Preparing Beverages; Setting The Coffee Strength; Setting The Coffee Quantity - Melitta Purista 300 Series Operating Instructions Manual

Preparing beverages

Fig. 8: Emptying the drip tray and coffee
grounds container
1. Pull the drip tray (7) forwards out of the
appliance.
2. Remove the coffee grounds container
(11) and empty it.
3. Empty the drip tray.
4. Insert the coffee grounds container.
5. Push the drip tray into the appliance up
to the stop.
Information
If you empty the drip tray and the coffee
grounds container while the appliance
is switched off, the appliance does not
register this process. Therefore, it is possi-
ble that you are requested to empty the
containers although the drip tray and the
coffee grounds container are not yet full.
5 Preparing beverages
Please note:
ū There should always be sufficient water
in the water tank. If the filling level is
too low, the appliance requests you to
refill it.
ū There should always also be sufficient
coffee beans in the bean container. If
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there are no longer any coffee beans
present, the appliance stops the prepa-
ration of a coffee beverage.
ū The vessels for the beverages should be
sufficiently large.
The maximum coffee quantity is
220 ml.
5.1 Setting the coffee
strength
As soon as the appliance is ready for oper-
ation, it displays the current setting of the
coffee strength.
The following settings for the coffee
strength are possible:
Display Coffee strength
Mild
Normal
Strong
You can adjust the coffee strength by
pressing the "Coffee strength" button one
or more times.
You can adjust the coffee strength before
the beverage is dispensed or during the
grinding process.
Information
When switching off the appliance, the last
set coffee strength is stored.
5.2 Setting the coffee
quantity
Fig. 9:

Setting the coffee quantity

You can set the coffee quantity with the
"Coffee quantity" (17) rotary regulator.
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