Sage Barista Express Coffee machine

downtheroad

Muahahaha wrote: »

No nothing you have to do. Some hoppers on grinders have a small plastic slider that you can use so you finish one batch before starting the next. But it doesnt really matter as youd only have 1 or 2 cups max with a mixture of the beans.

More importantly is to clean out your grinder about every 6 weeks if using it daily as coffee oils build up inside the burrs. Puly caff is a good brand for powder to clean it, you just run a sachet or spoonful through the grinder and then go again with a fresh bag of beans, discarding the first lot of coffee that comes through it after cleaning.

Any physical store stocking this Puly Caff powder or do you buy it online? Also do you use it for cleaning the machine with the porta filter and rubber stopper?

Fr_Dougal

heratio wrote: »

I usually get the Ethiopian beans, not freshly roasted you can pay extra for that, I just got the green beans from discount coffee with the intention of buying the roaster before Christmas.

Which roaster and you planning on going for? Mine died and is no longer available.

heratio

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Which roaster and you planning on going for? Mine died and is no longer available.

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Waiting for it to be available on prime was last week.

Muahahaha

downtheroad wrote: »

Any physical store stocking this Puly Caff powder or do you buy it online? Also do you use it for cleaning the machine with the porta filter and rubber stopper?

Ive never seen a bricks and mortar shop stocking it but there might be one out there. I order mine from ebay.

Cleaning the grinder and cleaning the coffee machine are two different things. With grinders you just put the Pulycaff powder through it and grind it so it cleans the burrs. With cleaning coffee machines you need to back flush them using whats called a blind filter disc. There are specialist powders for back flushing coffee machines, again Pulycaff is the most widely used brand. The portafilter and discs should also be cleaned by soaking in this powder mixed with warm water. This removes build up of coffee oils which are really stubborn over prolonged use and will effect the taste of the coffee severely if left to build up.

On top of this coffee machines also need descaling from time to time. This is to prevent the build up of lime and calcium. Descaling can be done with either specialist powders or a much cheaper way is to use a dilute solution of citric acid and warm water. You can get 100g of citric acid in Asian food shops for about 1.50. If you live in a hard water area regular descaling is important as coffee machines do not like limescale. This is what the boiler inside will look like after a while if you do not descale it, absolutely manky and it will make any coffee taste off



There is lots of good coffee machine specific instructions on cleaning (and lots of others things) over on www.coffeeforums.co.uk You'll find videos on Youtube of how to do it too. Its really important to implement a cleaning regime with coffee machines and to stick to it. Theres no point having an expensive coffee machine that then dispenses sh1t coffee because all the internal parts are filthy dirty inside.

Paddy223

In regards to the Sage Barista Express. I was trying it out today and following the instructions I switched my grind to 8 and my dose to medium. My shot wasn't great though and the creme went quick. Anyone know how to correct this? I'm also getting a wee bit of wastage too..

Tuhula

nhur wrote: »

Was waiting ages for the price to drop and finally got one... Still tweaking the settings to get the most out of the beans... Any tips on what order to adjust settings?

Sorry to dig up an old thread, hoping to get one in black friday sales.. can I ask where you got ours and how much?

raytaxi

I got one off vela coffee roasters, seen deal on amazon that was cheap think 400 stg deal of the day

WezzyB

Same here, have asked for one for chrimbo, it was 400 on prime day, should have pulled the trigger then, sick of capsules, I've put a watch on the price at camelcamelcamel

nhur

Tuhula wrote: »

Sorry to dig up an old thread, hoping to get one in black friday sales.. can I ask where you got ours and how much?

amazon - like the others - waited for the price to drop to a reasonable level... if you look on pricespy or camelcamelcamel you can find a graph of the price history.. think i got mine for a little under 400 GBP...



and I've been using CoffeeAngel beans (Forsa Gala)... grind fineness at about 3, coffee volume dial set to about 1 o'clock... double setting on both grind and pour. Took me a while to get the balance right for the beans ('dialling in') .. to do this there are a number of steps and approaches but the ultimate goal is to have the coffee pour like honey. I found with those beans I had to tamp quite heavily and was aiming for the pressure gauge to be close to max.