Have you removed the shower screen and given that a clean?

descaled the machine?

does the drip tray fill with water while trying to pull the shot (more so than it normally does)

 

@Jarvdb
Thanks for the advice.

I removed screen and gave it a clean. It was a little dusty and have coffee stains on the reverse side. As i had run our of beans, I also purchased a new brand of coffee beans. It has since, picked up pressure and seems to be dispensing better.

However, i find sometimes it struggles (slowly and a reduced amount) to dispense coffee even though the pressure is reaching inbetween the appropriate levels. So in this scenario, i pressed the button again and it dispensed as expected suggesting the grind size may be affecting it? I have switched the grind size from fine to coarse and vice versa and there have been some notable differences. That said, i didnt have to faff around with the machine for the first 12 months or so, its been moreso the case in the past 4-5 months.

Could there still be an underlying issue?

 

What coffee are you using? When was it roasted?

How many grams are you dosing?

What basket are you using?

If the answer is not freshly roasted (within a few weeks), unpressurized basket and dosed to 18-19g then herein lies the problem 🙂

 

@MartinB
I'm currently using Löfbergs' Brazil coffee, so definitely not freshly roasted. I don't know the exact grams being dosed as i'm relying on the manual knob on the machine for dose size. And it is a pressurised basket.

 

Hi folks, any advice on this? I'm still having issues whilst the machine dispenses coffee. Usually, the second time i press the dispense button, it gets me to a reasonable measure but is there anything else i can service or diagnose?

And any recommendations where i can purchase freshly roasted coffee whether online or local roasteries? I'm in the RM6 (Essex) postcode. Thanks.

 

hi mate, have you tried resetting the auto dosing? You can do this by pressing in the manual dosing button/knob and the basket selector (the two next to the lights for the the dosage) for roughly 4 or 5 seconds

A couple of tips

make sure you have double basket selected should give you roughly 18g but different beans will grind at different quantities the machine remembers what it dosed last and goes with that also use the razor tool too clean the puck after tamping and blow of loose grinds

use pressurised basket for non “coffee shop” beans anything with a best before rather than roasted on date.

There are loads of roasters part of the fun of coffee is finding what you like I have went from dark espresso to mostly drinking lightly roasted pour over now. Find a good medium roast espresso blend to get used to the machine and then when there experiment

this is worth working through as full of useful advice

good luck