What's the general consensus on how often to deep clean a La Specialista? From what I understand, regular cleaning of these machine is essentially required in order to extract good espresso from them. Even machines that have been neglected for several year can be restored to good function with a deep clean.
There are step by step guides and video tutorials for those who would like to follow along with the deep clean with the machine. There are a few different area of the machine that need to be cleaned and completing the deep clean cycle in one go is the best way to ensure that the espresso machine will maintain it's excellent performance. Most people only perform the descaling procedure and wonder why the shots eventually begin to degrade in quality. A deep clean will fix that issues.
There are step by step guides and video tutorials for those who would like to follow along with the deep clean with the machine. There are a few different area of the machine that need to be cleaned and completing the deep clean cycle in one go is the best way to ensure that the espresso machine will maintain it's excellent performance. Most people only perform the descaling procedure and wonder why the shots eventually begin to degrade in quality. A deep clean will fix that issues.