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  • I give up on utfs and Google. Help me coffee geeks. Why do I often end up with a soggy espresso puck after brewing? Cleaned everything, machine backflushes as it should, tested different grinds and doses etc. Quite often it's like mud when I remove the handle.

  • On my Gaggia Classic I found that puck sogginess depends on coffee volume, eg with 20 gr in a bottomless portafilter (that leaves ~ half of the basket empty when tamped) the puck is soggy and with the same dose in a smaller basket the puck is much drier. I also found that the coffee tasted good anyway so stopped worrying about it. (but what do I know?)

  • Aim for 18-20g of coffee in the portafilter, ground fine enough so that it extracts on 25-35 seconds.

    A soggy puck probably indicates too little coffee or ground a bit course.

  • I also found that the coffee tasted good anyway so stopped worrying about it.

    This!

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