EspressoForge wrote:Guess I'll be the first one to say...don't put in sugar, or milk, or both! Steamed milk is already so sweet to me to begin with...

Each should do as the individual prefers.

Of course I was mostly joking, put sugar if you like! It was mostly a response to "what can I do to avoid this?"

I am using 3% fat milk which worked fined until recently. I suspect something happened.
A few days ago I had to descale the machine since it started to show signs of calcification and brew lever became hard to move. Descaling went fine and brew lever is again working smoothly.

Is it possible scale (or descale) is causing this?