Descaling the gaggia classic #2

[Slick]

Morning!!
Did this first thing. Cleaned shower screen. Cleaned portafilter.
Took out the plastic crema enhancer gaggia put there.
Prepped a shot.
No blonding. Better crema. Better taste. A little slow. Over tamped.
Prepped second shot less tamp pressure.
Great 2 oz shot in 25 seconds. Lovely even crema again.
Made it into a cappulatte.
Overheated milk slighty.
Wand producing lots more steam!!l
All good.
Cheers
Slimbo.

 

[Boab]

RE: Descaling the gaggia classic

I bulk buy the cheapest still bottled water I can find at the supermarket, saves the issue of having to descale.

 

[antdad]

RE: Descaling the gaggia classic

Not entirely, just less frequently as some mineral waters can be just as hard as tap.

 

[Boab]

RE: Descaling the gaggia classic

Ah but I use Peckham Spring and it has no calcium in it. innit

 

[antdad]

RE: Descaling the gaggia classic

Plonker...I went to look up Peckham Spring didn't I?

Magnesium too btw.

 

[Pig Cat]

RE: Descaling the gaggia classic

I use Arab Spring. It's quite new.

 

[Boab]

RE: Descaling the gaggia classic

 

[Slick]

RE: Descaling the gaggia classic

Ha ha!!
Peckham Spring,
You plonker Rodney.
That has to worth a prize of some sort....

 

[Slick]

RE: Descaling the gaggia classic

Today the classic stopped working.....
no water through head.
Tho did get normal flow through wand...
Oh S*%t!
Google.......try de-scaling before any repairs.
I did.
It works!!
It will need doing every couple of months.
I live in a fantastically hard water area BTW,
Cheers
Timbo

 

[pedro083]

Buy a brita filter jug thing, you are in the hole so much now whats a couple more quid hell why no get a softener fitted to your tap:s

I de-scaled mine last week but as my water is so soft it was actually rather disappointing as there was nothing there.