Tried to descale my espresso machine.

[iris@neuromatch.social]

Tried to descale my espresso machine. Made it worse. Probably should have done a full translation of the instructions instead of getting the gist of it and saying "eh, close enough." Definitely have to take it apart and see what I can clean piece by piece now.

Upside: I think I needed to replace a seal somewhere anyway. While it's disassembled I can also incorporate a scale like I've been meaning to. Let's see if I can set up data logging. And water treatment; I definitely underestimated how hard the water is here. If I need to replace parts, I get to learn more things!

Downside: I REALLY hope there isn't any irreparable damage to the expensive bits. I know the boiler in my generation of Gaggia Classic is better than what they're producing now, so I really hope I can restore that fully.

Practical side: this is going to be a whole project and I'm not going to have espresso for weeks, am I?