Dispensing Steam And Hot Water; Steaming Milk - La Marzocco linea Manual

6. Dispensing Steam and Hot Water

STEAMING MILK

In order to allow for any condensed water
in the wand to be released ALWAYS allow
some steam to be discharged by turning
on the valve before inserting the steam
wand into the pitcher of liquid to be
heated. Then insert one of the 2 nozzles
(part 9, fig. 1 or 3) which are connected
to the steam tap, into the liquid to be
heated, turn the knob (part 10, fig. 1 or 3)
gradually until steam comes out at the end of
the nozzle (1).
The steam will transfer heat to the liquid
raising its temperature up to boiling point.
Be careful not to allow liquid to overflow
in order to avoid severe burns.
To prepare milk for making cappuccino
with the right amount of foam, go through
the following steps:
▪ Place the container half-full of milk
under the steam nozzle
▪ Open the tap immediately and bring the
temperature of the milk to your desired
temperature
▪ You can then pour this milk into a cup
containing warm espresso and you will
end up with a fresh cappuccino
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In order to prevent part of the liquid to
be heated from being sucked back into
the boiler (due to a possible temporary
decompression inside the boiler tank)
which would cause both the steam and
the liquid delivered by nozzle part 9 and
nozzle part 11 respectively to have a
bad odour, we recommend that you de-
vapourize the machine once or twice
for just a few seconds, which consists of
quickly opening and closing the tap (part
10) with the nozzle (part 9) not immersed
in the liquid before starting to steam it.
Be careful not to burn yourself with the
steam.
Furthermore, once you have immersed
the steam wand into the liquid to be
steamed in the pitcher, open the steam
tap immediately. Once the liquid has been
heated, follow this procedure:
▪ lower the steam pressure
▪ remove the pitcher
▪ close the steam tap
DISPENSING HOT WATER
You can obtain hot water by using the
fixed nozzle (fig. 1 or 3), located between
the group furthest to the right and the
steam nozzle (part 9, fig. 1 or 3), and by
pressing the button (part 7, fig. 1 or 3)
which commands hot water delivery.