Breville BES860 No Crema

[morenobonechi]

Hi,


I have just purchased a BES860. Using the handy Breville guide for the correct extraction, I found everything is in the correct range: flow starts after about 8 seconds, extraction in the correct range limit, espresso dark colour, the whole process, from pushing the button until end of extraction takes just over 25 seconds. But quite watery coffee and very thin and not consistente crema.


I should add I am using the single wall filter, single shot. I tried a slightly finer setting (from 10 to 12) and that didn’t seem to change anything either.


What I'm missing?


Here are some photos

 

[peterjschmidt]

Might it be stale coffee? That'll do it every time.

 

[morenobonechi]

Problem Solved

Might it be stale coffee? That'll do it every time.

You was right:

a) Fresh beans bought yesterday at a local shop

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b) More pressure measured with the help of my FitBit scale, as I saw on a YouTube video

= now I have the crema as you can see.

Thanks for your help!

 

[MochaProject]

I'll agree , the coffee may be stale