One of the problems I have with phenomenology as a process is the application of the epoché. I don't think it's completely unattainable, but I do think it's somewhat idealistic to remove your own bias. In the essay, it is discussed whether or not it is a vital step, this suggestion by Gadamer offers a reslistic alternative:

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The important thing is to be aware of one’s own bias, so that the text can present itself in all its otherness and thus assert its own truth against one’s own fore-meanings. (Gadamer, 1975, pp. 268-269) 
 

You have to engage with your pre-existing preconceptions in order to suspend them and by doing so, I think that it only draws your attention to them - making it harder to remove them. I like Gadamer's idea of having old and new understandings against each other, I think it offers a more realistic alternative. However, I do also think that through practice, it has become easier to grasp this notion of removing previous judgements.

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Gadamer, H.-G. (1975/1996). Truth and Method. [Second revised edition]. London: Sheed and Ward.