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Permalink Reply by Matthew Gasaway on February 16, 2009 at 6:09pm

What kind of baskets are you using? Doubles or triples?

If it's dripping too slow that means that water isn't getting through the puck fast enough.

What color is the espresso when it starts? and how fast does it take to turn a Blonde color?


Oh and another thing...how old is the spro you're using? One time I had a lot of trouble pulling De-caf shots. It would come out slow like you described no matter the grind. Turned out the spro was really old. All the oils had essentially evaporated out of the bean leaving nothing to really extract.

As for the drip tray, That happens to my stores machine if I try to back flush an excessive amount. The drain hole isn't big enough so when mass water goes down it goes everywhere.

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Permalink Reply by JULIE on February 17, 2009 at 6:42am

Using double baskets......water not getting through the puck fast enough? Is that something that the espresso tech can adjust?

Matthew Gasaway said:

What kind of baskets are you using? Doubles or triples?

If it's dripping too slow that means that water isn't getting through the puck fast enough.

What color is the espresso when it starts? and how fast does it take to turn a Blonde color?


Oh and another thing...how old is the spro you're using? One time I had a lot of trouble pulling De-caf shots. It would come out slow like you described no matter the grind. Turned out the spro was really old. All the oils had essentially evaporated out of the bean leaving nothing to really extract.

As for the drip tray, That happens to my stores machine if I try to back flush an excessive amount. The drain hole isn't big enough so when mass water goes down it goes everywhere.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Gasaway on February 17, 2009 at 7:09pm

if the water isn't getting through the esspresso fast enough it usually means the grind is way too fine.
But this doesnt sound like the case.

Check the age of your espresso.

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Permalink Reply by Vino on February 17, 2009 at 7:42pm

First let your machine install and check by qualified technician, also let the experience barista handle and calibrated the grind to espresso machine,check also the bioler and water pressure from gauge and how it work, beacause there's alot of factor before you will see what really the problem..and don't get frustrated this will test you for being a coffee lover..hehehe,hope it will help..TC

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Permalink Reply by JULIE on February 20, 2009 at 8:15am

Espresso was old.......tried new, works good. Thanks.

Vino said:

First let your machine install and check by qualified technician, also let the experience barista handle and calibrated the grind to espresso machine,check also the bioler and water pressure from gauge and how it work, beacause there's alot of factor before you will see what really the problem..and don't get frustrated this will test you for being a coffee lover..hehehe,hope it will help..TC

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Permalink Reply by Bill Warnock on February 24, 2009 at 5:37pm

on the issue with the water after back flushing your having. does your drip tray have holes that correspond with how many groups you have? if so your drip tray maybe backwards make sure the holes are in the back some groups drain down with out tubing in to the tray, not sure how cimbaili's are never seen one but from what your saying and what the person you talked to is saying im guessing they look like a astoria or cma brew valve which just drian in to the drip tray after the valve is closed during back flush some machines that have a mechanical actuated valve normally single groups where the group and valve are exposed you can see is during a back flush
with i could think of the names of a machine like this but i normally don't work on single groups so im bad with names of'em

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