#2: Post by brokemusician77 » February 1st, 2010, 1:10 pm

I have a Gaggia New Baby with the 3-way. I bought a standard 58mm blind basket for back flushing. I rarely do it, though. I've done it a few times since buying my machine, and have seen little point. Even after weeks of not backflushing, the water looks nice and clean. My regular cleaning and descaling seems to do the trick.



As for harming the machine, I can't see any difference between backflushing, and pulling a shot that chokes the machine.



I'd say it's really up to you, but hardly worth worrying about on this machine.

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