Master Tips - How to Maintain Coffee Machines

A coffee maker is one of the best investments a coffee lover can make. With the right care and maintenance, your espresso maker can continue to perform at its peak to provide you with quality coffee each time. Here are our master tips on how to maximise the lifespan of your espresso machine.

Study it and set up your coffee machine properly

The 1st step to ensuring your machine lasts is to start it correctly. Setting up your coffee machine correctly can help ensure you will not get caught in a tight spot later. While some coffee makers are plug-and-play machines, others might need more fine-tuning.

It also helps to know how to operate your machine correctly. You can do this by reading the manual, or if you prefer a more hands-on approach, by engaging the assistance of the live coffee advisor of your machine’s manufacturer who will guide you through the setup and features of your coffee maker through live video conferencing.

Requesting assistance from your coffee machine manufacturer is usually fairly easy – you can typically just book an appointment, talk about what machine you have, and wait for your session. During your session, the coffee advisor will usually answer all of your questions on setting up several features.

Clean your milk Carafe

While some coffee makers, like the Eversys Cameo model, have an automatic cleaning feature that kicks in after each use, you still need to manually clean your carafe when not in use. It is good to pour only the right amount of milk you need to reduce wastage, then wash your milk carafe after use.

As for the steam wand, you must clean it immediately with a damp washcloth after each operation to prevent the milk from drying up and crusting. This is not just hygienic, but will also prevent the steam wand from clogging up with solidified milk.

Empty your coffee bean container

In a similar vein as emptying and cleaning your carafe, you should do the same for your coffee bean container when not in use. If you use your coffee machine daily, this should not be too much of an issue as you will be emptying and refilling your coffee beans regularly to keep your supply fresh.

But if you know you are going to be away for a while or will not be using your espresso maker for an extended period, be sure to empty the bean storage while your unit is not in use.

Leaving beans in the bean container has 2 significant consequences – it compromises the quality of the coffee beans in the bean container and the decomposition of the beans will leave dark areas and a grimy layer at the bottom of the tank which can be difficult to clean.

Descale your Coffee Machine

Did you know that the type of water you use to make your coffee matters? Ideally, you should be using water that has a pH level of 6.5 – 7.5 to achieve a well-balanced coffee.

Tap water, while convenient, has several minerals like calcium and magnesium that not only affects we extraction and flavour of your coffee but also can accumulate over time and cause a buildup of limescale in your machine which can interfere with your coffee maker’s performance and the overall taste of your brew.

Prevent this from occurring and prolong the lifespan of your machine. Descaling your coffee maker is not as hard as it sounds. Caring for or maintaining your espresso machine is not expensive or difficult but it does need regular and consistent effort.

Make it a point to incorporate these steps in your daily, weekly, or monthly routines and you are good to go on your way to enjoying perfect coffee from your espresso machine for several years to come.

Why Choose Eversys Though?

Consistent Coffee Quality

The Extraction Time Control (ETC) is a software-based Quality Control System that gives the customer the ability to manage and control brand standards, through its intelligent algorithm, ensuring the highest Quality, Consistency and Reliability of each product. With multiple sites and regular turnover in staff, the consistency of the product can vary greatly. The ETC provides you with the ability to not only monitor but also to control and influence all of your key parameters remotely, providing a familiar customer experience.

In-Cup quality

Type in the dose of coffee you need, how much water to pass through, and a desired brewing time, hit calibrate, and the equipment will adjust the grinder to achieve this target. Also, the machine guides your operator on his daily routine by forcing recalibration every morning with the push of a single button. The self-calibration will tailor your coffee products to fit the bespoke nature of your business and ensure consistency of your in-cup quality time and again.

Technology

Eversys equipment is built in modules, ensuring rapid access for technical intervention with minimal downtime and reduced maintenance costs.

Eversys machines are equipped with two grinders allowing for two parallel recipes to be set up at a time, and you can even choose to dose some powder from each grinder and produce it through a singular extraction. The ventilation, which is set below the bean hoppers, drives out unwanted heat and moisture. Electronic control maintains consistency of product throughout the day.

The brewing chamber holds up to a significant 24 g of coffee, allowing for a wide range of brewing recipes. The Reverse extraction brewing system optimises powder efficiency as the espresso is produced.

The steam / water unit provides temperature consistency and unsurpassed productivity.

Milk is frothed with steam – like a traditional barista – through a set of reactors, ensuring optimal texture and taste.

The hydraulic module is dedicated to the sole production of coffee, 1.6 litres of water guarantee unfettered productivity.

E'levelling System

Automatic levelling is the ability to initiate a movement to the brew chamber, creates a vibration which enables the powder in the chamber to spread more evenly, which leads to a better, more consistent extraction. This movement is a replica of what the barista does- taps the portafilter, after grinding up fresh beans in order to render the powder more compact.

1.5-Step Programme

The Eversys 1.5 Step is a new milk option that allows you to create perfect milk-based products without having much training. The system automatically dispenses the frothed milk through the wand at the same time as the espresso is being poured into the cup. With the help of a perfectly textured milk, staff are then able to create latte art designs. Due to its proficient technology, the machine dispenses the correct quantity of milk each time, reducing wastage.

The Eversys e'API

Our API can synchronise automatically, read your ERP system and provide you with real time synchronised data. Furthermore, it can provide vendors access to P2P encryption used for mobile payments.

More Features...

1. Grinding

Eversys designed ceramic blades driven by a powerful yet quiet motor, whose heat is cleverly channelled away from the coffee beans, to maintain their quality, via a set of fans. Electronic control maintains consistency of product throughout the day, ensuring optimal extraction at all times.

2. e'Levelling & Tamping

Automatic Levelling is the ability to initiate a movement to the brewing chamber, create a vibration which enable the powder in the chamber to spread more evenly, which leads to a better, more consistent extraction. The 24 -gram brewing chamber to facilitate single cycle large beverages is controlled by electronic tamping to guarantee consistent quality.

3. Temperature control

Dedicated coffee boilers, separate from the water/ steam boiler, provide productivity and temperature stability, essential parts of in-cup quality.

4. Brewing

Reverse gravity extraction vertical infusion optimises powder efficiency as the espresso is produced.

5. Milk Frothing

Milk is frothed with steam in the one-step system, promoting flavour as well as texture, mirroring the barista experience.

6. Creating

All products are pre-programmed to be dispensed in a consistent and efficient manner, placing seamless productivity and quality at the forefront of the customer experience.