Making coffee
Working the machine
steam
button
steam
tap
element indicator light
1.
Press the steam button.
2.
When the element indicator light
goes out, insert steam wand into a
jug half filled with cold water. Turn
on the steam tap and heat the
water until it's nearly boiling. Switch
off steam button and empty the jug.
3.
Place empty jug under steam wand
and turn steam tap on.
4.
Press the coffee brewing button until a continual stream of water
flows from the steam wand into the jug.
5.
When the light goes out, press the coffee brewing button to run
about 30mls of water through the group head into a cup.
The machine is ready when water from the group head hisses with
steam. Remove the handle to check. Return it to the group head to
keep it warm. If necessary repeat the above steps.
Making coffee
1.
Remove coffee handle from the machine and:
!
To make a single cup
— with the single cup filter basket fitted to
the handle, add one
rounded
espresso dosing spoon of coffee
grounds to the basket, and tamp down firmly.
!
To make a double cup
— with the double cup filter basket fitted to
the handle, add a
level
espresso dosing spoon of coffee grounds
to the filter basket and tamp down firmly. Add another level dosing
spoon of coffee grounds and tamp firmly.
If too high, the
handle won’t fit into
the group head.
4mm
In all cases, the tamped coffee grounds should be
around 4mm from the top of the filter basket.
2.
Wipe off excess coffee grounds from the rim of the filter basket
and fit the coffee handle securely into the group head by pulling
the handle horizontally to the right.
3.
Place coffee cup(s) onto metal drip tray. Press the coffee brewing
button and extract coffee to the required level. Press the button
again to stop coffee flow. Then remove cups from drip tray.
4.
Remove the handle by carefully pulling it horizontally to the left.
5.
Dump the used coffee cake into dumping box or by tapping the
coffee handle on a non-metal surface.
6.
Rinse the handle/basket and return to the group head.
Training manual – Micro casa mini verticale
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