Posts Tagged ‘maintenance’How-To: Mavea Purity C Water Filter Installation
June 7th, 2011
Filtering your water is essential if you plan on plumbing in your espresso machine to a direct water line in your location. Without this, you run the risk of scale build-up that can only be removed by a professional taking apart the machine and physically removing the scale. How quickly this occurs will depend on [...]  Tech Tip: Portafilter Positioning
May 27th, 2011
When is it time to say when? We’re often asked where the portafilter should be in respect to the machine — at a 90 degree angle? 45 degree? A little over to the right? Every machine will be a little bit different and the key is to make sure that it feels snug. Additionally, you’ll [...] How To: Saeco Xelsis Maintenance
April 27th, 2011
Cleanliness is next to godliness — or so we’ve read, anyway. But even heathens should remain committed to a tidy espresso machine because roughly 80% of the machines we repair come to us due to lack of regular maintenance. In this episode of Keep it Clean(tm), Gail walks us through the regular maintenance and care [...] Espresso Machine Maintenance with Urnex
April 15th, 2011
Keeping your equipment sparkling clean is just as important as the freshness of your coffee and dialing in your grind & tamp — in fact, without the former, the latter will be an exercise in futility. If we have to tell you that rancid coffee oils will adversely impact the quality of your shot, we’re [...] How To: Descaling the Saeco Vienna Plus Superautomatic
April 8th, 2011
This popular superautomatic is simple and straight forward to use, but we often get questions around how to care for it. In addition to regularly removing the brew group and spraying it down, cleaning the dregs box and the drip tray, you’ll need to descale the Vienna every 1 – 3 months (depending on the [...] Choosing a Filter for Jura Superautomatics
March 7th, 2011
With so many different model variations and filter options, we often hear from confused customers who don’t know which filter to purchase for their specific Jura machine. These can be a bit pricey, so purchasing the wrong filter can definitely make an unhappy dent in your wallet. Watch Gail go through the filters for each [...] Keeping You and Your Machine Healthy
February 4th, 2011
We’ve heard concerns from customers on whether or not they should worry about trace amounts of lead or metal poisoning within their machines’ boilers and parts. So we’re going to break down the makeup of particular metals that are housed within your unit to ease your mind — and your fears of caffeine withdrawal. Water [...] Crew Review: 1, 2, Brew Kit for Drip Coffee Makers
January 28th, 2011
As we wrote about last month, we now have this handy little cleaning supply + coffee kit tailored specifically for drip coffee lovers everywhere. Watch Gail take us through what’s included in this kit, provided by Urnex. New! 1, 2, Brew Kit for Drip Coffee Makers
December 27th, 2010
Roughly 80% of the machines that come into our repair center are having issues due to lack of regular maintenance, but keeping your machine tip-top also means your coffee will taste better as well. We know this and we hope you know this, but who really knows this (from a biased, albeit rather caring perspective) [...] Backflushing with Cafiza Tablets
December 13th, 2010
We have a wide array of cleaning products available — from descaler to milk frothing cleaner to backflushing detergent — and, admittedly, we sometimes get a little stuck in our ways. Machines with a three-way brew pressure release/solenoid valve (such as the Rancilio Silvia, La Spaziale machines, many of the Ascaso machines and any of [...] |
