Thanks mate. Thats the sort of insight i was looking for. And i was prepared to take the poorly constructed and cheap jibes from the likes of @glasagusban to get it.
Ta. Thatāll do me.
In true TFK fashion, dig in and show her the folly of her choice by buying and using one of these:
Still nicer coffee than those mass-marketed machines she signed you in to, simple stove-top coffee maker still the better option and sourced for about 20-30 quid.
The smugness will go well with coffee beans of your choice. Victory can be yours still.
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Best coffee youāll have is from one of these
Might be for the things I learned today thread.
But no matter what size takeaway coffee you choose, and most likely sit down sizes also, you get the same size shot of coffee. The extra is just filler, be it milk, water, latte, cappuccino or what not.
Starbucks and costa serve one, two or four shots of espresso in their small, medium or large americanos
My 3 year old bean to cup de longhi machine stopped working yday. Error message coming up that the water circuit is empty.
Iv followed the troubleshooting guide which suggests it was an airlock. That hasnāt worked. Next stop is descaling it but it wonāt even allow me access the descaling function
The obvious solution here is just buy a new machine but any other suggestions
Have you tried switching it off and on again?
I have pal
Ballcock is gone
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Did it come with a blind portafilter/basket? A solid one without the little holes that let the coffee through
I might be late on this but why canāt you descale it? Itās the obvious solution.
If you live in a high lime water area it might be best with units like those to feed them with clean pre-boiled water only. Easier said than done.
The only other advice is with units like that donāt bang then about. If they get a bang a bit of scale might drop off and clog a pipe or nozzle. Then it can be an almost impossible task, because the more you go at it, the worse it gets.
Best of luck getting it goingā¦
I did eventually manage to descale it. I am in a high lime area alright and had left it too long to descale
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How did you descale it? HOW???
I told a fib. I fucked off to Germany for a week with work and my wife figured out how to do it
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Thereās no shame in that.
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happened to my sageā¦
I believe i was advised to use the bottled Italian water from aldi/lidl by some connoisseur on here
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I think I suggested it.
No point buying nice coffee and not using proper water.
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Advice I took on board.
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