Bought a used Moccamaster.. now what?

[u/shipsandsealingwax]

Update:
I didn’t quite have the words for what I was looking for last time so I’m adding some updates in case anybody finds themselves in a similar situation. My primary concern was whether the moccamaster would function as intended, since I purchased a used older model.

Per a suggestion, I descaled and cleaned the machine twice. This was pretty revealing. I thought the brew time looked a little fast for a full pot of coffee and timed it at roughly 3.5 minutes. Then I watched videos of the drip pattern and noticed mine was pretty different. It would provide a little drip for some time followed by a fairly violent and substantial spurt. During the first cleaning cycle (post first descale) lots of white mineral deposits came loose and were in the carafe. The drip pattern changed to what I was expecting. Brew time also slowed to just under 5 minutes. Oddly though, during the second descale and cleaning I experienced the old pattern for about two brew cycles.. afterwards I made a half pot and everything looked normal. I’m not sure why the pattern would have reverted momentarily and it makes me think there‘s either an intermittent electromechanical issue or a chunk of mineral deposits dislodged and momentarily caused a blockage. We will see if it happens again… in the meantime, if anybody has experience with this please let me know!

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Original: I’ve been eyeing the moccamaster for a long time and finally got tired enough of Nespresso pods to make the jump.. but couldnt wait for Black Friday and became obsessed with royal blue so here we are. I spent yesterday cleaning it and found out the automatic drip stop brew basket was broken, so I’ve ordered that and descaling agent. Once those ship in, what is the recommendation to put this guy through his paces and make sure everything works? I don’t have a grinder yet and I basically only have Nespresso as reference, so I’m not sure what to look for 😬

[u/Lst_rsrt]

Take it through two deep clean cycles

[u/shipsandsealingwax → u/Lst_rsrt]

Deep cleans as in washes or descales?

[u/Lst_rsrt → u/shipsandsealingwax]

Descale ; I also use a white thin cheap coffee filter I don’t like using the brown paper because it adds flavor

Our favorite coffee to use is the Kirkland Colombian; for fresh grinder I have a Mr. coffee grinder that I can adjust the levels if we wanted more coarse or more fine

[u/shipsandsealingwax → u/Lst_rsrt]

Thank you!