Gaggia Titanium Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
If the machine is functioning well and I'm not using oily beans, how often should I clean out the grinder?
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Gaggia Titanium Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
If the machine is functioning well and I'm not using oily beans, how often should I clean out the grinder?
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mjackson ♦ Lisa,
Good question and hard to answer. I would say about every three to four months would be adequate. It is easy to do with that machine and is a great way to keep you machinery making great coffee and running well.
Chelsea Wessel Sloan
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at 05-25-2013 10:53am
Gaggia Titanium Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
I just got a refurbished gaggia titanium. For some reason decaf coffee from either the grinder or the bypass is weak and/or watery. I've cranked up the brew intensity gage and tried multiple beans with no luck. Is there just something about decaf?
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Another question: the panarello is no longer frothing. Milk boils and bubbles and doesn't expand. I cleaned the wand, including the little hole.
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SonnyCorinthos ♦ Your machine could be due for a descaling but I would recommend contacting our technical support team first to discuss further. 888-411-5282 option 3
Gaggia Titanium Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
I've been getting the "beans empty" alert quite often, so last night I did a complete cleaning, following your video instructions, including the recalibration. When I was done, I still got the error message. I kept adding beans and stirring them up, feeding them into the opening. I could see them going down into the grinder and could hear the grinder working. Still, no coffee. So, I took everything apart again, vacuumed out a huge amount of ground coffee and started over. Same story. I had to go through about a cup of beans before I ever got a single cup of coffee. I did recallibrate the knobs. Afterwards, I set the grind setting to 9 and the dosage to just past the mid point. I could see through the plastic that the gears were indeed moving. I had no problem making my coffee, this morning, but I just know that there's a huge amount of coffee grounds in there, now. What gives? What to do? I did notice that the problem seemed to start when a friend gave me a bag of French roasted beans. She also has a Gaggia, but a more advanced model, so maybe it's okay for hers, but not mine.
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techkathy Oily beans can clog up the grinder chute. They also get caught up in the hopper on the small black cap. The way the grinder is designed it needs to grind a certain amount of coffee in order to recognize that there are beans in the hopper. The coffee that is ground in the machine is passing through a small chute that leads to the front of the machine where the brew unit is located. If the machine is working fine now there is no need to panic.
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LisaMB It isn't working fine. :-( still getting "beans empty". I also noticed that the dredges are not nice puck shapes, anymore. Doing another full cleaning and switching back to Lavazza to see if the machine returns to normal.
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Sanfam ♦ If the pucks are inconsistently shaped and mushy, I'd suggest turning the grinder to a coarser setting--this could be a sign that the grinder is set too fine for the beans it is being fed. Bear in mind that a change typically takes two to three full grind-and-brew cycles to clear out any residual grounds.
Gaggia Titanium Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
Are all beans in the light to medium (and medium-dark) roast range non-oily? It seems that the extended roasting process is what brings the oils to the surface of the bean. I just want to be sure before I start experimenting with store-bought beans. Don't want to mess up the machine.
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techkathy In general light or medium roast beans do have a lower oil content.
Krish Guda
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at 03-20-2013 4:24pm
Gaggia Titanium Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
I like to have both espressos and regular coffees using this machine. How many ounces is a "caffe lungo" pre-programmed size on this machine? I looked at the manual and couldn't find anywhere.
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techkathy The "caffe lungo" is set to about 6 ounces. But you can reprogram the water volume to whatever you wish.
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Why does the screen say "dredgedrawer full" *after* I've emptied it out? I have to open everything up a second time, to reset the message.
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techkathy The message is based on a cup counter. The Titanium (and many other machines) count the number of coffees brewed in order to signal when the dreg drawer needs to be emptied. The cup counter is only reset while the machine is powered on. So you must remove the drawer when the unit is still on in order for the machine to clear the message.
Gaggia Titanium Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
Loving my new Titanium! I've been using the cappucinatore for the past few days. As of last night, it's sucking up the milk very slowly, and dispensing only warm milk, not froth. OTOH, the steam is billowing all around the cup. What am I doing wrong? I've been cleaning it between uses by running 1/2 cup of water through it, instead of milk.
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techkathy There is a small rubber grommet under the cap on the cappuccinatore that creates a seal (just like on the regular pannarello wand). Are you missing this piece? It is a black rubber ring.
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LisaMB Figured it out! The pin was firmly in place. I read here somewhere about using the pin to regulate the flow. So, I started playing with it, and out poured beautifully frothed milk! Meanwhile, I improved upon my pannarello skills...
Gaggia Titanium Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
I just got a titanium. I raised the temp to high, the fourth of the five choices, from medium, the middle of the five. My wife thought that made the coffee taste more bitter. I guess if I raise the output temperature, which I like, that raises the coffee grind soaking/brewing temperature too. Is that true? Does that make the coffee more bitter? A workmate suggested I set the temp to Low and just put the cup in the microwave after, for the least bitter coffee. What's the relationship between the five temperature settings and the coffee taste/bitterness?
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A A Robert,
The taste of the coffee is going to rely on a lot of things. The beans, the grind, the temp, the extraction and so on. The best thing about the titanium is that it has so many features, you really can fine tune the drink to taste how you like it! One very under used step is pre heating the cup. When hot coffee hits a cold cup, it gets shocked and can produce a bitter coffee. Try preheating your cup (Either with the active cup warmer, with hot water, or in the microwave) then brewing your shot into that. Let us know how it goes!
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techkathy If the grinder is functioning properly then you really don't need to clean it.
06-18-2013 11:08am |