Hello everyone,
I've recently made the jump into home espresso after switching from a fully automatic machine to a Lelit PL41TEMD and Lelit PL43MMI grinder, so far I'm really enjoying the experience and have been making some very formidable drinks.
However, I've noticed that sometimes when I'm steaming the milk, there will be a pop sound kind of like a bottle bursting from pressure and there will be a small puff of steam out of the group head. I'm not quite sure what it is, but is it something I should worry about? Am I supposed to open the steam valve the whole way when steaming? Generally I open it about 3 turns and it seems to get to the maximum steam level; turning the value further doesn't seem to add any more steam and is a nuisance to turn off when I'm done steaming. Also, on the last few shots of coffee I've been getting a very wet puck which causes the puck to stick to the group head when I take off the porta filter, to remedy it, I do a small jiggle to make it fall into the basket and then rinse it with the pump quickly before moving on to steaming, I've heard that it may be normal depending on the beans but is it possible that its related to the popping sound if there's something wrong with the value which dries the puck?
I tried to search a bit online without any luck, perhaps somebody here might be able to tell me if they've experienced something similar?
The PID is set at 95 for espresso and 125 for steam.
Thanks everybody in advance!
I've recently made the jump into home espresso after switching from a fully automatic machine to a Lelit PL41TEMD and Lelit PL43MMI grinder, so far I'm really enjoying the experience and have been making some very formidable drinks.
However, I've noticed that sometimes when I'm steaming the milk, there will be a pop sound kind of like a bottle bursting from pressure and there will be a small puff of steam out of the group head. I'm not quite sure what it is, but is it something I should worry about? Am I supposed to open the steam valve the whole way when steaming? Generally I open it about 3 turns and it seems to get to the maximum steam level; turning the value further doesn't seem to add any more steam and is a nuisance to turn off when I'm done steaming. Also, on the last few shots of coffee I've been getting a very wet puck which causes the puck to stick to the group head when I take off the porta filter, to remedy it, I do a small jiggle to make it fall into the basket and then rinse it with the pump quickly before moving on to steaming, I've heard that it may be normal depending on the beans but is it possible that its related to the popping sound if there's something wrong with the value which dries the puck?
I tried to search a bit online without any luck, perhaps somebody here might be able to tell me if they've experienced something similar?
The PID is set at 95 for espresso and 125 for steam.
Thanks everybody in advance!



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