The Beginner’s Guide to Coffee Machine Maintenance

30 Minutes of Hoffmann calling me dirty is exactly what I needed today.

You presume that maintenance is a boring topic to me? I’m coming fresh from an hour long video about the functioning of a dishwasher. Do carry on

Learned a new Acronym today - RTFM = Read the Manual

12:37 "you know who you are" saw deep into my soul and I am ashamed 😔

As a Northerner that spent a few years living in London, my heart goes out to all there. The water is just calcium carbonate, with a little added water.

I was staying with my dad after he had surgery and I noticed that the portafilter of his premillenium la pavona was looking pretty dirty so I tried to clean it... Cut to 3 hours later, we have the machine in pieces and have chipped and polished away probably 30 years worth of coffee particles using his dremel tool. Everything that moved got a bit of vegetable oil lubrication and we put it back together. I heard him get up around 5am to make coffee, because he was so excited to see what difference it made. He has been struggling for years to pull a really good shot, adding thermostats and pressure gauges, playing with the grind... he takes a sip an exclaims "this is best shot I've ever had from that machine!!!" I wish I'd tried it before and after now.

I love how James Hoffman is able to be so polite while he's also being super sassy

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I ran a student run cafe in university as an engineering student. This video makes my heart so happy, as during my time I implemented a comprehensive PM program and documented all maintenance procedures for all of our equipment. Lots of late nights spent disassembling and cleaning the equipment that had not been maintained for years. Group head gaskets were hard as rocks.

I don't know why I'm watching this, I only have a french press