The story starts off with me noticing that recently while pulling shots of espresso, the espresso machine has been getting slower at extracting the shots. I adjusted the grinder about 30% and that seem to have fixed the problem. Because the grinder is a conical burr grinder it shouldn’t get clogged. However, I wanted to take it apart to clean it and see how it all was put together. I didn’t get a chance to take the grinder apart because it had more parts …

So here we have a Delonghi Magnifica super automatic espresso machine. This is one beautiful piece of machinery. I’m not saying this because of its aesthetic characteristics but because of how well it performs. After using a manual machine with a blade-type grinder to make espresso every morning, upgrading to a super automatic is like a dream come true!
Many espresso/coffee purists would say that a super automatic machine is akin to taking a Geo Metro and putting tires from a Ferrari on it hoping for Ferrari-like performance. …