A fast-dissolving espresso machine cleaning powder that removes coffee oils from the group head, using half a teaspoon per backflush.
Old coffee oils build up in the group head and make the next shots taste stale and bitter. EC2 is a quick-dissolving powder that Cafetto says removes coffee oils and stains, rinses away freely and leaves no odour. Cafetto also says it leaves no harmful residues and won’t cause corrosion inside the machine. Half a teaspoon is enough for a clean.
It suits espresso machines that can be backflushed, which means running water back through the group with a blind basket (a basket with no holes) fitted. You can also use it to soak portafilters and baskets.
How to use it: with the blind basket in, add half a teaspoon, run the pump for 10 seconds and stop for 10, five times in all. Rinse the handle, run 10 short plain cycles to flush, then pull and bin one shot. For baskets, soak in 500ml of hot water with 2 level scoops for 10 minutes and rinse well.
