Hey guys
So recently I got my hands on a spare portafilter for my Sunbeam EM7000 and converted it to a naked portafilter. Before this I was always measuring the shot through weight and time. Using fresh beans and all, I was pretty shocked to see how terrible it was coming out. It was spitting everywhere! I tried to adjust the grind, dose, pre-infusion settings, distribution techniques -- everything and nothing changed.
Luckily, the guy who sold me the portafilter also just gave me his EM6910 with it which I was going to just give away. However, I decided to pull a shot on it using the same settings as my EM7000 and my god did it come out perfectly. No signs of uneven distribution and a nice thick crema came pouring out.
Just to be sure I did this 3 times on each machine. All 3 times, with exact same techniques and settings, the EM6910 pours perfectly and the EM7000 came out like a tragedy. Unfortunately the EM6910 suffers from me having to really tighten the PF on or it leaks (a common collar issue it seems) so my preference would be to continue using the EM7000.
Is there something faulty with my EM7000? Has anyone else had experience using a naked PF on one or ever compared it with an EM6910?
So recently I got my hands on a spare portafilter for my Sunbeam EM7000 and converted it to a naked portafilter. Before this I was always measuring the shot through weight and time. Using fresh beans and all, I was pretty shocked to see how terrible it was coming out. It was spitting everywhere! I tried to adjust the grind, dose, pre-infusion settings, distribution techniques -- everything and nothing changed.
Luckily, the guy who sold me the portafilter also just gave me his EM6910 with it which I was going to just give away. However, I decided to pull a shot on it using the same settings as my EM7000 and my god did it come out perfectly. No signs of uneven distribution and a nice thick crema came pouring out.
Just to be sure I did this 3 times on each machine. All 3 times, with exact same techniques and settings, the EM6910 pours perfectly and the EM7000 came out like a tragedy. Unfortunately the EM6910 suffers from me having to really tighten the PF on or it leaks (a common collar issue it seems) so my preference would be to continue using the EM7000.
Is there something faulty with my EM7000? Has anyone else had experience using a naked PF on one or ever compared it with an EM6910?



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