Espresso Machine Maintenance and Reparation Video-course

Program of the course:

FIRST INSTALLATION

• The different types of machines: lever, heat exchange, Faema E61 Model, double boiler and multi boiler.
• Installing a new machine: wiring and tubing.
• How to regulate temperature and pressure of a professional machine. Extraction profiles.
• Setting the volumetric dose in semi automatic machines.
• Types of filters and competition shower heads.
• Introduction to the characteristics of water: measuring TDS, Hardness and Alkalinity.

SOLVING THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS

• Problems that depend on temperature and pressure.
• Basic troubleshooting (if this happens what could it be)
• Steam Wands: when to change the tip (and how many holes)

ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY MAINTENANCE

• Daily maintenance
• Descaling
• How to pull and replace shower heads and gaskets

THE COFFEE GRINDER

• Types of coffee grinders (on demand, dosing grinders, flat or conical burrs, steel or ceramic)
• How to replace old burrs in a grinder

THE HOME MACHINES

• Coffee in capsules machines: the different standards (Nespresso, Lavazza, Saeco and other hybrids) their maintenance and the most common problems.
• Paper pods machines, standards and troubleshooting
• Superautomatic machines: coffee grinder and integrated espresso machine. Different models, maintenance and more common problems