Hey all,
I'm a big advocator of backflushing after each extraction, or extraction(s) if I have guests over. So I've grown accustomed to seeing a pool of water (normally with traces of grinds) filling roughly half of my blank disc after a 5-10sec wait for the brew pressure to build before I cut the lever. I normally rinse and repeat until there are little to no traces of grinds left in this pool of water before I'm contented with the cleanliness of the showerhead.
So until yesterday morning, I've noticed after my backflush routine that the pool of water in my blank disc has now been reduced to a puddle, and I could barely even tell if there are grinds in the water because there's siginificantly less of it now. Nothing else has changed, the water exits the drain chamber with the same amount of pressure as before. The waterflow from the showerhead seems consistent as well, but since I've never actually measured the water output I can't say for sure. My brew pressure still reads 9.25 bar and nothing seems amiss with my pressurestat either.
Perhaps there's nothing wrong with my machine; or perhaps this could be early symptoms of a possible pressure issue? I'm pedantic about the little details when it comes to coffee brewing (I bet most cs'ers here can sympathise), and when something strays from the norm, I tend to question it. Is this an unfounded fear? Or am I right in worrying that there might be something amiss?
Thanks for any help rendered in advance
I'm a big advocator of backflushing after each extraction, or extraction(s) if I have guests over. So I've grown accustomed to seeing a pool of water (normally with traces of grinds) filling roughly half of my blank disc after a 5-10sec wait for the brew pressure to build before I cut the lever. I normally rinse and repeat until there are little to no traces of grinds left in this pool of water before I'm contented with the cleanliness of the showerhead.
So until yesterday morning, I've noticed after my backflush routine that the pool of water in my blank disc has now been reduced to a puddle, and I could barely even tell if there are grinds in the water because there's siginificantly less of it now. Nothing else has changed, the water exits the drain chamber with the same amount of pressure as before. The waterflow from the showerhead seems consistent as well, but since I've never actually measured the water output I can't say for sure. My brew pressure still reads 9.25 bar and nothing seems amiss with my pressurestat either.
Perhaps there's nothing wrong with my machine; or perhaps this could be early symptoms of a possible pressure issue? I'm pedantic about the little details when it comes to coffee brewing (I bet most cs'ers here can sympathise), and when something strays from the norm, I tend to question it. Is this an unfounded fear? Or am I right in worrying that there might be something amiss?
Thanks for any help rendered in advance

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