Making Coffee; Selecting The Coffee Taste; Selecting The Quantity Of Coffee In The Cup; Customising The "My Coffee" Quantity - DeLonghi ESAM 5500 Instruction Manual

MAKING COFFEE

Selecting the coffee taste

The appliance is preset to make coffee with a
standard taste.
You an also choose one of these tastes:
Extra-mild taste
Mild taste
Standard taste
Strong taste
Extra-strong taste
To change the flavour, press the
5) repeatedly until the required taste is displayed.
Selecting the quantity of coffee in
the cup
To select the quantity of coffee, turn the selection
knob until the light corresponding to the required
quantity of coffee comes on:
NORMAL
60ml
ESPRESSO
40ml
MY
COFFEE
30ml
Customising the "MY COFFEE"
quantity
The appliance is factory preset to automatically
deliver 30 ml.
1. Place a cup under the coffee spouts (fig. 9).
2. Turn the selection knob (C7) until the
light comes on.
3. Press the 1 cup button
seconds (fig. 6). The message "1 MY COFFEE
Programme Quantity" is displayed and coffee
run-off begins;
4. As soon as the coffee in the cup reaches the
required level, press the 1 cup button
The quantity set has now been programmed.

Regulating the coffee mill

The coffee mill is preset in the factory to prepare
coffee correctly and should not require regulating
initially.
However, if after making the first few coffees you
find that run-off is either too fast or too slow
(drips), this can be corrected by adjusting the
grinding coarseness regulator knob (fig. 7).
button (fig.
These adjustments will only be evident after at
least 2 cups of coffee have been run off.
must only be turned when the coffee mill is in
operation.
LONG
90ml
EXTRA
LONG
120ml
for at least eight
again.
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For slower run-off and
creamier coffee, turn
one click towards the "1"
(finer ground coffee).
For faster run-off (not in
drips, turn one click
towards the "7" (coarser
ground coffee).
NB! The grinding coarseness regulator
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