Izzo Alex Pid III, Operating And Maintenance Instruction Manual

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2.7 PREPARATION OF ESPRESSO COFFEE
Insert either an one-cup or a two-cup filter into the filter-holder, unless you should
not have two separate filter-holders, and fill it with ground coffee directly from your
coffee grinder, or with a measuring spoon. Press down the ground coffee a bit firmly
using a tamper and put the filter-holder into the brew head again.
Place one or two cups under the filter-holder’s outlet now and set the manual lever to the
uppermost position; water is forced through the coffee powder and espresso just begins to run
into the cups.
True espresso should flow through first by drops and then thick like hot chocolate.
At this point, please also note that the cups with possibly thick rims are well-heated. We therefore
suggest that you always keep them on the cup-warmer plate.
When the cup(s) has (have) reached the desired amount of coffee, you can then turn off water
feed by means of manual lever operation. Furthermore, please note that the maximum brewing
time of an espresso should not exceed 25 seconds. After that moment the acids present in coffee
dissolve and deeply affect both the espresso’s taste and digestibility.
The overpressure and residual water originated during the brewing process escape from the group
escape-valve’s outlet and are led into the drip tray. This process is signalled by a hissing sound.
It is necessary that the manual lever is set in the lowest position, in order to guarantee perfect
pressure drop after the brewing process. Not dropped overpressure may cause the ground coffee
to splash while you are taking the filter-holder out of the brew head. For this reason be careful not
to scald yourself!
Warning: the brewing group becomes very hot during its use and there is great risk of scald.
2.8 DELIVERY OF HOT WATER
Place or hold a proper container endowed with a thermally insulating handle under
the hot-water nozzle. Turn on the hot-water giver by moving the handgrip in the
counter-clockwise direction, until you have filled the container with the desired
quantity of water.
Turn off the hot-water giver again by moving the handgrip in the clockwise direction.
Warning: the hot-water pipe becomes very hot during its and there is great risk of scald.
2.9 DELIVERY OF STEAM
The steam delivery function can be used for heating liquids like milk, chocolate or
mulled claret etc..
Please use a proper, possibly high stainless steel container to froth milk, as milk
gradually rises while frothing.
Use condensed milk with a 3,5% fat content at room temperature in order to achieve the best
possible froth results.
Dip the steam diffuser nozzle fitted to the end of the steam pipe into milk now and turn on the
steam tap.
After a few seconds, during which milk has been heated, try to hold the steam diffuser nozzle
short under the “milk level”, so that milk and steam together form a whirl inside the container.
You will notice that milk froth begins to rise to the container’s top.
Avoid in any case that milk is superheated, since the protein molecules found in milk dissolve
starting from a temperature of 77°C and froth may consequently break up.
After frothing turn off the steam tap and immediately clean the steam pipe thoroughly with a
damp cloth or sponge to remove milk residues.