How to clean your espresso machine
Cleaning your espresso machine is really important. You are not able to get great tasting espresso if you don't clean your espresso machine properly and daily! Let's check the cleaning instructions.
Step 1:
Remove the portafilters from the group heads.
Brush the group heads with cleaning brush to get rid of the used coffee particles that are stuck in the group head.
Step 2:
Replace the portafilter’s brewing baskets with blind baskets.
Dose a half teaspoon of espresso machine cleaning powder (such as Puly) to the blind baskets.
Insert the portafilter´s to the group heads.
Step 3:
Run the water from group head for 10 seconds.
Wait 3 seconds and put the water run again.
Continue doing this for 3 times (3 x 10sec with 3sec pauses).
Remove the portafilters from the group heads and flush the cleaning powder away with water.
Step 4:
Brush the group heads again just make sure that there is no coffee particles left.
Insert the rinsed portafilters to the group heads again.
Repeat the 5 x 5 sec. procedure.
Remove the portafilters from the group heads and run some water from the group heads.
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How to clean portafiltersPut the portafilters and baskets in a metal bowl. Dose one tablespoon of the espresso machine cleaning powder (Puly Cleaning powder) into the bowl. Fill the bowl with hot water so that all the metal parts of the portafilters are under water. Don’t sink the portafilters’ plastic handles under water. Let them simmer for about 10-15 minutes. Take the portafilters and baskets out of the water and wash them with hot water and a brush. Put the baskets back to the portafilters.
How to clean steam wandRoll the head of steam wand off and soak in Puly water (Puly Cleaning Powder) with other gadgets.
Brush and rinse it well.
Clean the wand with a cloth.
How to clean group head shower screensUnscrew the screw that holding the shower screen.
Simmer three parts; shower screen, metal plate and the screw in hot water and cleaning powder for 10-15 minutes.
Brush the parts after simmering and place back to group head.
How to clean grinderGrindz ( Urnex Grindz Cleaning pellets ) is an easy way to remove the coffee oil from the grinder.
Remove beans to separate container for cleaning.
Grind all the left-over beans.
Add Grindz tablets to the grinder, and grind like normal beans.
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