Lelit Bianca just arrived

Knluk - I’d say yes, do remove the screen and clean it before you backflushing with water routine. When I had my e61, I dropped the screen every 3 days - I’d rather drink from a clean machine, and this is such an easy task.

As for the flushing cycle before shut down - if you mean back flush cycle, we’ve already answered that question 4 or 5 posts above. 😉👍. If you mean just flush water through the group, I always do a group rinse (for 2 seconds) after I finish making coffee for that session. I also clean the shower screen and around it with a piece of cloth, or a brush, or a piece of wet kitchen towel.

You’ll soon figure those things out. It’s better not to let stale and baked coffee build around. Best to keep things clean.

MediumRoastSteam

I think i may be overdoing it by back flushing with water every day. Do you recommend three 10 second water back flushes once a week or would every other day be ok?

Yep, exactly like @MediumRoastSteam said, just a weekly backflush in addition to your cleaning plan there @Knluk

If you wanted to avoid the daily screen wipe you could run a couple of seconds without the portafilter in which should rinse any coffee off the screen.

I think you can skip the wipe of the screen. I’ve never done that on any machine.

I also don’t think you need to rinse the PF and basket each day, especially if you’re using a bottomless. I use spouted and only wash it properly once a week.

I once had a Sicilian girlfriend with an ancient Moka pot and she swore by just rinsing it occasionally as the oils improved the flavour. I’m not sure if that’s true but I learned not to argue with her 😅

I don’t find washing the PF every day has any noticeable effect on taste although I might run a shot of water through it if a puck didn’t come out clean.

As for the other parts of your schedule I think it looks good.

You could pulycaff the PF and basket once a month and rinse well if you’re using spouted, just to keep it clean.

With the boiler, im not sure whether it helps but I tend to run a couple hundred ml through the hot water spout once a week.

LMSC I only said the WDT as a part of the workflow is boring as far as I’m concerned!

Is that in contrast to the rest of the espresso workflow (grinding, weighing, loading the portafilter, cleaning etc.) that you find interesting? 😂

I’m with MediumRoastSteam on this: I mix the coffee in the basket because I find it reduces the chances of channelling, although I get little intellectual stimulation from the actual act. ;-)