Operation Manual

9
Before first use
• Clean the water heating system with one or
two tanks of clean water, as follows:
• Remove the lid, lift out the tank and fill it
with water (1).
• Replace the tank, positioning it firmly in such
a way that the connecting valve situated
beneath the tank opens, and replace the lid.
• Plug in the appliance.
• Set the switch (d) to «I». The indicator light
(d1) will come on.
• Place one of the filters in the filter holder
without any coffee. Then fit the assembly
onto the percolation head. To position the
filter holder correctly, point the handle to the
left, press the filter holder onto the
percolation head, then turn the handle to
the right until it locks (click) (2).
• Place as large a container as possible under
the filter holder.
• As soon as the appliance reaches the right
temperature, the temperature control
indicator light (e) will come on. Turn the
function selector (c) to the position «
»
and allow all the water contained in the tank
to run through the machine.
• If necessary, interrupt this operation by
turning the function selector (c) to the
position O to empty the container then
resume the operation.
Using the various functions of
your espresso
1. ESPRESSO FUNCTION
• For best results, preheat the accessories
(filter holder, filter and cups) by running
water directly into the cups (see «Before first
use»).
• When the cups are full of hot water, reset
the function selector (c) to the position O.
. Preparing an espresso:
Your appliance enables you to prepare an
espresso either with ground coffee or with
«ESE» ready-to-use pods.
• Fill the water tank and set the switch (d) to
«I».
a. Preparing an espresso with ground
coffee:
• Put the filter for one or two cups in the filter
holder.
• Put some ground coffee in the filter, firmly
pressing down the ground coffee with the
back of the spoon (1 measuring spoon = 1
cup) (3).
• Clean the edges of the filter holder.
• Put the filter holder in place (2).
• Place one or two espresso cups under the
filter holder.
As soon as the appliance reaches the correct
temperature, the indicator light (e) comes on.
• Then turn the function selector (c) to the
position «
».
• When the cups are full, reset the function
selector (c) to the position O.
• Take the filter holder out of the appliance,
and remove the ground coffee, holding the
filter in place with the gripper clamp (4).
The filter can now be refilled to prepare more
espressos.
b. Preparing an espresso with a measure
of « ESE »
• Use only «ESE»-type pods.
The E.S.E system was designed for making
espresso «ristretto» (pressed) in Italian for a
quantity of coffee between 35 and 50 ml.
«ESE» stands for «Easy Serving Espresso». It
is a pre-measured pod of coffee which has
been selected, ground and compacted
between two filter papers, rendering it ready-
to-use. This system simplifies the preparation
of an espresso by avoiding the need to
measure and tamp ground coffee — making
it significantly easier to clean and care for the
appliance.
It is neither intended nor recommended
that you make a long (larger) coffee with
these pods.
We advise that you take care not to damage
the «ESE» pods during handling and storage.