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I recently came into possesion of a Gran Gaggia (parents have had it kicking about for ages and I nabbed it). It's a pretty low-end machine but it'll do as an interim before I buy a better one next year.
A few questions.
I had a bag of ACS coffee that was ground for a stove-top pot in April. I bought quite a bit of it and haven't finished it yet so I used that. Result: no crema, blonding after only a few seconds.
I then, last night, bought a red label pot of Illy coffee from Tesco. Result: crema but still blonding after about 20 seconds.
I've got a very rubbish tamper so I think I'll get a nicer one (any suggestions) but what are the opinions with the grind? I thought that the red label Illy stuff would be a good grind but it still seems a bit coarse.
Another question. Is there any benefit in taking off the group head and cleaning it?
And, what dosage should I use? I'm just guessing really.