Hi everyone, been lurking for a while.
I know there's approximately 978438602 threads on how to make a coffee and on the BES8XX range, but I've read through a lot and yet I haven't been able to extract a single decent coffee out of it, and it always comes out bitter.
It's my parent's machine, so this is only coming up now although they've had it for 8 months.
This has been with both supermarket beans (Vittoria coffee, Lavazza etc) and fresh beans (I currently have a Gesha coffee - Brazil pack) all yelding similar results.
The coffee always comes out bitter.
The best combination I've found is with:
Having tried pretty much ALL settings, regular maintenace and coffees (Supermarket, Fresh beans, Dark roast, light roast etc) it still tastes runny and bitter and has since day 1.
At best I get a little more crema with the fresh beans, but still taste awful.
I did bring it to David Jones last month to get it checked, but after having someone come in the shop, they called me and said the Breville guy said there was nothing wrong with it. Apparently they were going to tell me about the next time a rep was there so they could show us through it.
My question is: do I suck at making coffee, or could there be something wrong with the machine?
I can take pictures / provide more info if anyone needs.
Any advice is really appreciated! Thanks
I know there's approximately 978438602 threads on how to make a coffee and on the BES8XX range, but I've read through a lot and yet I haven't been able to extract a single decent coffee out of it, and it always comes out bitter.
It's my parent's machine, so this is only coming up now although they've had it for 8 months.
This has been with both supermarket beans (Vittoria coffee, Lavazza etc) and fresh beans (I currently have a Gesha coffee - Brazil pack) all yelding similar results.
The coffee always comes out bitter.
The best combination I've found is with:
- Grind settings 3 or 4 (4 already requires a fair bit more force than the 5-20kg to reach the espresso pressure range).
- Standard heat setting (tried -1c and +1c, not much difference. Coffee never seems quite hot enough though, although I would describe it tasting 'burnt')
- Manual dosing - because the auto, even on the lowest setting, still makes excess ground coffee (with all coffees I've tried)
Having tried pretty much ALL settings, regular maintenace and coffees (Supermarket, Fresh beans, Dark roast, light roast etc) it still tastes runny and bitter and has since day 1.
At best I get a little more crema with the fresh beans, but still taste awful.
I did bring it to David Jones last month to get it checked, but after having someone come in the shop, they called me and said the Breville guy said there was nothing wrong with it. Apparently they were going to tell me about the next time a rep was there so they could show us through it.
My question is: do I suck at making coffee, or could there be something wrong with the machine?
I can take pictures / provide more info if anyone needs.
Any advice is really appreciated! Thanks

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