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Cleaning my espresso machine - the piston

Postby bramespresso on Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:12 pm

How do best clean the portafilter of my machine (Vibiemme Domobar) ?
It is blackened inside...
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Postby Bluecold on Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:38 pm

A piston isn't a portafilter. For some reason it's slipped in Dutch verbiage that a portafilter is called 'piston' Which it is not. A piston in Dutch is a kind of trumpet. You should buy some Joe Glo or Cafiza. And you should read up on cleaning schedules.
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Postby HB on Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:43 pm

bramespresso wrote:How do best clean the portafilter of my machine (Vibiemme Domobar) ?
It is blackened inside...

The article Espresso Machine Cleaning - Why, How, and When covers this topic:

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Also see the article feedback for related topics.
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