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Using Origin's Stronghold dark espresso blend and 18-19gish with my Mazzer Major.
Espresso is fine tbh. The portafilter needs a good half pint of blank shots through it to get it heated properly though in my experience, which I definitely not used to. I'm used to wild machines that run nice and hot like a La Pavoni!
My machine wouldn't let me bypass the cleaning (backflush) cycle yesterday morning - is there a way to override this? I know you can override the descale but not sure about backflush.
Take your shower screen off and clean it, also remove the shitty plastic disc in the portafilter if using stock.
Kalkhoff
I really like the very fast warmup.
How is the espresso though? What type of coffee are you using? With lighter roasts I'm wondering if the preset temperature is causing me issues. On the other hand I haven't run a cleaning cycle for... a while so maybe I ought to do that