Cleaning. Yep. Not glam in the least. But my goal is to be familiar enough with cleaning my machine that it's just no big deal - I can do it without thinking.
As for flushing your machine, there's an on-the-cheap method here: http://www.coffeeco.com.au/articles/august2002.html
But when it comes to the steam wand. Hmm. Well, of course you've gotta thoroughly wipe it after every single use. But if yours is like mine, you also need to clear it with a pin nearly as often. If you can figure out how it comes apart, even better (the nozzle unscrews on mine).
So, clean. The fewer things you can blame your machine for, the better :)
2 comments:
Apparently especially for the hard water in Sydney, a demineraliser is good.
My father-in-law uses the one you get at the supermarket for irons! He makes a superb coffee...
Thanks Fiona.
I think there's a big gain in preventing scale build-up, too.
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