Do you do (The Portafilter jiggle)

Dry_bean.

The Portafilter jiggle is a habit I got into very early in my espresso career, a simple practice that goes a long way toward keeping the shower screen and seal clear of used coffee grounds and general gunk.

After, or during a session if you desire, sit the portafilter lightly in place, turn on the brew switch, lever or whatever, then when water begins to flow jiggle the portafilter from light lock to unlock rapidly for a few seconds, works even better with a blind filter.

Kevohere

Used to do the jiggle every time on the Minore III but not considered trying it with the Strega. As there's no need to back flush the Strega and hence no need for a blind filter, a flush, wipe and brush is my shutting down procedure now.

cosmic_couple22

Yep do the jiggle with a blind at the session end.

Dry_bean.

Your a well educated mob here, most people pull a shot turn the machine off, then walk away and forget until next time. My son in law is a shocker, has a Silvia, pulls a shot , leaves the puck sitting til next session, remove the basket at your peril, the build up of oils and crap is gross, as is the dried milk bulb on the end of the steam wand, takes a day of cleaning the thing whenever I visit to get it to an acceptable condition. What amazes me is that after 5 years the machines still produces very good coffee, when its clean. Don't get me started on his Rocky.

Brett H

I do this every shot do I can wipe the basket clean.  Using a naked pf means that I can keep the bottom of my basket clean!

noidea

I normally make 3 coffee's every morning, I wipe out the basket with paper towel between shots and at the end of the session do one water backflush and then a jiggle before shutting down. If I'm running late to get out the door I'll skip the backflush and do at least a jiggle. My DC Mini it came with a ridged IMS competition basket that is a pain to get out so I mainly use the rubber disc and don't bother with the actual blind filter.

ash

Did the jiggle when I had the Rocket Giotto, but don't really do it with the Londinium (or the PV Lusso for that matter). I tend to do the same as Kevohere when I'm done for the day.

Moon

on 1421017777:

As there's no need to back flush the Strega and hence no need for a blind filter, a flush, wipe and brush is my shutting down procedure now.

Same procedure here with my PV Lusso