Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Anyone else have haunted espresso machine? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by kattsmeow17
My stores mastriana is so screwy it will be fine shots pulling 18-23 all day then suddenly it will pull a 40+ and just keep up that trend for a while. I'm trying to figure out what the trigger is. The only thing I can think is my h2o reservoir got depleted and isn't supplying as fast but I'm pretty sure it let's you know when it isn't filling as fast. Y'all have any idea what it could be?
sbucksbarista 6 points 3y ago
My store has the same problem. What I’ve found that works to bring it back down is queue a double shot, rinse, another double shot, rinse, another double shot. That should trigger it to adjust the grinds either coarser or finer to get the time back down.
kattsmeow17 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I'll try it were following text book adjustment procedure though.
lovesmalamutes 6 points 3y ago
No clue. That’s when I call facilities and pray to every deity ever imagined that they send the good tech who knows what he’s doing, rather than the tech who’s the opposite, to fix it.
kattsmeow17 [OP] 4 points 3y ago
Ya mine never do I think all the good ones keep leaving.
lovesmalamutes 2 points 3y ago
Ours is about 50-50 on which one they send. The not-good one is so ugh that all the shifts and the SM cringe when we see him walk in, and go straight to the conclusion that we’re going to be calling facilities again for the same problem in short order because he’s not going to actually fix it properly.
accordingtocharlie 3 points 3y ago
It's the weather
kattsmeow17 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
That's what the last repair guy said. Sounds like a crock though. I mean our weather is super dry 90% of the time but I don't think that 30% is really going to make much of difference.
quality_reading 2 points 3y ago
Is it possible that someone cranked the grit while it was pulling a shot? I know that can break the machine permanently.
kattsmeow17 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Could be but it will get back to correct pull time eventually.
accordingtocharlie 2 points 3y ago
It totally does. Ambient temperature changes in the cafe, barometric pressure of the atmosphere, weather systems in the area. If it's a low pressure system, you want a fiber grind vs high pressure needing a coarser grind. It's wild!!
sdrawrof0323 2 points 3y ago
Was trying to calibrate my machine and it started at 8 seconds and finally got to 16 than a minute later was pulling 8 second shots again
kattsmeow17 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
It's like thing 1 and thing 2 they just do the opposite of what you tell them.
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