrubbed it well clean).
Got all that done and then ran about 4 litres of fresh water through the machine to give it a good clean.
Made my first few cups of coffee which were not that bad, but I could still smell that kind of stale old coffee smell coming from somewhere... is this normal and will eventually go away? Or do I need to clean further? I've scrubbed and soaked just about everything that looked like it had old coffee / stains on it and everything has come up pretty nice so I'm stumped as to what it is?
Lastly the other question I have is about brewing... I've tried 2 different types of pre-ground coffee from a well known coffee shop in Adelaide (the first was too course, second much better) But no matter how much or how little coffee I use, hard soft or how hard I tamp or how over or under I dose, I keep getting similar brew results (have made about 10-20 tests now)... they are all quite "fast". I've seen some videos online where the brew pours out really slowly and thick and creamy... all of mine start brewing VERY dark black for the first few seconds and then a golden crema starts to form but its all pouring out quite fast.... and every brew has had a bitter smell to it (the taste is fine and acceptable - but I think it could be better)... and as for the Gauge thing on the machine, I've had it range from under to over to even perfectly in the middle with not much difference. Actually, having said that I did once pack it down real hard and over dose and that produced a slow pour but it was really black and dark and bitter, and the puck was super hard and dry... so that was obviously well over.
I've also tried the Dual filter as well as the single (both double sizes) and not much difference there either...
After reading on here the next step is to go out and buy a grinder and try super fresh coffee... But I just cant see how the freshness would make THAT much of a difference??
Can anyone shed some light or provide some tips? I'm happy to film a brew to show what Im getting so people can have a look.
Really keen to get this machine up and running perfectly!
I decided to ask If I could have it and get it up and running for myself. She said the last time she used it no water / coffee came out and she assumed it had died or needed servicing (hence getting the nespresso)...
Anyway I plugged it in and switched it on, ran a descale and had the same issue, no water coming out... managed to fix this by purging the hot water for about 2 minutes (after lots of spluttering and weird sounds it finally started to kick back in).... But then I did some research and came across this site where I found lots of tips and tricks on pulling it apart and cleaning the shower screen and brew head (yuck that was pretty filthy - but I scrubbed it well clean).
Got all that done and then ran about 4 litres of fresh water through the machine to give it a good clean.
Made my first few cups of coffee which were not that bad, but I could still smell that kind of stale old coffee smell coming from somewhere... is this normal and will eventually go away? Or do I need to clean further? I've scrubbed and soaked just about everything that looked like it had old coffee / stains on it and everything has come up pretty nice so I'm stumped as to what it is?
Lastly the other question I have is about brewing... I've tried 2 different types of pre-ground coffee from a well known coffee shop in Adelaide (the first was too course, second much better) But no matter how much or how little coffee I use, hard soft or how hard I tamp or how over or under I dose, I keep getting similar brew results (have made about 10-20 tests now)... they are all quite "fast". I've seen some videos online where the brew pours out really slowly and thick and creamy... all of mine start brewing VERY dark black for the first few seconds and then a golden crema starts to form but its all pouring out quite fast.... and every brew has had a bitter smell to it (the taste is fine and acceptable - but I think it could be better)... and as for the Gauge thing on the machine, I've had it range from under to over to even perfectly in the middle with not much difference. Actually, having said that I did once pack it down real hard and over dose and that produced a slow pour but it was really black and dark and bitter, and the puck was super hard and dry... so that was obviously well over.
I've also tried the Dual filter as well as the single (both double sizes) and not much difference there either...
After reading on here the next step is to go out and buy a grinder and try super fresh coffee... But I just cant see how the freshness would make THAT much of a difference??
Can anyone shed some light or provide some tips? I'm happy to film a brew to show what Im getting so people can have a look.
Really keen to get this machine up and running perfectly!

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