Shots too watery

It can be that the beans are just of weak taste. Also, you should be able to set your coffee to a smaller size, which means that less water will be added.

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The grind on the coffee might be too coarse and instead of making espresso its coming out like drip coffee because the water is running through it too fast.

Make sure you push the lid down all the way before putting the clamp down on the front.

I've noticed that the back of the lid on my vivy (t12) can get stuck up (even with the clamp down) causing the water jet to not be inserted all the way - which produced very weak coffee.

try adding more coffee to the filter, or making the grind FINER or both

If these rules are not heeded, then one will get anything
but a perfect espresso, because:
if the amount of ground coffee is less than 7 grams
an insufficient amount exists for extraction weak and watery
if the grain size distribution is too coarse
neither the solid nor the colloidal parts will be extracted weak and watery
if the ground coffee is not compacted
the colloidal parts will not be extracted weak and watery
if the coffee is too coarsely ground weak, watery, barely aromatic, sour, bitter
considerably less than 25% will be extracted and unpleasant, the aftertaste will not last long
if the water temperature is less than 97 Degrees Celsius
the extraction will be reduced predominantly sour
if the water does not have a minimum pressure of 9 bar
the colloidal particles will not be able to be extracted predominantly bitter
if the water temperature is much above 97 Degrees Celsius
the coffee will become scorched during the extraction bitter and woody, will smell charred

its a science and trial and error to get the right/perfect cup. due to where u live (atmospheric pressure) and temp/humidity. read this for a better understanding

http://www.coffeekid.com/files/2/xproject.pdf

Basing on personal experience (you can find more on Google probably), solutions are:

On percolated (filter) coffee machines:

Check water temp, if water temp is insufficient , most common is scale heating element , faulty element, faulty thermostat.
Check if water is dripping right at the center of the filter, if it is dripping on one side because the orifice is clogged, that can result in weak coffee.
Coffee blend not well distributed on filter basket.

On Espresso machines:

Check water temp, same as filter coffee machines (thermostat element, scale on heating chamber).
Ensure that coffee is filled correctly in the filter cup (fill at level), and well pressed.
Ensure that the coffee mixture that you are using is not too coarse, buy the apposite one for espresso.
Ensure that you are not leaving the machine brewing for a time that is too long, and Italian coffee cup is very small, approximately one regular shot.

On the hob moka pots (espresso, Moka and Bialetti type):

This are the trickiest ones, you need art and practice to get a good espresso with a Moka, but when you learn, the result is better than what you may get with an home electrical espresso maker.
The frame on the hob must be not too strong, and the mixture coarse but well pressed, with water at level tag, or you will get a weak coffee.
On Mokas a good strategy is keeping hob at minimum, and turning up the flame at top when coffee starts coming out.

French and turkish cafetieres:

Ensure that you put enough coffee, water hot enough, and that you left the infusion enough time to get a strong coffee.

Note: insufficient pressure and clogged lines on electric machines never give you a weak coffee, exactly the opposite.
Not pressed mixture always gives weak coffee, but too much pressed mixture may give you coffee with bad taste.

Have you tried prepriming the coffee (dampens and gives better flavour). Also, you can make the machine push the old water out of the system when it first starts up...........see manual

If you get weak coffee from espresso machines:

Check water temp, if water temp is insufficient , most common is scale heating element , faulty element, faulty thermostat.
Check if water is dripping right at the center of the filter, if it is dripping on one side because the orifice is clogged, that can result in weak coffee.
Coffee blend not well distributed on filter basket.

On Espresso machines:

Check water temp, same as filter coffee machines (thermostat element, scale on heating chamber).
Ensure that coffee is filled correctly in the filter cup (fill at level), and well pressed.
Ensure that the coffee mixture that you are using is not too coarse, buy the apposite one for espresso.
Ensure that you are not leaving the machine brewing for a time that is too long, and Italian coffee cup is very small, approximately one regular shot.

On the hob moka pots (espresso, Moka and Bialetti type):

This are the trickiest ones, you need art and practice to get a good espresso with a Moka, but when you learn, the result is better than what you may get with an home electrical espresso maker.
The frame on the hob must be not too strong, and the mixture coarse but well pressed, with water at level tag, or you will get a weak coffee.
On Mokas a good strategy is keeping hob at minimum, and turning up the flame at top when coffee starts coming out.


Note: insufficient pressure and clogged lines on electric machines never give you a weak coffee, exactly the opposite.
Not pressed mixture always gives weak coffee, but too much pressed mixture may give you coffee with bad taste.

Sounds like you're not packing the coffee tightly enough into the unit. You've got to tamp it quite tightly...that's why the pumps are so strong. Each 'atmosphere' is 15 pounds of pressure. My son also likes to make his by doing two double loads to get one espresso cup.