Tips For A Hotter Coffee; Preparing Coffee Using Coffee Beans; Making Coffee Using Pre-Ground Coffee; Making Drinks With Milk - DèLonghi ESAM3550 Instructions For Use Manual

Bean to cup espresso and cappuccino machine
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and is collected in the drip tray underneath. avoid contact with
splashes of water.
For hotter coffee, before making the coffee rinse the appliance
by pressing the
button. hot water flows out of the spout,
heating the internal circuit and making the coffee delivered
hotter.

Tips for a hotter coffee

For a hotter coffee, you are recommended to:
before delivering coffee, perform a rinse cycle, see
previous section "Manual rinse".
place the cups on the cup warmer until they are warm;
warm the cups by rinsing them with hot water (using the
hot water function);
set a higher coffee temperature in the menu.

Preparing coffee using coffee beans

important!
do not use caramelised or candied coffee beans as they could
stick to the coffee mill and make it unusable.
1. Fill the container with coffee beans (fig. 11).
2. Place under the coffee spouts:
- 1 cup, if you want 1 coffee (fig. 9);
- 2 cups, if you want 2 coffees (fig. 12);
3. lower the spouts as near as possible to the cup. This makes
a creamier coffee (fig. 13).
4. Press the button corresponding to the coffee required
once or twice (fig. 8).
5. once the coffee has been made, the appliance prepares
for use again.
Please note:
While the machine is making coffee, delivery can be
interrupted at any moment by pressing one of the coffee
buttons.
At the end of delivery, to increase the quantity of coffee
in the cup, just press (within 3 seconds) one of the coffee
buttons.
once the coffee has been made, the appliance is ready to use
again.
important!
if the coffee is delivered a drop at a time, too fast and not creamy
enough or too cold, read the tips in the "Troubleshooting"
section on page 18.
various alarm messages could be displayed while the machine
is in use. Their meaning is explained in the section "displayed
messages" (page 17).

Making coffee using pre-ground coffee

important!
Never add pre-ground coffee when the machine is off or it
could spread through the inside of the machine and dirty
it. This could damage the appliance.
never use more than one level measure or
it could dirty the inside of the machine or
block the funnel.
Please note!
if you use pre-ground coffee, you can only make one cup of
coffee at a time.
1. Press the
ground" is displayed.
2. Put one level measure of pre-ground coffee into the
funnel (fig. 15).
3. Place a cup under the coffee spouts (fig. 9).
4. Press one of the coffee buttons (fig. 8).
5. Preparation begins.
once the coffee has been made, the appliance prepares for
use again. To disable the pre-ground coffee function, press the
button again.

MAKING DRINKS WITH MIlK

Please note!
To avoid producing milk with poor froth or large bubbles, al-
ways clean the milk lid and hot water nozzle as described in the
section "Cleaning the milk container" on pages 13 and 15.

Filling and attaching the milk container

1. remove the lid (fig. 16);
2. Fill the milk container with a sufficient quantity of milk,
not exceeding the MaX level marked on the container (fig.
17).
Please note!
For a denser creamier froth, use skimmed or partially
skimmed milk at refrigerator temperature (about 5°C).
3. Make sure the milk intake tube is correctly inserted in the
bottom of the milk container lid (fig. 18).
4. replace the lid on the milk container.
5. remove the hot water spout from the nozzle (fig. 19).
6. attach the container to the nozzle and push as far as it will
go (fig. 20).

Making cappuccino

1. attach the milk container (see previous section) and place
a sufficiently large cup under the coffee spouts and milk
12
button (fig. 14) until "ready Pre-

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