Saeco Coffee Makers SUP 016 manual Preheating cups

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period, it is advisable for hygienic reasons to run a rinse cycle through the machine.

Place a cup under the steam/hot water spout (7) and fill it with water by operating the hot water knob.

Preheating cups

Cups may be preheated by placing them on the special cup heating plate.

Temperature led

When starting the machine, the following message is displayed:

The machine does not stop: remove the grounds container and empty it.

Grind adjustment

If the coffee flows too quickly (coarse grind) or too slowly (fine grind) into the cup, adjust coffee grinder. The recommended grind level is position 5.

Should grinding be too coarse, adjust it on a lower value (e.g. from 5 to 3). On the contrary, should grinding be too fine, adjust it on a higher value (e.g. from 5 to 7).

BREWING

Royal Cappuccino is equipped with 2 indepen- dent heating systems which may dispense at the same time coffee and hot water, coffee and steam or coffee and cappuccino.

If, during the dispensing of 2 coffees, hot water, steam or cappuccino are dispensed at the same time, it may happen that the second coffee portion is not immediately ground after the first one, but only at the end of the first coffee dispensing.

Cup level filling

each cup; for two cups, it grinds two portions of coffee, one after the other, thus ensuring optimum coffee quality.

Adjust the grinding degree according to the instructions mentioned at page 87.

Adjust the grinding degree only when the coffee grinder is running.

Coffee dispensing

Place one or two preheated cups on the cupholder

	"WARMING UP	"	Adjust the grind level only when the coffee
			grinder is running. Avoid any extreme adjustment
As soon as the operating temperature has been			(for instance on position 1) whenever possible.
reached, the following message is displayed:			It is preferable to try another coffee blend, since
			not all coffee blends are suitable.
	"SELECT PRODUCT	"	Coffee blends
	"READY FOR USE	"
			Make sure coffee is fresh. An espresso roast is
			preferable.
Empty coffee bean container			In order to obtain a strong and aromatic espres-
When coffee beans run out, the coffee grinder			so coffee, use special blends suitable for espres-
stops and the following message is displayed:			so coffee machines and special cups with thick
			sides.
	"COF. BEANS EMPTY "		Keep coffee in a cool place, in an hermetically
			sealed container.
Fill the container and restart the cycle.			Operation time
Empty water tank			The machine may be kept on all day long.
			However, in case of a prolonged period of
When water runs out, the program stops
			idleness, it is advisable to enable the energy
automatically and the following message is
			saving function by pressing the standby
displayed:
			switch. If the timer is properly programmed, this
	"WATERTANK EMPTY	"	operation is automatic: for this purpose, see
			page 84.
Fill the tank and restart the cycle.			In case of a prolonged period of idleness, it is
			advised to switch the main switch (4) off; once
Grounds container warning light			switched on again, the machine will be ready to
As soon as there are 30 grounds in the container,			be used within two minutes.
the following message is displayed:			Switching off the machine
	"DREGDRAWER FULL	"	Switch the machine off only after the coffee cycle
			has been concluded.
	"READY FOR USE	"

This machine allows the precise dosage of the coffee quantity, according to the cup dimension.

The desired quantity can be selected through the selection keys . The relevant messages will be displayed.

To set the quantity of coffee to be dispensed, it is necessary to press the relevant selection key till the desired quantity of coffee is obtained (max. 250 ml approx.).

During this operation, the following message is displayed:

"1 SMALL COFFEE " "PROG. QUANTITY "

The machine considers automatically the necessary amounts to brew two cups of coffee.

Attention!If the pre-brewing function is enabled during the cups dosage adjustment, keep the selected key pressed even during the pump stop until the desired amount is reached.

Double quantity of coffee or 2 cups of coffee

By pressing one of the three selection keys twice, before coffee dispensing begins, the machine will brew a double portion of coffee.

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This machine grinds a portion of fresh coffee for

grill (3) under the dispenser (6). By pressing the relevant selection key, the machine will automatically dispense the selected coffee.

Dispensing may be interrupted by pressing one of the coffee selection keys, if an excessive water amount has been selected. Should you interrupt the coffee flow after the first of two coffees, the second is not dispensed.

Pre-ground coffee

Make sure to use pre-ground coffee only (medium ground). Never use whole beans or soluble coffee.

Right before brewing coffee, fill the container with freshly ground coffee. For best results, make sure coffee blend is fresh.

Remember that ground coffee ages soon, thus losing its quality!

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Important!

Use the measuring spoon supplied to fill the container (14) with a single portion of ground coffee! Use a full measure only.

To dispense coffee, press pre-ground coffee

button and the desired selection key (large