Before first using your machine

You can recognise an espresso by its characteristic aroma and its typical crema. But this requires high pressure and an excellent fresh espresso coffee which has been well roasted and correctly ground.

If you cannot buy espresso ground coffee, use a coffee grinder to grind the beans.

So as to obtain a sufficient crema with a good colour, it is normal that the flow rate of the coffee is slower than with a filter coffee machine.

To guarantee complete success for your espresso, you must also use freshly-drawn water (so that it has not had time to stagnate in the air), without any chlorine odour and at a fairly cold temperature.

The coffee must not be ground too fine. It must be slightly granulated. If it is too fine, you risk blocking the grid of the brewing head and the filter. Only use Espresso ground coffee. Do not use any other type of coffee such as filter, cafetiere, instant etc.

Before using your appliance for the first time, clean the water heating system, without coffee in the filter holder, filling the water tanks once or twice, as follows:

•Open the lid and lift out the water tank using the handle (1). Fill with water (2).

•Replace the tank, positioning it firmly to ensure that water can enter, and close the lid (3).

•Press the Start/Stop switch (4) whereby the blue operating control lamp blinks. Two filters are kept in the tank lid.

•Place one of the filters in the filter holder

(5). Then put the filter holder on the appliance’s brewing head.

•To ensure that the filter holder is in the correct position, turn the handle so it points to the left (6), place the filter holder flat against the brewing head, then turn the handle towards the right (7) as far as it can go (may not be at right-angles).

•Place a container, as large as possible, beneath the filter holder (8).

•As soon as the blue operating control lamp glows continuously,

The appliance is ready to operate.

•Pressing the double coffee button (10) will now cause water to run through the water circuit.

Repeat this process five times.

As an optional extra, there is a filter cartridge available (N° art. F088 not delivered with the appliance).

Using the various functions of your espresso machine

1. MAKING AN ESPRESSO

.WITH ESPRESSO GROUND COFFEE

For best results, we recommend that you first pre-heat the accessories (filter holder, filter and cups) without putting in ground coffee. To do this :

•Fill the water tank (1) (2) (3) and start the appliance (4).

•Put the filter holder in place (6) (7), and place one or two cups underneath.

•As soon as the control lamp on the coffee buttons glows continuously, the appliance is ready to operate.

•Press the coffee keys or (9) (10).

•The cups will be filled with hot water then empty them.

Once the appliance is hot, the espresso cups can then be pre-heated on the cup warming plate.

. Preparing an espresso :

•Fill the water tank (1) (2) (3) and start the appliance (4).

•Put the filter for one or two cups into the filter holder (5).

•Put one or two measures of ground coffee into the filter with the measuring spoon and tamp down using the measuring spoon (11) (12).

•Remove any ground coffee which is lying around the filter (13).

•Replace the filter holder (6) (7).