Gaggia Platinum Vision Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
If the bean grinding process gets disturbed for any reason (runs out beans mid-process, beans don't slide into blades, etc.) the machine will dump out whatever was grinded without dispensing any espresso and returns to the "waiting' state, like nothing happened, like no buttons were ever pushed. In other words, it wastes what already was ground, be it 4,5 or more grams. Is this the machine's nature or am I missing a setting or adjustment? Otherwise, this is a great machine. It just seems funny that my prior, 7 yr old Dig Synch Gaggia was able to realize it ran out of beans and patiently waited till I poured more in the hopper and started grinding again..no waste.
0
Vote
techkathy John,
The Platinum models don't do the same order of operations as the Synchrony or Titanium models. The old models used a switch actuator to sense how much ground coffee was in the chute. The grinder chute fills up until it pushes the ground coffee against the switch and then it moves to the brewing step. The Platinum models have a torque sensor that can sense when the grinder is using less force when the beans run out. The grinder chute drops the grounds directly into the brewing unit. When the Platinums get an error message (like the beans are empty) they will automatically cycle everything back to the starting position. This causes the coffee to be dumped out into the dreg drawer. Its really a safety feature in the machine so no hot water or steam sprays out anywhere incase something is wrong with the brew unit.
08-04-2010 4:27pm |