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1 Preparing and using for the first time
You can find out what the water hardness is by using the Aquadur®
test strip supplied as standard.
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Hold the test strip briefly (for 1 second) under flowing water.
Shake off the water.
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Wait for about 1 minute.
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You will then be able to read the degree of water hardness
from the discoloration of the Aquadur® test strip and the
description on the packaging.
Level
Display German
Degree (°dH)
Degrees of general
hardness (°dGH)
Parts per
million (ppm)
Indicator Strip number
of
‘
reddish
’
fields
Not active
–
–
–
–
Very soft water
<3
<3
< 53.4
None
Soft water
> 4
> 4
> 71
1
Hard water
> 8.4
> 8.4
> 150
2
Very hard water
> 14
> 14
> 250
3
Your GIGA creates fine, creamy, feather-light milk foam with a
perfect consistency. The most important requirement for frothing
milk is a milk temperature of 39–46 °F (4–8 °C). We would therefore
recommend using a milk cooler or a vacuum milk container.
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Connect the milk pipe to the dual spout. To do this, attach
the end of the milk pipe (without the connector) to the con-
nector on the right-hand side of the dual spout. Use the
short pipe for a milk container and the long pipe for a milk
carton.
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Connect the other end of the milk pipe to a milk container
or immerse it in a milk carton.
Determining the water
hardness
Connecting milk
