Guide to the perfect espresso (continued)
Pre-Infusion
11.Once the espresso operation has been activated, before the espresso pour starts, the progressive
12.Check the espresso pour. The ideal pour starts out dark and then soon after becomes caramel with reddish reflections. The pour should hang vertically on each spout and flow slowly like dripping honey.
Tip: Once the espresso pour starts to lighten in colour you should cut off the pour.
13. Serve espresso immediately.
Caring for your Espresso Machine
13.Remove the group handle from the group head (21).
14.Discard the used coffee grinds from the filter basket (22).
Tip: After each use of the espresso machine we recommend that a small amount of water is cycled through the group head as this will wash out any old or used coffee grinds stuck to the underside of the group head. Simply press the ‘MANUAL’ button and allow some water to run through. Press button again
to stop. We also recommend that a small amount of water is purged through the steam wand after each use.
Eco Mode and Standby Mode
After 1 hour of
After a further 1 hour of
The machine will then power on and begin heating up.
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