There probably shouldn't be grind, but perhaps a bit got blown back towards the pump? I wonder if perhaps this was just some debris from manufacturing. Take off the screen tip on the water wand, and be sure you don't have more junk in there, and flush a time or two with it off. You shouldn't see any more grind in there.
The beige color water is normal--when you only use steam out of that boiler, you are effectively concentrating the mineral content in the boiler (you add more mineralized water each time the pump runs, but only take off pure water in the form of steam, leaving more and more minerals in the boiler--at least that's how I understand it). So, by flushing the water out like you did, you are running out all the water with concentrated mineral content, and replacing it with "normal" dilution water. It normally takes me about three flush/heat cycles to clear it out if I have left it for a while. I now usually flush it once weekly, and then I only need one flush to clear things up again. It is also normal for the temp on the machine to drop--you are replacing the boiling+ water in the steam boiler with cold tap water, and that makes the heat exchanger non-existent (because the water flowing to the brew boiler through the steam boiler isn't pre-heating at all until the steam boiler is back up to temperature). best, bmc On Apr 3, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Cindy Goddard wrote: > Hello everyone > > This morning I turned on my water tap to warm up my cup when the water > coming out was a light beige color with a few grinds in it. I rarely > have used the tap, so I was a little startled that the water wasn't > clear. I ran it a few more times and the water finally got clearer. > But it really dropped my temperature on my machine (and made the pump > run for a while). Is this normal? How is grinds getting into the > tap? I do a cafzla cleaning everyweek (will do one today), and water > backflushes everyday. > > Cindy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
