Beans are too oily

You have accidentally turned down the brew strength selector, on front of unit just above "clean" and "descale" buttons. Dial it the the maximum. Will grind longer, make more grounds, larger puck, stronger coffee. Or this dial is broken/ wire broken etc. u can disassemble per some other posts on here and check wire connections. I did all that then realized someone had just turned it down. So I turned it to maximum strength and problem fixed.

Hi...Keep on grinding until the Auto Dosing System readjust the amount of grind to be in the optimum. Normally it takes 3 to 4 grinds. Whenever we change the type of beans, this condition happens, it is not a problem.

I had this same problem and discussed it with DeLonghi customer service. My machine was grinding 20 seconds for a double shot and ground coffee was coming out of the top and spilling over inside what a mess! DeLonghi thought it was potentially a problem with the control board - grinding time too long - which is an expensive repair. I also called the local factory-authorized service and described the same problem. They asked what kind of beans I was using and I answered Starbucks espresso. They said that Starbucks is too oily, clogs the machine, and that I should try beans that are lighter. I also checked with an engineer who used to work at Starbucks and he made the same guess. I tried an Italian roast espresso from a local market and it worked! I've had no problems since. The new beans cleaned out the oils and I'm getting great shots. This is a good machine, but is best making single shots.

f 17 is no water flow. It usually occurs when the brew unit has not been cleaned regularly, when the coffee grind size is set too fine, or when oily beans are used. You can try to soak the brew unit in hot water for a while, and run water through it in the sink. Unfortunately, most cases require brew unit replacement. A properly cleaned and maintained brew unit should last the life of the machine.

This machine doesn't like oily, sticky beans. Most coffee beans purchased at a grocery store (even Starbucks or Peets - etc.) are roasted pretty dark with an oily sheen. Also most coffee beans from the store are very old - no matter how fresh they pretend to be. For example, at Safeway you will see a sign over the Peets coffee that says "roasted fresh, delivered daily" - that makes you think the beans are only a day or two old. But in reality they only remove the beans that are over 3 months old. The only way to get truely fresh roasted beans (unless you roast them yourself) is to find a roaster where you can buy beans that were roasted right there (many coffee shops pretend to be roasters but, in fact, they only buy more beans when they run out).

I have great luck buying beans directly from a roaster who will ship to me the same day they are roasted. RedBird Coffee has a delicious Espresso blend, the price is great and the beans are roasted just a little less dark so they are not oily and sticky. My Titanium works great with these beans. RedBird ships out the same day he roasts and you have your coffee about 2 days later. Very fresh.

In the meantime, you can lift the lid to the bean hopper and stir the beans with a popsicle stick or a chopstick and then they will grind for one or two coffees before you have to stir them again.

When choosing a coffee - don't buy Italian or French or Vienna roast - those dark roasts are oily and sticky. Ask for a Full City or Full City Plus roast - this is just slightly less dark than a Vienna Roast and shouldn't be oily looking. But freshness is still the key - any coffee beans that are several weeks past roasting day will start to become sticky and oily on the outside.

This is where I buy and I'll never go back to buying coffee at grocery store
http://www.redbirdcoffee.com/

This machine doesn't work well with oily beans. Most coffee beans you buy at the supermarket are quite old and stale with sticky, rancid oil on the outside of the beans. Even if you are buying Starbucks or Peets and the sign makes it appear that it is fresh roasted, if you read the fine print you will see that the beans were roasted up to 90 days ago.

You want freshly roasted beans that are not roasted so dark that they are shiny and oily. Don't buy Italian or French roast as these are too oily. Get a FC or FC+ roast or lighter.

To workaround, until you get some less oily beans, you can stir the beans up with a chopstick so that they work their way down into the grinder. You will probably have to stir before each coffee and maybe even stir twice to make one coffee.

If you have a hard time finding a local roaster where you can buy freshly roasted beans that you like, I've been having wonderful luck with RedBird espresso blend. It works perfectly with this machine and produces a delicious espresso. RedBird roasts daily and ships daily, the price was very reasonable and I recieve my coffee two days after they are roasted. The roast date is printed on the bag. Just fantastic tasting coffee.

The shipping cost is low and the price for 1 pound is great - but if you buy 5 pounds the deal ends up being even better. You can divide up into quarter or half pound batches in ziplocks (or mason jars) and freeze them and just take out what you will use each week.

http://redbirdcoffee.com/redbirdespresso.html

Good luck -- stir your beans for now and get yourself some fresh, non-oily coffee beans and you'll be grinding hassle free.

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If you mean the grinder just spins but doesn't seem to be grinding anything - and then after 30 seconds or so it tells you the bean hopper is empty - then the problem is sticky, oily beans that aren't sliding down into the grinder.

You want to buy freshly roasted (roasted less than a week ago) beans. Coffee beans from the supermarket are old, stale and sticky with rancid oil. Even Starbucks and Peets - although the sign says "roasted daily" if you read the fine print, the beans in the store are rotated out 90 days after roasting. The oils turn rancid and get sticky after a couple of weeks so you really need to get beans from a local roaster or order them from a roaster who ships them fresh.

I have been using RedBird espresso blend and these beans work perfectly with this machine. They also are the best tasting of any espresso blend I've ever tried. The price is reasonable (cheap even) and the roast date is written on the bag. I get my beans 2 days after they were roasted.

http://redbirdcoffee.com/redbirdespresso.html

In the meantime, until you get some coffee beans that are not oily, you can stir the beans in the hopper. Use a wooden coffee stirring stick or a chopstick and just lift the hopper lid and stir the beans so they slide down into the grinder. You will probably have to do this before each coffee and maybe even 2-3 times just to get one coffee.

Once you get some fresh roasted beans that don't have that oily shine to them you will be grinding without any problems.

HOw oily are the beans you are using ? cause oily beans will clogg up the grinder causing none or little to come out. Try running some really dry beans threw decaf beans are generally drier than most. If the amount of coffeee being ground doesnt increase then the grinder will have to be taken apart and cleaned out.

Howe oily are your beans try swithing to a dryer bean. Have you used a degeaser threw the brew group.

Hi, We had a similar problem and it turns out the beans we were using were too oily and clogging up the works. We solved it by using a slightly more coarse grind (and brewing a stronger cup), and by buying only the best beans (oily beans don't make coffee stronger, just means they aren't good beans and by roasting longer can make the coffee taste stronger). Try Barefoot Coffee Roasters (I don't work for them, just love their coffee). We also use the cleaning tablet more often than prompted, and clean the inside of the flap when we dump the grinds. Good luck. Great coffee, but finicky machine!