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I need one black rubber gasket for the machine and another smaller gasket that fits into the filter crema. When I put the coffee in the filter and damp it down then insert it into the machine sometimes there is a squirt of coffee coming from between the filter and the machine and the coffee dribbles out - sometimes it flows out but not often. The model is EC430E

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Check water temp, same as filter coffee machines (thermostat element, scale on heating chamber).
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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.
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