Spring Clean espresso backflush

The new Spring Clean espresso backflushing tool from Weber Workshops. Images courtesy of Weber Workshops.

Though summer is waning throughout the northern hemisphere, high-end coffee equipment maker Weber Workshops has launched the Spring Clean, a new espresso machine cleaning device designed to improve the backflush.

Boasting solid stainless-steel construction, the Spring Clean is a spring-loaded cylinder with that is compatible with any 58-millimeter group head on machines equipped with three-way solenoid valves that are cleanable through backflushing.

The user adds detergent to the top of the cylinder and locks it into the group in the same manner as they would a blind portafilter, then activates the pump.

Spring Clean exploded

The spring, set to resist 9 bar of pressure, is gradually compressed by the incoming water up to a full volume of 250 milliliters. An indicator at the bottom of cylinder changes color to signal when full volume has been achieved, at which point the…



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