Tech Tips

Keeping your equipment clean not only prevents damage to your machine, but it makes your coffee taste better too. It's easy, we'll show you how.

If we were to put together a list of the questions our customers most frequently ask, there’s a good chance portafilter-related ones would top the list. While many of your decisions...

Review of the Brew Grind burr for Baratza Sette series coffee grinders. Marc from Whole Latte Love reviews the BG accessory burr which fits all Sette grinders including the Sette...

Marc and Morgan from Whole Latte Love show you how to backflush a Gaggia Classic espresso machine.

Scale is the enemy of espresso machine boilers. It can clog plumbing and reduce heating efficiency resulting in problems like slow or no brew water flow and poor steaming performance.

If you are able to get steam and hot water through the steam arm, but are unable to get water through the brew head, this will show you how to...

Is the steam valve on your Gaggia Classic leaking excessively? Please read the entire instructions below!

So just how much power does a prosumer level espresso machine use? So I got our kilowatt power meter out and did some testing to find out how much energy...

Tino Franzini of Italian grinder manufacturer Ceado visits Whole Latte Love. Learn what it means to season the burrs of a coffee grinder.

So you’ve been thinking about purchasing a semi-automatic espresso machine for home use. You start your research and boom! out come a number of acronyms that do not make sense...

Well we all know winter is here, right? And with the exception of some states in the south and southwest, we are all feeling the chill. Not too fun, is...

The Milk Islands that you find on the Gaggia Platinum and the Saeco Talea machines are extremely impressive. The Milk Islands do an amazing job, you can get the milk...

Almost everybody who is looking to buy an espresso machine has been told that a machine with a 17 bar pump makes better espresso than a machine with a 15...

If you have a budget semi-automatic espresso machine, you pull a shot and remove the portafilter you may notice it’s like the machine sneezed out a messy, muddy mix of...

Learn how to achieve proper brew temperature on your heat exchanger espresso machine to avoid burning your coffee.

If it heats water, it creates scale. Call it calcification, lime scale...whatever you want but for home espresso and coffee makers it’s the stuff that clogs-up boilers and leads to...

Almost all fully automatic espresso machines have adjustable grind settings. Some have many and some have a a few. The settings can have a big impact on both the taste...

Marc and Morgan from Whole Latte Love interview Tino Franzini from Ceado about the difference between conical and flat burrs on Ceado coffee grinders.

Randy from Whole Latte Love explains what the removable brew group of an espresso machine is and shares tips on maintaining this important component.

Marc from Whole Latte Love shows you how to adjust brew pressure on a Profitec Pro 500 semi-automatic espresso machine.

Kathy from Whole Latte Love shows you how to clean and calibrate your Gaggia Titanium.

Learn how to reset the high limit switch on a Rancilio Epoca espresso machine.

Kayla and Kathy from Whole Latte Love walk you through changing the thermostats on the Gaggia Classic espresso machine.

Learn how to clean a group valve for a Gaggia Color, Dose or Pure espresso machine through this step-by-step video. We recommend the group head of your espresso machine be...