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  • #16
    Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

    Good to see your cleaning routine is already established, Victor.

    I used the electronic scales to weigh a scoopful of BEANS, and it is indeed 7 grams. However, when theyve been ground, the volume would obviously be much less. So you can appreciate that the 3.5 scoops of ground coffee you began with would have been way in excess of what the Siilvia should handle.

    Robusto

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    • #17
      Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

      Ha! I figured out what I was doing wrong...

      I wasnt refilling the boiler to capacity again after steaming milk... Everything seems to be falling into place now! RTFM....

      I just made two double lattes - one for my flatmate, and one for me. I managed to get good enough foam for art (albeit a little wobbly), but the milk still tastes like silvia. Did anyone else experience this with theirs? Will some sort of cleaning solution fix something like this?

      cheers,

      victor.

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      • #18
        Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

        Hi Victor,

        Re the unwanted taint from your steam wand....

        Its most likely due to remnants of the various machining and assembly processes at the Rancilio factory. All you most likely need to do, is to flush sufficient water through the steaming circuit until all tainting compounds have been removed.

        You could probably add some Citric Acid (2 teaspoons well mixed through) to a full reservoir of water and then run this through your Steam Wand using the Hot Water switch, not the Steam switch. Run a 100ml through at a time then let sit for 20 minutes or half-an-hour and repeat until the reservoir is empty.

        After that, refill the reservoir with clean fresh water and flush this through both the brew head and the steam wand and then refill and do again. This should have cleaned out any contaminants contributing to the flavour taint and then you just need to refill the reservoir a final time and start brewing. Hopefully, all will now be well

        Cheers,
        Mal.

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        • #19
          Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

          Originally posted by victor link=1138960778/15#16 date=1139212322
          but the milk still tastes like silvia. Did anyone else experience this with theirs? Will some sort of cleaning solution fix something like this?

          cheers,

          victor.
          Just to answer your question Victor, i noted NO... off or tainted tastes from silvia when new.
          i hope you find the reason, because it definately should not be occuring.
          Good Luck

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          • #20
            Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

            One other thing that *might* be worth a try:
            On the Silvia steam wand, the tip at the very end unscrews (or it does on mine anyway). It may be worth unscrewing it and then doing the flush. On the remote chance there is a miniscule piece of something in there to flush out, removing the tip will give it a bit more room to get out.

            *DSMD - (Dont Sue Me Disclaimer)*
            Be careful removing the tip as you could scratch or pinch it if you are too forceful.
            If you are in any doubt about doing it, then you probably shouldnt.

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            • #21
              Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

              Thanks for the tips guys, I have put quite a lot of water through that wand by now and it doesnt seem to have changed much. Ill try your suggestions after I go down the shops and get me some citric acid. I guess I could wrap a towel around the tip when I unscrew it so I dont scratch it ^_^

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              • #22
                Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

                re: the Taint

                I note from your post that you say you werent refilling the boiler after steaming. If the heating element has overheated on an insufficiently filled boiler, this may account for the off flavour.

                FJ

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                • #23
                  Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

                  Best to make it a habit of refilling the boiler when cold immediately after frst switching on. Run water through group until a steady stream emerges, and bleed a little from steam wand too.

                  Robusto

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                  • #24
                    Re: Welcome to my house Silvia!

                    That may be true FJ - I have not really experienced the taint for a while now. I think it went away about a week after i figured out that I needed to refill the boiler.

                    Regardless, I have also tried the cleanout with citric acid, but Im not sure exactly how well that has worked.

                    At least the taint has gone.

                    victor.

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