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Using your espresso machine -
Ground coffee
Power
Note:
Before turning on the espresso machine
ensure the steam and hot water control dials
are in the OFF position.
Press the POWER button once to turn the
espresso machine on. The machine will
beep once and the power button will flash
to indicate that your machine is on and is
heating up.
When the machine has reached READY
MODE, the power button will stop flashing
and the POWER, MANUAL, 1 & 2 CUP
buttons will illuminate white. The espresso
machine is now ready to use.
Power Saving Mode
After 1 hour of non-use the espresso machine
will automatically switch to POWER SAVING
MODE. Once the espresso machine is in
POWER SAVING MODE all the lights on the
buttons will dim. While in POWER SAVING
MODE the espresso machine powers down
to 75% of power. After a further 4 hours of
non-use the espresso machine will beep once
and then turn off.
To bring the espresso machine out of POWER
SAVING MODE simply press any of the
buttons on the control board.
Pre-heating Glasses
Pre-heat glasses and cups by filling them
with hot water as this will assist to preserve
the crema of the espresso and also help
maintain the temperature of the espresso.
Just prior to making your espresso, glasses
and cups can be pre-heated using the hot
water feature on your espresso machine.
Otherwise glasses and cups can be stored on
the warming tray of the espresso machine;
this will also assist in pre-heating.
Pre-heating the Group Handle and Filter baskets
This is important especially for the first
coffee being made, as a cold group handle
can significantly decrease the temperature of
the water at the point of extraction. This in
turn will alter the quality and characteristics
of the resulting espresso extraction.
An easy way to pre-heat the group handle
and filter basket is to fit the group handle
with a filter basket and hold under the
group head. Press the MANUAL button and
allow the hot water to flow over the group
handle. Rotate the group handle so both
the underside of the group handle and the
filter basket is preheated. You may need to
press the MANUAL button again to ensure
the group handle and filter basket is properly
pre-heated.
Dry the filter basket before filling with coffee.
Dosing and Tamping
• Dry wipe the basket.
• Grind evenly and directly into the centre of
the filter basket.
• Fill the filter basket with ground coffee to
the rim.
• Using the tamper, tamp straight down, this
is going to create more space for some
more coffee.
• Grind more coffee to a similar level in
the filter basket. Use the tamp, and tamp
firmly straight downwards until there
is about a 5-10mm space between the
tamped grounds and the top of the filter
basket.
• Brush any loose coffee off the rim of the
basket into the centre and tamp down
again, this time twist the tamper to seal the
top of the coffee.
• Wipe the rim of the filter basket free of any
loose coffee grinds and use immediately.
Using Manual Operation
Use MANUAL with ground coffee, not with
capsules. The MANUAL button gives the
